壬生義士傳 4

漫画 壬生義士伝 #4

by Jirō Asada

將父親所遺留下的「罪」與「魂」置於胸口－－

　　背離主君，為家庭而活的父親。背負其罪業，行走於苦難之路的兒子．嘉一郎－－。接連而來的饑荒，逐漸逼近的戰亂此時已成長為青年的嘉一郎，所展現出的南部武士之姿為－－—？

　　淺田次郎＆永安巧兩位大師聯手呈獻，新「新選組」傳說！哀戚的第二章，震撼完結！

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Published January 1, 2013

About the author

Jirō Asada (浅田 次郎, born December 13, 1951 in Tokyo) is the pen name of Kōjirō Iwato (岩戸 康次郎), a Japanese writer.

Inspired by Yukio Mishima, who tried to stage a coup d'état among Japan Self-Defense Forces then committed suicide after the coup was failed, Asada enlisted in the SDF after finishing his studies. He changed jobs many times while endeavoring to find writing opportunities, submitting his works to literary competitions.

In 1991, his novel Torarete tamaruka! (とられてたまるか!) started his literary career. After writing several picaresque novels, his novel Metro ni notte (地下鉄に乗って) was awarded the Eiji Yoshikawa Prize for New Writers and made into a 2006 film; a short story collection The Stationmaster and other stories (Poppoya (鉄道員)) was also awarded the Naoki Prize.

He writes not only standard fiction and picaresque novels, but also writes historical and Chinese historical novels such as The Firmament of the Pleiades (Sōkyū no subaru, 蒼穹の昴).