Hantei Sahai Yaku Nichinichi Hikae

[Machine Translation] Gorobei Satomura works as a sub official of the Jinguji clan's Edo residence. The "Anything Goes" department is ridiculed behind its back, and Satomura is always busy handling disputes, large and small, within the clan's domain. Satomura is always busy dealing with them. Then, he receives a report that the young lord, who went to see the cherry blossoms, has gone missing. Satomura immediately sets out to search for him, but is mysteriously told by an Edo retainer that "there is no need to find him"... A serene and poignant tale by one of the most popular historical novelists of all time.

里村五郎兵衛は、神宮寺藩江戸藩邸差配役を務めている。陰で“なんでも屋”と揶揄される差配役には、藩邸内の揉め事が大小問わず持ち込まれ、里村は対応に追われる毎日。そんななか、桜見物に行った若君が行方知れずになった、という報せが。すぐさま探索に向かおうとする里村だったが、江戸家老に「むりに見つけずともよい」と謎めいた言葉を投げかけられ...。最注目の時代小説家が描く、静謐にして痛快な物語。