Tenchu No Ken (Shincho Bunko)

[Machine Translation] The end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Yamao Yozo and Ito Shunsuke, both volunteers from the Choshu Clan, carried out an assassination at night on Kudanzaka. They believed it to be a righteous act, but were severely reprimanded by Murata Zoroku, a reformist. The following year, with Murata's help, the two men secretly traveled to London with their friends, where they were astonished by the progressive spirit of the city! However, when they returned to Japan, they found that the world was in the midst of an uprising of old guard, and that Murata was in danger. Time passed by, and Murata found himself in Harbin Station. Ito, who opposed the annexation of Korea, was killed by a bullet. This is a historical novel with the theme of "Tenchu" (death penalty).

幕末師走。長州藩の志士山尾庸三と伊藤俊輔は、夜の九段坂で暗殺を決行した。義挙と信じていたが、改革派の村田蔵六から厳しく叱責される。翌年、二人は村田の助力で仲間と密航、ロンドンでその先進性に驚愕した!だが帰国してみると、世は守旧の激徒が暗躍し、村田の身にも危機が―。時は流れ、ハルビン駅頭。韓国併合に反対の伊藤は、凶弾に斃れた。“天誅”を主題に描く渾身の歴史小説。