Muteki No Tonosama Kakioroshi Chohen Jidai Shosetsu [6] (Kosu Mikku Jidai Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Although still in his prime, the Kitsuregawa family's previous feudal lord, Kei Kitsuregawa, quickly took over the reigns of his family and enjoyed life in Edo from a more carefree position. To most people, he might be described as an eccentric young retiree, but this Kei is something else. He was a man of note, so much so that Sadanobu Matsudaira, the old man in power at the time, was wary of him and sent him as an emissary. The Kitsuregawa, who was of Ashikaga descent, was a unique feudal lord who was recognized by Tokugawa Ieyasu as his guest and did not serve the shogun. The eccentric Kei is a bit of a jerk, and without realizing it, the people around him become embroiled in a series of troublesome incidents.... The painful times of a free man who is unbound by anything. The sixth installment of the popular series!

まだ壮年でありながら、はやばやと家督を譲り、気楽な立場で江戸暮らしを楽しむ喜連川家の先代藩主・喜連川恵氏。世間から見れば『風変わりな若隠居』といったところだが、この恵氏という男は、ちと違う。時の権力者・老中松平定信から警戒され、御目付役を派遣されるほどの、要注意人物であった。それもそのはず、足利の血をひく喜連川は、徳川家康から客分として認められた、将軍に仕えぬ唯一無二の特殊な大名だったのだ。変わり者の恵氏に振りまわされ、知らぬ間にまわりの者たちも厄介な事件に巻きこまれてゆくのだが...。なにものにも縛られぬ自由な男の痛快時代。大好評の第六弾!