Kaidan Suppon Ga Kago Bimbogami and Fukunokami (Tokuma Bunkota 67-2 Tokuma Jidai Shosetsu Bunko)

[Machine Translation] The passenger of the palanquin disappeared on the way. The next day, the strangled body of the man is found in the river. The Nishimachi Magistrate's Office suspects that the two palanquin carriers committed the crime, but.... Kosuke Kuzu, a painter who lives in a tenement house in front of Fukushima Rahan in Osaka, became involved in finding out the truth of the case because of a picture he painted for the Yomiuri, which dealt with this incident. Kosuke is drawn into a variety of troublesome situations because of a demon sealed in a painting that hangs in his room. (A painful historical novel written in Japanese)

駕籠の乗客が途中で消えた。翌日、その男の絞殺死体が川で発見される。西町奉行所の定町廻り同心は、駕籠かき二人の犯行と疑うが...。この事件を扱った読売に絵を描いたことが縁で、大坂の福島羅漢前の「日暮らし長屋」に住む絵師の葛幸助は、真相解明に関わることになった。部屋にかかる絵に封じられた瘟鬼(厄病神)のせいで、様々な厄介事に巻き込まれるはめになった幸助の命運は?(書下し痛快時代小説)