Amba Tengu Tsurumi Shunsuke Selection 5 (P+D)

[Machine Translation] The final chapter of Kurama Tengu unfolds on a grand scale before the Choshu War. In the middle of the night, a prisoner escapes from a prison in Denmacho, Edo, and disappears into the darkness. But the prisoner's real intention was to "swim away" by the official. Kurama Tengu sets out to search for the escaped prisoner, but is attacked by another man who is following the prisoner, and they flee to a foreigner's mansion in Kannai, Yokohama. The scene spreads to Kobe and then to Shanghai, as strange incidents occur there. The story unfolds on a grand scale, with the Shogunate and Choshu at odds before the Choshu War, and gun traders in the dark. This is the fifth and final installment in the series of masterpieces selected by critic Shunsuke Tsurumi from the historical novel masterpiece "Kurama Tengu" (Kurama Tengu). Tsurumi also contributed a special commentary.

長州戦争を目前に壮大なスケールで展開する鞍馬天狗の最終章。深夜、江戸伝馬町の牢から一人の脱獄囚が夜の闇に消えた。だが、その真意は公儀大目付による“泳がせ”―。探索に乗り出した鞍馬天狗に、脱獄囚を追尾するもう一人の男が襲いかかり、彼らは横浜関内の異人屋敷へ逃げこむ。そこで頻発する奇怪な事件から、場面は神戸へ、そして上海へと広がっていく。長州戦争を目前にしてせめぎあう幕府と長州、暗躍する鉄砲商人など壮大なスケールの物語が展開していく。時代小説の名作「鞍馬天狗」から、評論家・鶴見俊輔が厳選した傑作シリーズの最終第五弾。解説も鶴見が特別寄稿。