# Matari

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'''''Matari''''' (or reissued as '''''White Wind, Black Rider''''') is a book written by [Luke Rhinehart](/source/Luke_Rhinehart),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matari {{!}} ISBNdb |url=https://isbndb.com/book/9780246108111 |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=isbndb.com}}</ref> a [pen name](/source/pen_name) of [George Cockcroft](/source/George_Cockcroft). ''Matari'' was published in the UK in 1975, and is currently out-of-print. It was published in the US under the name of ''White Wind, Black Rider'' (2002).

==Plot summary==

The story is set in 18th century [Japan](/source/Japan), and features a conflict between four very different characters - Oboko (nb, [Ōbaku](/source/%C5%8Cbaku) is a form of [Zen](/source/Zen)), a poet of the wind and [Buddhist](/source/Buddhism) monk; Izzi, court poet and extrovert; Lord Arishi, [samurai](/source/samurai) and lord of the realm; and finally Matari, beautiful, intelligent, and on the run for her life. The story might be described as a love story - all three of the men are, in their own way, in love with Matari. Yet they each have their own outlook on life, and their own sense of honour and morality. While individually we might applaud them as good men and true, the meeting of the three results in tragedy.

Oboko survives the story and is later mentioned in ''[The Book of the Die](/source/The_Book_of_the_Die)'' by the same author.

The various ISBNs of the different editions are:
* {{ISBN|0-246-10811-8}} – January 1975 (''Matari'', [hardcover](/source/hardcover))
* {{ISBN|0-586-04116-8}} – September 2, 1976 (''Matari'', [paperback](/source/paperback))
* {{ISBN|1-4033-4796-4}} – November 27, 2002 (''White Wind, Black Rider'', hardcover)
* {{ISBN|1-4033-4795-6}} – November 27, 2002 (''White Wind, Black Rider'', paperback)

== References ==
{{reflist}}{{Luke Rhinehart}}

Category:1975 British novels
Category:Historical novels
Category:Novels set in Japan
Category:Novels set in the 18th century
Category:Japan in non-Japanese culture

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