Shichigusa Nyobo (Haru Ki Bunko Shi 17-1 Jidai Shosetsu Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Kei, a wife whose husband has joined the Shogitai, leaves her husband at a pawn shop because she needs money before the battle. The Shogitai is defeated in the face of the new government forces, and the man's whereabouts are unknown, but Kei has been waiting for him for five months. Sotaro Kashiwagi, a poor ronin who had been friends with the pawnbroker for a long time, is asked to search for her husband in exchange for a fee, and travels to the turbulent Edo and then to Aizu, a possible place of escape. While on her way there, she meets Kouhei Hayami, a general staff member of the new government army, and they end up going together... This novel won the 12th Kadokawa Haruki Novel Award and was highly praised for its entertainment value.

「夫は、必ず戻ってきます」彰義隊に入った夫に、戦いの前に手元に金が必要だと質屋に預けられた妻・けい。彰義隊は新政府軍を前に敗走、男の行方もわからないが、けいはひたすら信じ、もう五月もの間待っている。その質屋と昔から懇意だった貧乏浪人・柏木宗太郎は、手間賃を払う代わりに夫の捜索を頼まれ、動乱の江戸、そして逃亡先と考えられる会津へ。その最中、新政府軍の参謀・速水興平と出会い、行を共にすることになるが...。エンターテインメント性を高く評価された第十二回角川春樹小説賞受賞作。