Hayabusa Shinhachi Goyo Cho 9 New Edition (Kodansha Bunko)

[Machine Translation] On New Year's Eve, a fox fire appeared at Oji Inari. On New Year's Day, three days after the New Year's Eve, a murder takes place behind Oji Inari! A priest and a priestess saw a woman being slain. Shinpachiro goes to search for her, but finds nothing but her corpse. Rumors spread that a fox is responsible for the mysterious incident, but... Shinpachiro Hayabusa, a Yoroshi within the Minamimachi Magistrate's Office, takes up the challenge of this mysterious case. This is one of the seven poignant stories that vividly depict the front and back sides of the human world.

大晦日、王子稲荷に現れた狐火。正月、三ケ日を過ぎた頃、王子稲荷の裏で殺しが!?神官と巫女は、女が斬られるのを見たという。探索に赴く新八郎だが、肝心の女の亡骸がない。不可思議な事件に、狐の仕業という噂まで広まるが...。南町奉行所内与力、隼新八郎が挑む怪事件。人の世の表と裏を活写する痛快七篇。