Iro Botoke (Bunshun Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Let's try to carve a Buddha that is sexier than the Kannon statue on my back". Karasu was fascinated by the eleven-faced Kannon statue in Kitaomi. He came to the capital to become a monk, but after meeting a woman, he decided to leave the temple where he had trained. Karasu tries to make an ideal statue of Kannon with his own hands and to master his art... Set in Kyoto at the end of the Edo period, this sensual historical novel is a colorful depiction of the lusts of men and women and human karma.

「うちの背中の観音様より、色っぽい仏さん、彫ってみ」。北近江の十一面観音像に魅せられた烏。僧になるべく都に来たが、ある女と出会い、修行した寺を出ることに。理想の観音像を自らの手で作り、その芸を極めようとする烏だったが...。幕末の京を舞台に男女の情欲と人間の業を色濃く描く、官能時代小説。