人間の檻: 獄医立花登手控え四

by Shuhei Fujisawa, 藤沢 周平

子供をさらって手にかける老人の秘密。裁きを終えた事件の裏に匂い立つ女の性（さが）。小伝馬町の牢内に沈殿する暗く悲しい浮世の難事を、人情味あふれる青年獄医がさわやかに解決する。だがある日、かつての捕物の恨みから、登の命をもらうと脅す男が現れた――。著者が５年にわたって書き継いだ傑作シリーズ完結編。

296 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 13, 2002

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.