What kind of partners will two young men of the same age and the same name pronounce under the arrangement of fate? Beiyi, a thin and timid boy, became an orphan again at the age of sixteen. The master who adopted him, the catcher of Fukagawa Motomachi, the boss of Chikichi, died of poisoning by eating puffer fish. The eldest brother and his wife were ungrateful, occupied the Bunko House run by the boss, and swept the wife and him out of the house.
See also 宮部 みゆき (Japanese language profile) and 宮部美幸 (Chinese language profile).
Miyuki Miyabe (宮部みゆき Miyabe Miyuki) is a popular contemporary Japanese author active in a number of genres including science fiction, mystery fiction, historical fiction, social commentary, and juvenile fiction. Miyabe started writing novels at the age of 23. She has been a prolific writer, publishing dozens of novels and winning many major literary prizes, including the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize in 1993 for Kasha and the Naoki Prize in 1998 for Riyū [The Reason] (理由). A Japanese film adaptation of Riyû, directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi, was released in 2004.