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Gardens
Throughout The Samurai’s Garden, gardens embody peace, healing, and the critical importance of humans’ relationship to the natural world. Though Matsu’s life in Tarumi initially seems isolated and empty, Stephen quickly grows to…
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The Fishing Knife
Midway through The Samurai’s Garden, Stephen learns that Matsu’s little sister Tomoko, upon being diagnosed with leprosy, used her father’s fishing knife to kill herself (according to the ritualistic standards of…
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