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Book cover of The Bridegroom Was a Dog
The Bridegroom Was a DogYōko Tawada

Characters in The Bridegroom Was a Dog

4 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Schoolteacher

    A schoolteacher who tells her class a fable and subsequently finds herself courted by a doglike suitor, leading to an unusual romance.

  • Doglike suitor

    A mysterious, doglike man who appears to court the schoolteacher after she tells a fable about a princess and a dog.

  • Mitsuko

  • The Dog-Man