To Kosetsu Hyakumonogatari

[Machine Translation] Shogoro Ubukata, the Morioka Domain's top retainer and the head of the Nanbu family in Tono, was investigating the rumors circulating in the area. While the township was thriving, Shogoro felt inexpressible anxiety about the clan's finances, which were in dire straits due to the shortage of money in the market. One day, Otogura, who is well versed in worldly affairs, tells him a strange story. A man named Nakazo, who has drifted away from his home and taken up residence in a lost house. Shogoro is bombarded with tales of the town, but what is the truth behind them?

盛岡藩筆頭家老にして遠野南部家当主の密命を受けた宇夫方祥五郎は、巷に流れる噂話を調べていた。郷が活気づく一方で、市場に流れる銭が不足し困窮する藩の財政に、祥五郎は言い知れぬ不安を感じる。ある日、世事に通じる乙蔵から奇異な話を聞かされた。菓子司山田屋から出て行った座敷童衆、夕暮れ時に現れる目鼻のない花嫁姿の女、そして他所から流れて迷家に棲みついた仲蔵という男。祥五郎のもとに舞い込む街談巷説、その真偽は―。