Tengai No Umi Su Ya San Dai No Monogatari (Shio Bunko) [Light Novel]

[Machine Translation] Late Edo period. After the sudden death of Hanzaemon Nakano V, a sake brewer in Handa Village, Chita County (present-day Handa City, Aichi Prefecture), his son-in-law, Mitsuroku (later Matazaemon Nakano I), came up with the idea of making vinegar from sake lees while working as a sake brewer. Japanese "sushi" (SUSHI) is now loved around the world. This is the story of three Matazaemon who devoted their lives to "kasu-zu," the vinegar with sake lees that became the origin of the popular trend. A special interview with actress Reiko Takashima is included at the end of the book.

江戸後期。知多郡半田村(現在の愛知県半田市)で酒造業を営む、五代・中野半左衛門の急死により、婿養子に迎えられた三六(のちの初代・中野又左衛門)は、酒造りの傍ら、酒粕を使った粕酢造りを思いつく。いまや世界で愛される日本の「寿司‐SUSHI‐」。その流行の淵源となった「粕酢」に生涯をかけた、初代から二代、三代へと受け継がれる三人の又左衛門の物語。巻末に女優・高島礼子氏との特別対談を収録。