黒武御神火御殿 三島屋変調百物語六之続

三島屋変調百物語 #6

by Miyuki Miyabe, 宮部 みゆき

獨步文化文學小說

576 pages, Hardcover

Published December 7, 2019

About the author

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.

Reviews

[Jessica.M · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love the author and the series, but this one is quite boring 🥱

[Erika · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was entertaining as always.
Reading about Edo (later changes its name to Tokyo) and seeing all those familiar names popping up was fun.
The stories themselves were intriguing as well.
However, whenever I read the short stories in this series, I feel like I've already read the story before.
There ARE some variations, but all the stories start to sound the same after a while.

But the last story (黒武御神火御殿) which consisted 55% of the book, had a new aspect and I enjoyed that story thoroughly. The Christianity and how it was accepted and banned in the Edo era Japan, and how Daimyos reacted to the religion was fun to read. I liked how the author didn't make the religion itself a bad thing and made the obsession and selfishness the villain of the story.

I don't think I'll read the book anytime soon, but it was just creepy and intriguing enough for me to not want to put the book down.

memo:
Reserved on 2020/9/28, arrived on 2021/3/16