I'm not sure if this story would work out as it did without the stunning drawings of Yoshitaka Amano, I completely fell into a fantasy world while reading this book - it's amazingly beautiful. And I was utterly disappointed by how short it is! The story's main character is a fox spirit that falls in love with a young monk. The story then develops to a point where the fox s trying to save the monk who is about to be killed. It's an endearing fairy tale and I end up reading it every now and then (or just staring at the illustrations!)