Deri Kokera Joruri Nagaya Shunju Ki (Shogakukan Bunko J Fu 01-1 Shogakukan Jidai Shosetsu Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Shinpachiro Aoyagi left the Hirayama clan in Mutsu Province to search for his wife Shino, who disappeared three years ago, and left the family to his younger brother Mannosuke. Now a ronin, Aoyagi Shinpachiro is a man of the world, living alone with a sign in his back store that reads "Yorozu Sodan Haiyaku" (consulting on all manner of matters) and doing too much. Today, as he sighs over the little rice that remains in the bottom of his rice chest, Tamon Yakumo, a toad oil peddler, comes to him. Tamon Yakumo, a toad oil peddler, comes to him and offers him a job as a scout for O-ren, a reputed shamanistic fortune teller, after she saved him from being harassed by the locals. It is said that a turtle, which is indispensable for fortune-telling, was stolen and a threatening letter was thrown into the house. This is the first installment in a gem of human drama, filled with tragedy and joy.

三年前に失踪した妻・志野を探すため、弟の万之助に家督を譲り、陸奥国平山藩から江戸へ出てきた青柳新八郎。今では浪人となって、独りで住む裏店に『よろず相談承り』の看板をさげ、見過ぎ世過ぎをしている。今日も米櫃の底に残るわずかな米を見て、溜め息を吐いていると、ガマの油売り・八雲多聞がやって来た。地回りに難癖をつけられていたところを救ってもらった縁で、評判の巫女占い師・おれんの用心棒仕事を紹介するという。なんでも、占いに欠かせぬ亀を盗まれたうえ、脅しの文まで投げ入れられたらしい。悲喜こもごもの人間模様が織りなす、珠玉の第一弾。