Nire No Haka (Futaba Bunko)

[Machine Translation] A collection of short stories set in Hokkaido during the pioneering period, following "Houou no fune" (The Phoenix Ship), which won the Historical Period Writers' Club Award. The title story is about Kametaro Otomo, who leads the development of Sapporo, and the fate of a young man engaged in land reclamation. The title story is about the educational debate on a ship between Kiyotaka Kuroda, the Commissioner for Pioneering Sapporo, and Dr. Clark, the first vice principal of Sapporo Agricultural College. A remarkable work that was included in "Jidai Shosetsu The Best 2020" (Japan Literature and Artists Society) / "Yakko Nyobo Hajime" (The Lending Wife). The five novels are richly illustrated with emotion, depicting people who chose their own path in life while being tossed about by the waves of the new era.

歴史時代作家クラブ賞受賞作『鳳凰の船』につぐ、開拓期の北海道を舞台に描く短編集。札幌開墾を主導する大友亀太郎と、開墾に従事する青年の行く末/表題作。開拓長官・黒田清隆と札幌農学校初代教頭・クラーク博士が船上で繰り広げる教育論争/「七月のトリリウム」。『時代小説ザ・ベスト2020』(日本文藝家協会編)に採録された注目作/「貸し女房始末」。新時代の波に翻弄されながらも、己の生きる道を選びとった者たちの姿を情感豊かに綴る全五編。