Book Summary The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn by Dorothy and Thomas HooblerThe story, The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler, is about a 14-year-old boy named Seikei who lives in Japan around 1730. Emperor Nakamikado reigned at the time and ruled from the city of Kyoto. By 1603 Ieyasu Tokugawa had defeated his Japanese rivals, and Tokugawa earned the right to make his descendants shoguns, or military generals. The shogun ruled from the city of Edo. The busiest highway in the world, the Tokaido road, extends between the cities. Seikei is the son of a rich tea merchant, but dreams of one day becoming a great and respected samurai who fights, is noble, courageous and respected. He knows it's just a dream because it's impossible to become a samurai without being born into a samurai family. His father thinks he is silly and senseless and that he should stop being so imaginative. One day his father proposes to travel the Tokaido road to the Shogun's city of Edo to sell tea. He thinks his eldest son should earn his living to become a great merchant, and Seikei has to agree even though he doesn't like selling tea. They set off on a kago, a passenger box carried by men, down the road. They stop and rest at an inn where a great lord named Lord Hakuseki is staying. A lord is a highly respected samurai and Seikei is thrilled that they will be staying in the same hotel as him. The Lord asks for some tea and the innkeeper tells Seikei and his father to give some to the Lord. You never say no to a samurai, so Sheki and his father go to the Lord's room and offer him tea. Lord Hakuseki is rude and stupid, and Sheik's idea of ​​the great samurai is changed forever. They go to bed, but Sheike can't fall asleep because... middle of paper... he banned the foreign religion and executed all the Japanese who followed it.” I learned from the book that Christianity was brought to Japan from Europe in 1542. The religion took over western Japan, and once they had a strong hold, they decided to move to the capital. When they arrived, Emperor Toyotomi Hideyoshi was not happy. He banned Christianity and executed 26 Christians to prove his point. His main reason for banning the religion was because the government was trying to take full control of his people, and this new religion only complicated things. Emperors after Toyotomi Hideyoshi continued the law, but after about 1850 the number of Japanese Christians increased. Today Japanese Christians number around 2 million, but they represent only 1% of the population. Most Christians live in the West, where Christianity was originally founded in Japan.