Ebi Ka Ni Kassen (Shueisha Bunkota 59-19 Ukiyo Bugyo to San Akunin)

[Machine Translation] Takemitsuya Jakumaru, who has been living in poverty due to the work of the Yokomachi magistrate, is offered a tremendous opportunity to make a fortune! Meanwhile, a group of suspicious-looking people appear in the city looking for an old woman who looks just like a crab... ( title story ). A sword belonging to Jirocho Shimizu, a successful professional gambler in Suruga Province, has been stolen. The sword is said to bring misfortune, but it drifted away and ended up in the town of Osaka... ("Inugumo Nyanryu no maki"). This is the fourth volume of this exciting historical novel, which contains three episodes full of mystery and laughter!

横町奉行の仕事に追いまくられ、貧乏暮らしがつづく竹光屋雀丸に、とてつもない儲け話が転がり込んだ!?一方、市中では蟹そっくりの老婆を探す怪しげな一団が現れ...(表題作)。駿河国で売り出し中の博徒、清水次郎長の刀が盗まれた。禍を招くという曰くつきの刀なのだが、流れ流れて大坂の町に辿り着き...(「犬雲・にゃん竜の巻」)。謎と笑いがてんこもりの全3話収録の痛快時代小説第4弾!