Sharon Bolton
August 14, 2023
12 Noon
A Dark and Twisted Tide
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Character List for The Honjin Murders
The Storytellers
Unnamed narrator
F---—friend who told narrator the story; his father is Dr. F---
Dr. F---—Ichiyanagi family doctor whose notes the narrator relies on heavily in some sections of the book
The Ichiyanagi Family
Itoko—family matriarch, widowed
Sakue—Itoko’s deceased husband, father of Kenzo and siblings
Kenzo—eldest son, inheritor of the honjin legacy, the bridegroom
Taeko—elder daughter, married to a businessman, living in Shaghai
Ryuji—middle son, a doctor in Osaka
Saburo—youngest son, unemployed, considered “the black sheep”
Suzuko—younger daughter, considered “a bit slow”
The Ichiyanagi Branch Family
Hayato—Ryosuke’s deceased father, brother of Sakue
Ryosuke—a first cousin to Kenzo and his siblings, manages Ichiyanagi family finances
Akiko—Ryosuke’s wife
Ihei—great-uncle of Kenzo and Ryosuke (the brother of Sakue’s and Hayato’s father)
The Kubo Family
Rinkichi—Katsuko’s father, deceased
Katsuko—Rinkichi’s daughter, a school teacher in Okayama City, the bride
Ginzo—Katsuko’s uncle, Rinkichi’s brother, a successful fruit farmer
Police/Detective
Kosuke Kindaichi—young private detective, a protege of Ginzo Kubo
Detective Inspector Isokawa—policeman in charge of investigating the murders
Detective Sergeant Kimura—policeman who assists Isokawa
Chief Inspector—Isokawa’s boss
Servants/Farmworkers on Ichiyanagi Estate
Kiyo—Itoko’s maid
Old Nao—cook
Genshichi—gardner/servant
Shokichi—servant in charge of rice polishing mill and waterwheel
Unnamed man who owns the charcoal kiln
Friends/Miscellaneous Characters
The okamisan—owner of the tavern where the 3-fingered man is first spotted
Kyokichi Shimizu—3-fingered man, one of the main suspects in the murders
Tama—Suzuko’s dead kitten
Ofuyu—friend and possible love interest of Kenzo’s, mentioned in his diaries
Yasuke Taguchi—local farmer questioned by Kimura
Seno—insurance man hoping to prove murder was suicide
Shizuko Shiraki—a friend and confidant of Katsuko Kubo
Shozo Taya—Katsuko’s former lover
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