Ai Eien Ni Ari (Haru Ki Bunkota 19-13 Jidai Shosetsu Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Ai, born in a poor farming village in Kamihisa, was a lovely girl who was good at spinning yarn. At the age of 18, Ai was guided by a thread of fate to a man. His name was Kansai Kansai Seki. After hard work, Kansai became a doctor, saved many lives during the Boshin War, and was promised a prosperous career. However, he does not care about his success in life, but wishes to live his life as a bank of medicine for his patients. Ai understands her husband better than anyone else and stands by him, supporting him through thick and thin. Eventually, the two set out on the path of pioneering Hokkaido in a single-minded decision... This is a moving story about the meaning of love and life through the lives of a couple who lived through the turbulent period from the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate to the Meiji era.

上総の貧しい農村に生まれたあいは、糸紡ぎの上手な愛らしい少女だった。十八歳になったあいは、運命の糸に導かれるようにして、ひとりの男と結ばれる。男の名は、関寛斎。苦労の末に医師となった寛斎は、戊辰戦争で多くの命を救い、栄達を約束される。しかし、彼は立身出世には目もくれず、患者の為に医療の堤となって生きたいと願う。あいはそんな夫を誰よりもよく理解し、寄り添い、支え抜く。やがて二人は一大決心のもと北海道開拓の道へと踏み出すが...。幕末から明治へと激動の時代を生きた夫婦の生涯を通じて、愛すること、生きることの意味を問う感動の物語。