Botan Chiru Okuri Eshi 2 (Haru Ki Bunko Mo 5-2 Jidai Shosetsu Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Ofuyu, an apprentice painter, has been receiving more and more orders from jimoto wholesalers after she painted a death picture of Ichinoshin, an actor and old friend of hers. One day, she happened to pass by an art book depicting a love affair between a tachiyaku actor and an onnagata (female actor), which is forbidden in Japan. Ofuyu, who happens to be passing by, is mistaken for the painter who painted the yomiuri because she was carrying the picture book, and is caught by Okakutsugi... This is the second volume of a remarkable new series by the author who unanimously won the 14th Kadokawa Haruki Novel Award.

昔馴染みで役者の市之進の死絵を描いたことをきっかけに、地本問屋からの注文が増えてきた絵師見習いのおふゆ。ある日街中で、ご禁制とされている、立役と女方の心中を描いた読売が売られていた。偶然通りがかったおふゆは、画帖を持っていたことから、その読売を描いた絵師だと勘違いされ、岡っ引きに捕まってしまう...。第十四回角川春樹小説賞を満場一致で受賞した著者の、注目の新シリーズ第二巻。