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Section 1: Chapters 1-6

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Jean, Emiko. Tokyo Ever After. Flatiron Books, 2021. Ebook.

• The book's table of contents is followed by a "family tree" that outlines the relationship between the book's main character and Japan's imperial family.

• Chapter 1 is preceded by a false document, a story from the fictitious Tokyo Tattler newspaper.

• The story, dated April 4, 2021, describes the lavish wedding of widowed Japanese Prime Minister Adachi to his second wife.

• Part of the excitement surrounding the event, the story explains, was due to the presentation of a new princess, Izumi, who has been dubbed the "Lost Butterfly" (1).

• On the morning following the wedding, Izumi was spotted boarding the Kyoto train; the article speculates that she is being punished for some reason, because "the Kyoto imperial villa is where royals go to repent" (1).

• Chapter 1, narrated by Izumi, opens...

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