To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12 The silence in the room was broken by a startled look on the faces of those present.

To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11 The courtroom was enveloped in an eerie silence, broken only by the creaking of the tatami

To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10 Rodrigo's cell was in the twilight of dusk, when footsteps echoed in the corridor. As the door

To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9 Rodrigo watches helplessly as the artisan is brought into the courtroom. Her figure, thin and

To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8 Rodrigo remembers the days when he first met the craftswoman at the Tsutsumi kiln. Her skill with the

To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 A servant advances carrying a tray covered with a dark cloth. The presiding judge gestures for him to

To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6 Tonight, an insistent sleeplessness prevented me from falling asleep. The dampness of the cell seeped into my

To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 The sound of the procession carrying the prisoner reverberated in the narrow corridor leading to the courtroom. The

To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2, #3, #4 Rodrigo Tanaka, dressed in a modest prisoner's kimono, kneels on a small straw mat, a goza. In front of him, crossing

To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2, #3 Within the Date fief, any serious accusation against anyone, especially a member of the clan, was initially handled by the

To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2 It is mid-afternoon and Rodrigo is kneeling on a small straw mat that insulates him from the cold of the stone floor. In front

To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1 I wake up every day to the sunrise that filters through a small opening in the stone wall of my cell in the form of a faint, warm

My name is Tanaka Ryuunosuke (田中竜之介) or maybe Rodrigo Tanaka. I don't know. My spirit is torn between the longing for my youth in Coria del Río and my samurai soul in Cipango or Nihon (日本), as they

I start with this series, a story that is, for me, spectacular. It is the Keichō embassy. This diplomatic mission was led by the samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga in 1613 and was Japan's first official

To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2 , #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26, #27, #28, #29

To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2 , #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26, #27, #28 And

To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2 , #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26, #27 It was a

To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2 , #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26 As I said

To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2 , #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25 It was a summer

To see the previous installments, click on the following links: #1, #2 , #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24 It was a bright morning