Muen Zaka Kaishaku Jin Bessho Ryu Gen Shimatsu Kessaku Jidai Shosetsu (Kobunsha Bunko Tsu 15-16 Kobunsha Jidai Shosetsu Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Twenty-two-year-old Bessho Ryugen serves as a headman in the prison house. He carries the name of "Bessho Ichimon," or "the family of Bessho," and is often asked to intercede for samurai who are about to commit seppuku. Although his small stature and quiet appearance make him look like a child, those who know him know that he is an excellent mediator. The only thing that is there is the workings of the mind that is born in the split second between the cutter and the cut victim. This is the life and pride of a beheader who is feared and called impure. The first work in this tearful series.

牢屋敷の首打役を務める別所龍玄二十二歳。介錯人・別所一門の名を背負い、切腹する侍の介錯を頼まれることもある。小柄で物静かな姿は童子のようでありながら、その介錯を知る者の間では凄腕と囁かれる。斬る者と斬られる者、その一瞬に生まれる心の働きだけが、ただそこにある―。不浄と呼ばれ、恐れられる首斬人の生き様と矜持。涙溢れるシリーズ第一作。