Meiji Kaika Ango Torimono Jo (Kadokawa Bunko)

[Machine Translation] In the midst of the new Meiji era of civilization and enlightenment, mysterious and bizarre incidents occur one after another. The man who is looking into them is Kaisyu Katsu, a hero of the closing days of the Tokugawa Shogunate, who is living a comfortable life in a secluded house in Akasaka Hikawa-cho. His famous (or stray?) reasoning leads him to a series of mysterious incidents. Shinjuro Yuki, a gentleman detective, is a detective who solves the case while being inspired by his famous (or stray?) deductions. And then there are the various friends of various personalities who butt in on their own accord. Ango's masterpiece of entertainment, with its unique humor and tongue-in-cheek criticism of civilization, and its superb deductive composition, makes the reader enjoy the fun of a detective's memoirs.

文明開化の明治新世相のなかで、次々と起きる謎の奇怪な事件。それにのぞむは、赤坂氷川町の隠宅で自適の日々を送る、幕末の英傑、勝海舟。彼の名(迷?)推理にほだされつつ、事件解決に活躍する紳士探偵、結城新十郎。そして勝手に首を突っ込んでくる、個性様々な仲間たち。独特のユーモアと毒舌のなかに文明批評のわざをピリリときかせながら、卓抜な推理的構成で捕物帖の面白さを堪能させる、安吾の傑作エンタテインメント。