Massara Kakedashi Meakashi Ninjo Shimatsu (Kadokawa Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Rokumatsu, a pickpocket, was discovered by Inari no Monzo, a reputable blind man in Edo, and began training as a blind man. Rokumatsu, an orphan and a rough kid, gradually regains his uprightness under Monzo's tutelage, and is eventually accepted as his subordinate. However, soon after moving to a tenement house in Odenma-cho, one of the residents drowns. Rokumatsu becomes suspicious of the indifferent attitude of the shopkeepers and starts a search, but there is an unexpected conspiracy behind the scenes... This is a new masterpiece by the author that depicts the struggles of a young man who has reached the age of 10 and the joys and sorrows of the townspeople with gentle strokes.

掏摸だった六松は、江戸で評判の目明し“稲荷の紋蔵”に見出され目明しの修業を始めた。孤児で荒んでいた六松だが、紋蔵のもとで徐々に真っ直ぐな心根を取り戻し、やがて手下として認められる。だが大伝馬町の長屋に家移りして早々、住人の一人が溺死。店子達の冷淡な態度を不審に思った六松は探索を始めるが、裏には思わぬ陰謀が...。十手持ちになった若者の奮闘と町の人々の哀歓を優しい筆致で描く著者の新たな代表作。