Karasu Ageha No Shiwaza (Haru Ki Bunko Ka 26-1 Jidai Novel Bunko)

[Machine Translation] The Yumemidori-za is led by Ichchosai Yanagawa, one of Japan's foremost hand-wedding masters. The troupe's hut in Asakusa is a lively place with Ichchosai as the head of the troupe, the gorgeous and flamboyant Uchiwa, the handsome second apprentice Toraji, and the mysterious Ukyo, whose age is unknown.... The second apprentice, Toraji, is a beautiful and enigmatic man of unknown age. However, the youngest disciple of the troupe, Chokichi, has failed on stage and is now under house arrest. Then Chokichi learns that children from a temple with ties to the Yumemidori-za have been kidnapped. Chokichi is heartbroken when he is told by Ageha and Ukyo that "the time has come for you to show your once-in-a-generation hand-wife". In this nonstop historical novel, the "Ravenous Feather" fights to the death against the great evil of Edo, and the reader's hands will be sweaty.

日ノ本きっての手妻師・柳川一蝶斎率いる〈夢見鳥座〉。浅草にある一座の小屋は、座長の一蝶斎、一座の花形であでやかな揚羽、美丈夫の二番弟子・虎次、年齢不詳で謎の多い席亭の右京...と今日もにぎやかに揃い踏み。だが一座の末弟子・蝶吉は舞台でしくじり、謹慎中の身。そんな折、蝶吉は夢見鳥座に縁のある寺の子供たちが拐かされたことを知る。心を痛める蝶吉は、揚羽と右京から、「お前さんの一世一代の、手妻を見せる機がきた」と言われ―。「鴉揚羽」が江戸の巨悪と死闘を繰り広げる、手に汗握るノンストップ時代小説。