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The guides, in full

Two single pages, each on one subject, for a man who would like to know what he is doing before he goes down the stairs. It has not been shown to help.

Guide 1

The Five Shoyu

A bidder’s guide to what is in the bottle: the five kinds the hall sells, the towns they come from, how to read a label and a drop, and what each has cost a man

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Guide 2

The House Rules

How a night at the Shoyukan goes, from the street to the first train: the stairs, the tasting, the auction, the pillar, the book, and every move the Shoyuken has

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