| Murakami served drinks, washed the dishes, changed the records and booked the musicians. |
| Hikaru seems to play an awful move but he makes the most of it and gives Murakami a hard time. |
| Some of the rewards of this novel lie in trying to unravel the puzzles Murakami sets the reader. |
| Throughout this chronicle, Murakami describes his characters falling asleep as lovingly as he itemizes what they cook and eat. |
| But in 1548, at the Battle of Uedahara, Takeda's army was thwarted by Murakami Yoshikyo. |
| In 2003, it is the Japanese artist, Takashi Murakami, who is inspired by the legendary fabric. |
