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*''First Published: 1961, Random House''

*''First Published: 1961, Random House''

A few miles east of Shunpu in [[Suruga province]] along the important [[Highways|Tokaido Highway]] lies the town of Okitsu 興津, <ref> These are all now part of Shizuoka City, Shimizu Ward, of Shizuoka Prefecture.</ref> dominated by [[Seiken-ji|Seiken-ji Temple]]　清見寺. This book tells the history of Japan from 1550-1953 as seen through the eyes of the Mochizuki 望月 family, the owners of an actual inn in Okitsu, a waki-honjuku　脇本宿, <ref>A regular inn that could be called upon to host daimyo or their retinue in case there was not enough room in the honjuku inns  </ref> called the Minaguchi-ya 水口屋. 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 an actual inn in Okitsu, a waki-honjuku　脇本宿, <ref>A regular inn that could be called upon to host daimyo or their retinue in case there was not enough room in the honjuku inns  </ref> called the Minaguchi-ya 水口屋. The town of Okitsu 興津<ref> These are all now part of Shizuoka City, Shimizu Ward, of Shizuoka Prefecture.</ref>, 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 Temple housed nobility who were passing through Okitsu. [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] stayed there as a child according to tradition; [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] stayed there on the eve of the [[Siege of Odawara|siege of Odawara castle]], as did his teamaster [[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.

Seiken-ji Temple housed nobility who were passing through Okitsu. [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] stayed there as a child according to tradition; [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] stayed there on the eve of the [[Siege of Odawara|siege of Odawara castle]], as did his teamaster [[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.

Unfortunately, the inn is no longer an inn. It went out of business in 1985, and by spring of the next year was being used by an area corporation for its private use. However, there is now a picture gallery open to the public on the grounds.

Unfortunately, the inn is no longer an inn. It went out of business in 1985, and by spring of the next year was being used by an area corporation for its private use. However, there is now a picture gallery open to the public on the grounds.

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