Iroha Murasaki 2 (Tankobon Comics)

[Machine Translation] Shigsaburo Tsutaya and Utamaro Kitagawa, the Date buddy, make their debut as the new storyteller Utamaro Kitagawa, a painter of different stories about Edo. On the night of his unveiling party, a painting he saw of a "murasaki beauty" became popular among prostitutes, and the Murasaki economy took off in Yoshiwara. By chance, the culture of the townspeople is in full bloom, and Tsutaya, who is planning to expand into the Nihonbashi area, is noticed by Mimori, the town's ruling official, because of the booming business.

蔦屋重三郎×喜多川歌麿、伊達なバディの新説江戸異聞絵師・喜多川歌麿としてデビューした歌麿。そのお披露目の宴の夜に目撃した「むらさき美人」を描いた絵が、遊女たちの間で評判となり、吉原に一躍むらさき景気が起こる。奇しくも町人の文化は花盛り、日本橋進出を目論む蔦屋はその好景気から町方与力・美盛に目をつけられ――。