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Someone has been sending Yukinari writings which speak of The Day of Fire, and an Incorruptible Lord - a Lord Yukinari believes may now be in the Palace itself.

By Robert Forrest. Second series inspired by the writings of Sei Shonagon, the 10th-century Japanese poet and lady-in-waiting to the Empress Teishi.

Yukinari has been beaten and left for dead in a blacksmith's bothy. Someone has been sending him writings which speak of The Day of Fire, and an Incorruptible Lord - a Lord Yukinari believes may now be in the Palace itself.

Shonagon ...... Ruth Gemmell
Yukinari ...... Mark Bazeley
Tadanobu ...... Liam Brennan
Masamitsu ...... Ralph Riach.

15 minutes

Broadcast

  • Tue 9 Jun 2009 19:45

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