Tomiko Suki Suki (Kodansha Bunko)

[Machine Translation] The gears of her husband, Kira Uenosuke, went a little haywire on the day he was slain by Ueshogun. Tomiko mourned Uenosuke during the Ako Roshi raid. No one benefited from the incident. It did not matter to me what the world said. No matter what the world said, he was my one and only kind husband. What is "The Pine Corridor Incident" from the wife's point of view (the title story)? A samurai's wife, a town girl, an oiran (courtesan), a Tatsumi geisha... Six women living in Edo with a dignified and straight back.

夫の吉良上野介が内匠頭に斬りつけられた日から歯車は少しずつ狂っていった。赤穂浪士の討ち入りで上野介を喪った富子。あの事件で得をした者など誰もいない。建前や武士としての体裁なんて関係ない。世間が何と言おうと、私にとってはたった一人の優しい夫だったのに。妻から見た「松の廊下事件」とは(表題作)。武士の妻、町娘、花魁、辰巳芸者…凛として背筋の伸びた、江戸を生きる6人の女性たち。