Sange No Onna (Gentosha Jidai Shosetsu Bunko I 25-12 Bansho I Ha Chicken Sensei Kyushin Roku 3)

[Machine Translation] When Nishiki Hatta, a guardhouse doctor, saw the corpse, he could not determine the cause of death. There were no clues other than a bruise on the forehead. Determined to find the cause of death, Nishiki obtains the permission of the head of the Sadamachimawari to conduct an autopsy. What is the unexpected fact she discovers? The title story and four other stories depict the fate of a struggling sister and brother and their mother, who abandoned them when they were young and became the founder of a new religion.

番所医の八田錦は、その亡骸を見た時、死因が分からなかった。おでこを地面で打った痕跡以外に手がかりらしいものがないのだ。意を決して、定町廻り筆頭同心の許しを得て腑分け(解剖)に臨む錦。彼女が突き止めた思わぬ事実とはいったい...?苦労人の姉弟と、幼い彼女らを捨て新興宗教の教祖となった母の因果を描く表題作ほか全四話収録。