Peripheral Characters
Eda – Yoshioka’s good friend
Kurayama Nanso – rather nostalgic and old-fashioned novelist and play critic, becomes caretaker for the Segawa estate, has a particular fondness of the pine on the Segawa property
Ochiyo – Nanso’s wife, puts on the dance performances in the fall and spring
Yamai Kaname – rather modern literary artist contributing to young people’s magazines, known for his cheating
Takijiro – Son of Jukichi and Gozan, was a law student but was expelled for misconduct, starts up a brothel
Ranka – new geisha serving Segawa and Yamai, name means orchid
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