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A moving Edo-period story by Shugoro Yamamoto about poverty, compassion, family, and the possibility of beginning life again.Okatsu, a widowed mother, lives with her five children in a poor tenement near the Tatekawa River. The entire family works...

江戸の名御用聞き・銭形平次と、その子分ガラッ八こと八五郎が活躍する捕物帳。今回、八五郎がまさかの祝言へ――。しかしそれは本当の婚礼ではなく、命を狙われている本物の婿の身代わりとして、多賀屋の屋敷へ入り込むための偽祝言だった。秋の夜、婚礼の支度が進む屋敷で、花嫁が襲われる事件が起こる。疑われるのは、花嫁に執着する男たち、屋敷の番頭、そして本物の婿・錦太郎。金屏風、婚礼道具、早桶、血染めの匕首――華やかな祝言の裏に、十年前の因縁と三千両をめぐる怨みが隠されていた。笑いを誘う八五郎の偽婿姿から一転、銭形平...

Takeshirō Hondō rises from a low-ranking foot-soldier family to become assistant to a powerful chief retainer.He falls in love with the retainer’s daughter, Koiso, and boldly asks her to reject another marriage proposal.At the same time, Takeshirō...

A moving Edo-period human drama by Shugoro Yamamoto.Only three days after the wedding, Osugi, the daughter of a tofu shop, runs away with money and valuables from her family home. Left behind is Tsukaji, her newly adopted husband, who must face a sick...

Oaki has spent nearly ten years working in a licensed pleasure district, surrendering her earnings and future to Muraji, the man she believes she loves.Muraji repeatedly promises that one final scheme will allow them to begin a peaceful life together....

Gorozaemon Kamobe proudly chooses the celebrated Keinosuke Uchida as husband for his only daughter.Keinosuke is reputed to be a master swordsman and brilliant scholar. Yet after entering the family with only one suit of armor and one spear, he...

流行医・朝井玄龍の家で起こる三つの死。娘、内儀、そして主人――連続怪死の裏には、朝井家に積もった深い怨みが隠されていた。銭形平次が、人情と裁きの狭間で真相に迫る重厚な捕物帖。Three deaths strike the household of Asai Genryu, a fashionable doctor in Edo.A daughter, a wife, and the master of the house all fall victim to a chain of...

Tomokichi is a skilled carpenter with one serious weakness: gambling.To break completely with his old life and become worthy of marrying O-Kiku, the daughter of his former master, he leaves Edo and works in the Kansai region for three years.Before...

A classic Japanese literary audiobook by Shugoro Yamamoto, narrated in Japanese.In the first month of Tenpo 5, a detached residence belonging to Musashiya, a long-established apothecary in Honjo-Shirakawabashi, is engulfed in flames. From the ruins,...

Merchant-born Asajirō enters a samurai family as a son-in-law in order to rescue the bankrupt Tadotsu domain.Despised by the young warriors and rejected by his proud wife Fuyu, he silently endures humiliation while searching the domain’s records for a...

A mysterious young ronin calling himself Umanosuke Kusakari enters Kishu and announces that he intends to fight one thousand martial matches.Using only a wooden sword, he defeats one renowned warrior after another. When the skilled samurai Saburobei...

Takanaka, heir to a samurai house, has everything expected of a future lord: intelligence, strength, generosity, and the trust of those around him.At eighteen, everything changes.After suddenly killing the retainer Shinnosuke Yoshioka, Takanaka...

Magoshichi Kakinoki is an enormous but extraordinarily slow and easygoing samurai.His closest friend, Zundoemon Ishihara, insists that beneath Magoshichi’s vague expression lies the potential for greatness.During his first battle, Magoshichi cannot...

Yajuro Yoshimura is a talented young samurai whose arranged marriage has recently been settled.He then receives repeated letters from a woman named Yuki, claiming that a sheltered young lady called Chiyo has fallen desperately in love with him.At a...

Genichiro Kori, a retainer of the Ogaki domain, is entrusted with a secret mission to Hikone.While crossing Mount Ibuki at night, he is surrounded by mountain bandits.Their leader demands his money, weapons, and clothing.Genichiro does not draw his...

野村胡堂『銭形平次捕物控』より、**「弱い浪人」**をお届けします。江戸・麻布十番の大地主、増田屋金兵衛。風流を好む彼は、名物の松の下でひとり月見を楽しんでいました。ところがその夜、金兵衛は何者かによって松の枝へ吊り上げられるという、奇怪な襲撃を受けます。そこへ現れた若い浪人・椿三千麿が、間一髪で金兵衛を救い出します。弱い浪人.txtしかし事件はそれで終わりません。廊下での刺傷、家中に積もる疑念、そして正月七草粥に仕込まれた毒。銭形平次と八五郎は、商家の奥に隠された二十年前の因縁へと迫っていきます。...

After his hot temper ruins his assignment in Edo, samurai Yazawa Shinichirō returns to Okayama.Known for his quick temper and frequent quarrels, Shinichirō is instructed by his uncle, senior inspector Yazawa Jūbei, to practice patience. Whenever rain...

Shishibei, a mysterious young swordsman, appears in Ryogoku with a bold sign:“Undefeated under Heaven.”For one gold piece, anyone may challenge him. After more than fifty matches, no one has defeated him.But “Shishibei” is actually Sanai Tatenouchi, a...

A poor boy takes his first steps toward greatness.Born into poverty, Hiyoshimaru survives hunger, loneliness, and conflict through quick thinking, courage, and an extraordinary ability to win people’s trust. After leaving his home, he is taken into...

Heikuro Soga is a loyal retainer of Oda Nobunaga and a formidable master of the spear.Nobunaga recognizes Heikuro’s feelings for the orphaned attendant Wakana and offers to arrange their marriage. But Heikuro has heard rumors that Wakana is Nobunaga’s...

The notorious thief Kanbei, known as “Bat Kanbei,” was executed two years ago.Yet a threatening letter, signed in his name as a ghost, arrives at the wealthy Naruseya household in Koishikawa. Soon after, the head clerk Denroku is found dead, struck by...

Before dawn, a young samurai dressed for a duel arrives too early at a frozen training field.Unable to endure the cold, he approaches a small fire beneath a bridge. There he meets an elderly couple known in the castle town as the “beggar husband and...

Koyata Miyabe is known throughout the Okazaki domain as a coward.Challenged by a powerful swordsman, he wins an extraordinary duel by refusing to fight in the expected manner. His unusual victory attracts the attention of his lord, who chooses him for...

A spirited Japanese historical tale by Shugoro Yamamoto about anger, honor, vengeance, and the courage to protect what truly matters.Shinnosuke Tomiyasu is a hot-tempered samurai of the Okayama domain. After repeatedly causing quarrels during his...