Yojin Jo New Edition (Kodansha Bunko)

[Machine Translation] In the blank space after the downfall of Iiji Tanuma, dark battles were exchanged. Seiichiro Kagei, a Kofu watchman, kills his former friend and leaves for Edo. With Seiichiro as his escort, Sawai Koheita attempts to change the shogunate government with his usual eloquence. Tsunekichi, a fire extinguisher, gets the blood of Edo kids boiling and becomes Otoko Itachi in a once-in-a-generation fight. Who will be the one to open the way to a closed world? This is a great work of historical fiction written by a master swordsman from the northern part of Japan.

田沼意次失脚後の空白に、交わされる暗闘。甲府勤番の影井誠一郎はかつての友を斬り、江戸に出た。誠一郎を護衛につけ、沢井小平太は持ち前の弁舌で幕政を変えんとする。火消の常吉は一世一代の大喧嘩で、江戸っ子の血を沸かせ男伊達となる。閉塞する世に風穴を開ける者は誰か。北方剣豪時代小説の快作。