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''Japanese Inn'' by [[Oliver Statler]] tells the history of Japan from 1550-1953 as seen through the eyes of the Mochizuki 望月 family, the owners of the Minaguchiya, a ''[[waki-honjin]]'' inn in the town of [[Okitsu]]<ref>Now part of Shimizu Ward, [[Shizuoka City]], in [[Shizuoka prefecture]].</ref>. The town, dominated by [[Seiken-ji|Seiken-ji temple]]　清見寺, lies a few miles east of [[Sunpu]] in [[Suruga province]] along the important [[Highways|Tokaido highway]]. The highway system and the inns that supported it were an important feature of the [[Edo Period]].

''Japanese Inn'' by [[Oliver Statler]] tells the history of Japan from 1550-1953 as seen through the eyes of the Mochizuki 望月 family, the owners of the Minaguchiya, a ''[[waki-honjin]]'' inn in the town of [[Okitsu]]<ref>Now part of Shimizu Ward, [[Shizuoka City]], in [[Shizuoka prefecture]].</ref>. The town, dominated by [[Seiken-ji|Seiken-ji temple]]　清見寺, lies a few miles east of [[Sunpu]] in [[Suruga province]] along the important [[Highways|Tokaido highway]]. The highway system and the inns that supported it were an important feature of the [[Edo Period]].

Seiken-ji regularly housed nobility and other elites who were passing through Okitsu. [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] stayed there for a time during his childhood; [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] stayed there on the eve of the [[Siege of Odawara|siege of Odawara castle]], as did his tea master [[Sen no Rikyu|Sen no Rikyû]]. The shogun [[Tokugawa Iemochi]] on his way to Kyoto in [[1863]], and [[Meiji Emperor|Emperor Meiji]] on his way to the new capital of Tokyo also spent the night there, as did [[Korean embassies in Edo]].

Seiken-ji regularly housed nobility and other elites who were passing through Okitsu. [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] stayed there for a time during his childhood; [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] stayed there on the eve of the [[Siege of Odawara|siege of Odawara castle]], as did his tea master [[Sen no Rikyu|Sen no Rikyû]]. The shogun [[Tokugawa Iemochi]] on his way to Kyoto in [[1863]], and [[Meiji Emperor|Emperor Meiji]] on his way to the new capital of Tokyo also spent the night there, as did [[Korean embassies to Edo]].

At the Minaguchi-ya itself, the Itô family (founders of the [[Matsuzakaya]] department store) were regular guests as early as [[1691]]. Among other guests over the years were attendants of [[Kira Yoshinaka]], [[Shimazu Hisamitsu]] of [[Satsuma han]], who gave the inn permission to use the [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]] [[kamon|crest]], members of the entourage of ''[[genro|genrô]]'' [[Saionji Kinmochi]] who had a close relationship with the Mochitsuki family, and the Shôwa Emperor (Hirohito). Numerous other samurai, ''daimyô'', poets, artists, pilgrims, [[Dutch East India Company]] officers, and others of historical significance also stayed at the inn over the centuries.

At the Minaguchi-ya itself, the Itô family (founders of the [[Matsuzakaya]] department store) were regular guests as early as [[1691]]. Among other guests over the years were attendants of [[Kira Yoshinaka]], [[Shimazu Hisamitsu]] of [[Satsuma han]], who gave the inn permission to use the [[Shimazu clan|Shimazu]] [[kamon|crest]], members of the entourage of ''[[genro|genrô]]'' [[Saionji Kinmochi]] who had a close relationship with the Mochitsuki family, and the Shôwa Emperor (Hirohito). Numerous other samurai, ''daimyô'', poets, artists, pilgrims, [[Dutch East India Company]] officers, and others of historical significance also stayed at the inn over the centuries.