Language:Chinese.Paperback. Pub Date :2011-1-1 Pages: 100 Publisher: Penguin Kikuji has been invited to a tea ceremony by a mistress of hisdead father He is shocked to find there the mistresss rival andsuccessor. Mrs Ota. and that the ceremony.. . has been awkwardlyarranged for him to meet his potential future bride But he is mostshocked to be drawn into a relationship with Mrs Ota -.. arelationship that will bring only suffering and destruction to allof them Thousand Cranes reflects the tea ceremonys poeticprecision with understated. lyrical style and beautiful prose.