Shichifukujin Giri (Futami Jidai Shosetsu Bunko Ha 1-18 Inemuri Doshin Kage Goyo 13)

[Machine Translation] On the first day of Yayoi, a samurai was murdered at San'iwa Inari, the first stop on the Mukojima Seven Lucky Gods tour for the common people of Edo. Moreover, the corpse, whose throat was gutted, had a strange device on it.... The samurai was a former bishonin (magistrate) and a direct bannerman of 1,500 koku. He was also a bannerman of 1,500 koku, the equivalent of a samurai's salary. In order to solve the mystery, Gennosuke Kurama, a former first assistant magistrate of the Kitamachi Magistrate's Office who is now a "doze-ban," and his son Gentaro, who has been promoted to assistant magistrate for the regular town patrol, begin their "father-son business".

弥生一日、江戸庶民が向島七福神巡りで最初に訪れる「三囲稲荷」で侍が殺された。しかも、咽喉を抉られた亡骸には奇妙な細工が...。侍は元普請奉行で千五百石の直参旗本であった。さらに他の七福神巡りの名所でも...。謎を解くべく北町奉行所の元筆頭同心で今は「居眠り番」の蔵間源之助と定町廻り同心に昇進した息子の源太郎による「親子御用」が始まった。