Kyo No Ezoshi Ya Mantendo Utsusemi No Yume (Takarajimasha Bunko C Mi 6-2 Kono Miss Taisho)

[Machine Translation] Gyoma Tsukuyono, a playwright, has given up his name and past as a samurai and lives in Kyoto. Gyoma writes an illustrated book of famous places in Kyoto for his close friend, Manto Shorin, and is drawn to the beautiful paintings of Fuyume, a female painter, which contain sad feelings. At the same time, Gyoma receives a report that some of his fellow samurai have been attacked by a street cutter wielding a mysterious sword that Gyoma was supposed to be carrying. Gyoma investigates the lackey who tricked him, and soon learns of a tragedy in his hometown...

侍としての名前と過去を捨て、京で暮らす戯作者・月夜乃行馬。懇意にする板元の満天堂書林で京の名所図会を執筆する行馬は、女絵師の冬芽が描く、哀しき想いを秘めた美しい絵に惹かれていく。同じ頃、行馬の仲間だった侍たちが、行馬が持っているはずの妖刀を振るう辻斬りに遭った、との報せが入る。自分を騙った下手人を探る行馬はやがて、故郷で起きていたある悲劇を知ることに...。