Editing Cloud of Sparrows

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 |image        = Cloud of Sparrows cover.jpg
 |author       = [[Takashi Matsuoka]]
 |series_chars = [[Emily Gibson]]<br>[[Mayonaka no Heiko]]<br>[[Okumichi no kami Genji]]<br>[[Sachiko]]<br>[[Matthew Stark]]
 |book_chars   = [[Zephaniah Cromwell]]<br>[[Kawakami Eichi]]<br>[[Okumichi no kami Kiyori]]
 |ref_chars    = [[wikipedia:Abraham Lincoln|Abraham Lincoln]]
 |pub_year     = 2002
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 |isbn         = 978-0-440-33397-5
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'''''Cloud of Sparrows''''' is the first novel of a duology by [[Takashi Matsuoka]]. The events occur primarily in 1860s Japan with flashbacks in the United States and Japan.

==1860==
[[Okumichi no kami Kiyori]] meets across a gap of about 500 years with [[Shizuka]]. After Kiyori agrees to "spend the night" with the spirit woman, He tells [[Hanako]], one of his housemaids, that he is sendng her to serve his grandson, [[Okumichi no kami Genji]].

==1861==
On January 1, [[Okumichi no kami Genji]] awakes in [[Edo]] and discusses the arrival of another American ship—the ''Star of Bethlehem'', carrying Christian missionaries—with his mistress [[Mayonaka no Heiko]]. At the same time, in a different building, [[Kawakami Eichi]], the chief of the Shogun's secret police, observes the ship and is told by his lieutenant, [[Mukai]], that it carries three missionaries and a supply of bibles. Mukai also tells Kawakami that the missionaries are to be received by Okumichi no kami Genji, who has recently become the [[:Category:Lords of Akaoka|Great Lord of Akaoka]] following the death of his grandfather, Kiyori. Kawakami observes two of the missionaries, a man and a woman, through a telescope. Below decks, [[Matthew Stark]] wakes armed with a gun and knife. After he was sure he was safe, he his the weapons and joined [[Zephaniah Cromwell]] and [[Emily Gibson]] on deck. At [[Mushindo Monastery]], the abbot [[Sohaku]]—who had formerly commanded the cavalry of Lord Kiyori—ordered [[Taro]] to take breakfast to Lord [[Shigeru]] and to do so carefully. Taro arrives at Shigeru's cell and learns that Shigeru has fouled the room. Shigeru is describing an event in which men fly through the air in ships of metal to Hiroshima. Taro goes to get help cleaning the room but leaves the door unlocked. Shigeru escapes after wounding two men and barricades himself in the monastery armory. Back in Edo, Zephaniah, Emily and Matthew take a boat ashore; their destination is the [[Quiet Crane Palace]]. Emily is fearful about what Japanese will think when they see her.
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−	On January 1, [[Okumichi no kami Genji]] awakes in [[Edo]] and discusses the arrival of another American ship—the ''Star of Bethlehem'', carrying Christian missionaries—with his mistress [[Mayonaka no Heiko]]. At the same time, in a different building, [[Kawakami Eichi]], the chief of the Shogun's secret police, observes the ship and is told by his lieutenant, [[Mukai]], that it carries three missionaries and a supply of bibles. Mukai also tells Kawakami that the missionaries are to be received by Okumichi no kami Genji, who has recently become the [[:Category:Lords of Akaoka\|Great Lord of Akaoka]] following the death of his grandfather, Kiyori. Kawakami observes two of the missionaries, a man and a woman, through a telescope. Below decks, [[Matthew Stark]] wakes armed with a gun and knife. After he is sure he is safe, he ~~hides~~ the weapons and ~~joins~~ [[Zephaniah Cromwell]] and [[Emily Gibson]] on deck. At [[Mushindo Monastery]], the abbot [[Sohaku]]—who had formerly commanded the cavalry of Lord Kiyori—ordered [[Taro]] to take breakfast to Lord [[Shigeru]] and to do so carefully. Taro arrives at Shigeru's cell and learns that Shigeru has fouled the room. Shigeru is describing an event in which men fly through the air in ships of metal to Hiroshima. Taro goes to get help cleaning the room but leaves the door unlocked. Shigeru escapes after wounding two men and barricades himself in the monastery armory. Back in Edo, Zephaniah, Emily and Matthew take a boat ashore; their destination is the [[Quiet Crane Palace]]. Emily is fearful about what Japanese will think when they see her.	+	On January 1, [[Okumichi no kami Genji]] awakes in [[Edo]] and discusses the arrival of another American ship—the ''Star of Bethlehem'', carrying Christian missionaries—with his mistress [[Mayonaka no Heiko]]. At the same time, in a different building, [[Kawakami Eichi]], the chief of the Shogun's secret police, observes the ship and is told by his lieutenant, [[Mukai]], that it carries three missionaries and a supply of bibles. Mukai also tells Kawakami that the missionaries are to be received by Okumichi no kami Genji, who has recently become the [[:Category:Lords of Akaoka\|Great Lord of Akaoka]] following the death of his grandfather, Kiyori. Kawakami observes two of the missionaries, a man and a woman, through a telescope. Below decks, [[Matthew Stark]] wakes armed with a gun and knife. After he was sure he was safe, he his the weapons and joined [[Zephaniah Cromwell]] and [[Emily Gibson]] on deck. At [[Mushindo Monastery]], the abbot [[Sohaku]]—who had formerly commanded the cavalry of Lord Kiyori—ordered [[Taro]] to take breakfast to Lord [[Shigeru]] and to do so carefully. Taro arrives at Shigeru's cell and learns that Shigeru has fouled the room. Shigeru is describing an event in which men fly through the air in ships of metal to Hiroshima. Taro goes to get help cleaning the room but leaves the door unlocked. Shigeru escapes after wounding two men and barricades himself in the monastery armory. Back in Edo, Zephaniah, Emily and Matthew take a boat ashore; their destination is the [[Quiet Crane Palace]]. Emily is fearful about what Japanese will think when they see her.