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堂島物語 #1
堂島物語１ 曙光篇
米が銭を生む街、大坂堂島。米問屋である山代屋へ、十六歳と遅れて奉公に入った貧農の倅・吉左には「暖簾分けを許され、店を持つ」という出世の道は閉ざされていた。しかし、刻々と変わる米相場の世界を舞台に、相場師としての才能を発揮していく。本格時代経済小説の登場。
665 pages, ebook
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富樫倫太郎
83 books1 follower一九六一年、北海道生まれ。九八年に第四回歴史群像大賞を受賞した『修羅の跫』でデビュー。「陰陽寮」シリーズや「妖説 源氏物語」シリーズなどの伝奇小説、「ＳＲＯ 警視庁広域捜査専任特別調査室」シリーズなどの警察小説、「軍配者」シリーズ、「北条早雲」シリーズ、「土方歳三 箱館戦争異聞」シリーズなどの時代・歴史小説と、幅広いジャンルで活躍している。
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August 8, 2020
曙光編
Kichiza is like the hansel and gretal kid in his family only except during the times he’s kicked out, he learns to read, write and use an abacus with a monk instead of being preyed on by a witch. And then he gets taken back in again once the breadwinner gets sick...but after some time he’s kicked off to another place to become an apprentice- in Dojima.
Set during the 1720s in Japan, rice collected as tax became the underlying currency of the country. Rice brokers and moneychangers flocked to Dojima, thus spuring the development of the Dojima Rice Exchange. Right off the bat, the story shifts from the simple setting of a coming of age story to a story about economics. The author is competent in writing complex characters especially in the case of Kichiza. Quite obviously though, there is room for Kichiza to grow as a person and as a future rice broker, and the first novel serves pretty much as exposition on dojima and the steeping stone for more plot. There were some slow parts where some trading details were a slog to read through, but the author builds momentum when necessary and had a consistent pace. There’s a cliffhanger ending too goddammit.
Kichiza is like the hansel and gretal kid in his family only except during the times he’s kicked out, he learns to read, write and use an abacus with a monk instead of being preyed on by a witch. And then he gets taken back in again once the breadwinner gets sick...but after some time he’s kicked off to another place to become an apprentice- in Dojima.
Set during the 1720s in Japan, rice collected as tax became the underlying currency of the country. Rice brokers and moneychangers flocked to Dojima, thus spuring the development of the Dojima Rice Exchange. Right off the bat, the story shifts from the simple setting of a coming of age story to a story about economics. The author is competent in writing complex characters especially in the case of Kichiza. Quite obviously though, there is room for Kichiza to grow as a person and as a future rice broker, and the first novel serves pretty much as exposition on dojima and the steeping stone for more plot. There were some slow parts where some trading details were a slog to read through, but the author builds momentum when necessary and had a consistent pace. There’s a cliffhanger ending too goddammit.
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