Yashagaike (Otome No Hondana)

[Machine Translation] Yashagaike Pond is said to be inhabited by a dragon god, and legend has it that if the bell is not rung three times a day, a tsunami will be triggered from the pond and the village will sink to the bottom of the water. This series of illustrations of Kyoka Izumi's masterpieces has been vividly remixed in the modern age by Shikimi, a very popular illustrator known for designing characters for famous video games and in charge of Sakutaro Hagiwara's "Nekomachi", "From the Poetry Collection "Blue Cat"", Rampo Edogawa's "Oshie to Tabi suru Otoko", Soseki Natsume's "Ten Nights of Dreams", Ango Sakaguchi's "Under the Full Blossom of Sakura in the Forest" and Junichiro Tanizaki's "The Magician". This is the 29th volume in the popular "Maiden's Bookshelf" series. A fascinating book that can be enjoyed as both a play and an art book.

竜神が住むといわれる夜叉ヶ池。1日3回鐘を撞かなければ、池から津波が起こり、村は水の底に沈んでしまうという言い伝えがあった。泉鏡花の名作が、有名ゲームのキャラクターデザインなどで知られ、本シリーズでは萩原朔太郎『猫町』、『詩集『青猫』より』、江戸川乱歩『押絵と旅する男』、夏目漱石『夢十夜』、坂口安吾『桜の森の満開の下』、谷崎潤一郎『魔術師』を担当する大人気イラストレーター・しきみによって、鮮やかに現代リミックス。人気シリーズ「乙女の本棚」の第29弾が登場。戯曲としても画集としても楽しめる魅惑の1冊。