Hidarikiki Resu Kofu Sakuhin Shu 1 (Russia Meisaku Library)

[Machine Translation] A man with the nickname "JAKOU-USHIU" appears one day, then suddenly disappears and returns again. Where will this mysterious man, who repeatedly goes on an itinerant journey as if he were a fish in the sea, go? A "left-handed" craftsman who has been given a task by the Czar of Russia and has accomplished it with such skill that he seems to have won over the advanced nation of England, but his skill leads to an unexpected turn of events... This is a story that could be mistaken for a true story by Leskov, who has created a series of such heroes, and there are always people like this in Russia.

ある日突然現れたかと思えばふいに姿を消してまた帰ってくる「じゃこう牛」というあだ名の男。世の中をさかなでするような遍歴を繰り返すこの不思議な男はどこへ向かうのか...。ロシアの皇帝から与えられた課題を「左利き」の職人が見事な腕前で成し遂げて先進国イギリスの鼻をあかしたかと思いきや、その技巧が思いがけない展開を呼びこんで...。ロシアにはこんな人間が必ずいる、そんな主人公を次々と生み出すレスコフの実話と見まがう物語。