The ghost in the Tokaido Inn / Hoobler, Dorothy

Fourteen-year-old Seikei, a tea merchant's son, dreams of being a samurai, and he gets a chance to prove his worth when, as the only witness to the theft of a priceless ruby intended for the shogun, he is asked to assist the samurai magistrate in solving the crime.

While attempting to solve the mystery of a stolen jewel, Seikei, a merchant's son who longs to be a samurai, joins a group of kabuki actors in eighteenth-century Japan.

Fourteen-year-old Seiki, a tea merchant's son who longs to be samurai, attempts to solve the mystery of a stolen jewel.