Funwari Anago Ten Izakaya Zenya (Haru Ki Bunko Sa 19-4 Jidai Shosetsu Bunko)

[Machine Translation] It is the third year of the Kansei Era. Hayashi Tadajiro, the second son of an Oroku Hatamoto family, who makes his living by raising nightingales in his care to make them beautiful, is worried about the succession of the nightingale Lurio, who will serve as the master of the nightingales. One day, under the cherry blossoms in full bloom, Tadajiro enjoys a blissful time with the owners of a big store, who are his customers, and a hanami bento (cherry blossom viewing lunch box) prepared by Omyosi, the proprietress of a pretty woman at Zenya, a tavern he has a one-sided admiration for. However, she is worried about the shadow of a man who is creeping up on her from everywhere... This is the second volume of the masterpiece novel of human kindness, in which many colorful dishes such as cherry-red tai-chazuke, bowls of duck and leek, vegetarian dishes, etc. make their appearance.

寛政三年弥生。預かった鴬を美声に育てて生計を立てる、小禄旗本の次男坊・林只次郎は、その鴬たちの師匠役となる鴬・ルリオの後継のことで頭を悩ませていた。そんなある日、只次郎は、満開の桜の下で得意客である大店の主人たちと、一方的に憧れている居酒屋「ぜんや」の別嬪女将・お妙が作った花見弁当を囲み、至福のときを堪能する。しかし、あちこちからお妙に忍びよる男の影が心配で...。桜色の鯛茶漬け、鴨と葱の椀物、精進料理と、彩り豊かな料理が数々登場する傑作人情小説第二巻。