Tsukikusa to Hanagoyomi Izakaya Zenya (Haru Ki Bunko Sa 19-18 Jidai Shosetsu Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Tadajiro's niece, Oe, had served in the inner palace, but she did not want to become the shogun's handmaiden and ran away to Tadajiro's house to get some free time. Even if she returned home, she was sure to be married off to some samurai family, so she decided to become a merchant and live by her own talents. Kumakichi, however, is a caretaker and his blood is taking its toll on Ohana, who is also annoyed by this. The young people struggle to survive in the troubled world of Edo. Kaki-age (fried dokkatsu) with carrot tips, Temari-zushi (sushi with rice balls) for the Momo no Sekku (Peach Festival), Kimutama-jam of Yang-ume (sweet bean jelly), sugar dyed blue with dewdrops.... The sixth in a series of masterpiece historical novels, in which food colors the emotions!

ぜんやに転がりこんできたお転婆姫―只次郎の姪のお栄は大奥に仕えていたのだが、将軍からお手つきとなるのを嫌い、暇を貰って只次郎の許へと逃げていた。家に戻ってもどこぞの武家に嫁がされるに決まっている、と町人となって己の才覚で生きていくことを望むが...。熊吉は熊吉で世話焼きの血が祟り、お花はそれにもやきもき。ままならぬ江戸の世を、若者たちがもがきます。独活の穂先と人参のかき揚げ、桃の節句の手鞠寿司、楊梅の金玉羹、露草で青く染めた砂糖。料理が気持ちを彩る、傑作時代小説第六弾!