Kanaria Do Meichiyo Zoshi 3 3 Kodanshiya Bunko Wa29-5 Natsunegura (Kodansha Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Young sparrows born in the same year sometimes gather in a single tree as their roost. This is the summer roost. The sparrows cry furiously to each other until the sun goes down and they fall asleep, and it is called a sparrow war. There are other riddles behind the words for birds, such as "yellow-bellied cockcrowing," "quick sacrifice," "duck's floating sleep," and so on. The daughter of an Edo-style bird-keeper, Oharuka, unravels the mysteries behind the words used to describe the birds. A heartwarming historical mystery.

その年生まれた若い雀が一本の木を塒に定めて集まることがある。それが夏塒。日が落ち寝入るまで雀たちが激しく鳴き合うさまは雀合戦。他にも秧鶏叩く、百舌の速贄、鴨の浮寝...鳥たちをめぐる様々な言葉の裏にある謎を、江戸の飼鳥屋の看板娘お遙が解き明かしてゆく。心温まる、時代ミステリー。