Tsukigami (Shincho Bunko)

[Machine Translation] The time is the end of the Edo period. Bessho Hikoshiro, a poor householder, failed to make his way in the world despite his literary and military prowess, and was unable to afford even a cup of buckwheat noodles at night. One night, in a fit of drunkenness, he makes a request to God at a small shrine, and a god appears to him with a miraculous power. However, this god, though a god, was a god of poverty! The story of a man who lives on despite his desperate lack of luck is a heartrending tale that will eventually move you to tears. A masterpiece of historical fiction.

時は幕末、処は江戸。貧乏御家人の別所彦四郎は、文武に秀でながら出世の道をしくじり、夜鳴き蕎麦一杯の小遣いもままならない。ある夜、酔いにまかせて小さな祠に神頼みをしてみると、霊験あらたかにも神様があらわれた。だが、この神様は、神は神でも、なんと貧乏神だった!とことん運に見放されながらも懸命に生きる男の姿は、抱腹絶倒にして、やがては感涙必至。傑作時代長篇。