Shugoro No Edo Chonin No Edo (Haru Ki Bunkota 18-1 Jidai Shosetsu Bunko)

[Machine Translation] In the 1950s, when the good old days of Japan were rapidly disappearing, Shugoro Yamamoto was busy telling stories of Edo. Stubborn and taciturn craftsmen, tenement dwellers who maintained a reasonable distance from their neighbors... The Edo townspeople were portrayed as protagonists of the Japanese people of just yesterday, who were not ashamed of their poverty and lived their lives honestly despite their dire circumstances and feelings. Now that the values of the world are once again undergoing a major shift, we will explore the true image of the Japanese people in Shugoro's Edo stories, including "Yanagibashi Monogatari," "Sabu," "Osan," and "Ku Kuu Henreki.

古きよき日本が急速に姿を消していった一九五〇年代、山本周五郎はさかんに江戸の物語を世に送り出した。頑固で寡黙な職人、適度な距離でご近所と関わる長屋の住人たち…貧しさを恥じず、切羽詰まった事情や感情を抱えながらも愚直に日々を送るほんの昨日までの日本人の姿が、江戸の町人を主人公に描き出された。再び世の価値観が大きく動いているいま、「柳橋物語」「さぶ」「おさん」「虚空遍歴」をはじめとする周五郎の江戸もののなかに、本来の日本人の姿を探り出す。