Blue Buddha: An Adventure in Japan

By Francis Abbott and Johanne Léveillé

Curator Madame Fran?oise Ren? de Cotret travels to Japan to procure loans of Buddhist sculptures for a forthcoming exhibition to be held at the Cernushi Museum in Paris. She is reunited with her Japanese friend Itsue and learns about her troubled romance with a Korean national, Fran?oise in turn becomes attracted to a Buddhist monk. Later as the two women travel around the Kansai area they are caught by leaders of a criminal syndicate when they discover stolen statues waiting to be exported. Along with an appendix of factual information about temples in the Kansai area, a co-production of forty years experience in Japan, authors Abbott and L?veill? weave together a tale of suspense and romantic intrigue with actual historical and geographical locations.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 166325138X
• ISBN13: 9781663251381
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"