This is the most recent source available for this travelogue.
Sadly, it has become available only with the death of its author.
As you may be aware, "Memoirs of an Opium Eater" is
currently being read with much interest throughout Rokugan,
having been published anonymously. The popular version names
no names; we have been fortunate enough to acquire an intact
edition, which attaches actual names to individuals and events. While Shonagon paints a vivid picture oflife in Ryoko Owari,
I would caution any reader about jumping to conclusions. The
unfortunate young lady, by her own admission, drank copiously
and partook often in the opium which eventually claimed herlife.
Her opinionsofcertainindividuals fluctuate wildly in herjournal,
and this inconsistency casts shadows of doubt on her factual
accounts. Nonetheless, her account has value - if only because it
gives a glimpse of theFloating World in which she lived and died.
