よろずや平四郎活人剣 下

by Shuhei Fujisawa, 藤沢 周平

よろず仲裁を請け負う平四郎にもち込まれる話はさまざまだ。中年夫婦の離縁話、勘当息子の連れ戻し、駆け落ち娘のゆくえを探索……。武家と違い、万事気ままな裏店にも、悲哀にみちた人生絵図がある。初恋の女性の不遇には心を痛め、目付をつとめる長兄には幕府の捜査にこき使われ、剣を抜くことも。いつの間にか平四郎は大忙し。藤沢周平、円熟期の代表的シリーズ、愈々佳境に！人の世の哀切な陰影を端正に、ときにユーモラスに映し出す話題作。

Paperback Bunko

First published December 10, 2003

About the author

Shuhei Fujisawa (藤沢 周平 Fujisawa Shūhei) was a Japanese author, whose real name was Tomeji Kosuge. (小菅留治). Over fifty of his books were published through the course of his lifetime, including both full-length novels and short story anthologies. The focus of his writing was historical fiction. Before he became an author, he had been a journalist.

Over 23 million of his paperbacks have been printed. His work has been adapted for both television and film. Five recent full-length films have been based on his work.

In 1973, Fujisawa received the 69th Naoki Prize (1973) for Ansatsu no Nenrin (Annals of Assassination). He would go on to win six further literary awards, among them the Asahi Prize in 1994.