Nishikosetsu Hyakumonogatari (Kadokawa Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Ichimonjiya Nizo, one of the most prominent publishers in Osaka, is actually the head of the Kamigata region's backstage business, and is the subject of numerous stories of intrigue. The one who unravels their schemes, which are not always straightforward, is Rinzo of Miasubune, a bad friend of Goyo's Mataichi, with a brilliant trick. Rinzo's three-mouthed ship of lies, like a ship of the departed, takes them unawares to the other side of the river, lost in the haze and carried along in the haze. This is the end of Kompira-san. The 24th Shibata Renzaburo Award winner, this is the quintessence of Kyogoku's verse.

大坂屈指の版元にして、実は上方の裏仕事の元締である一文字屋仁蔵の許には、数々の因縁話が持ち込まれる。いずれも一筋縄ではいかぬ彼らの業を、あざやかな仕掛けで解き放つのは、御行の又市の悪友、靄船の林蔵。亡者船さながらの口先三寸の嘘船で、靄に紛れ霞に乗せて、気づかぬうちに彼らを彼岸へと連れて行く。「これで終いの金比羅さんや―」。第24回柴田錬三郎賞を受賞した、京極節の真骨頂。