麦屋町昼下がり

by Shuhei Fujisawa, 藤沢 周平

「お助けくださいまし」と夜道を走ってきた女をかばい、片桐敬助は、抜き身の刀をもった男を斬った。かわせば女が斬られ、受ければ自身が手傷を負ったにちがいない。しかしその男は、藩内随一、とうたわれる剣の遣い手・弓削新次郎の父だった……。片桐と弓削、男の闘いの一部始終を、緊密な構成・乾いた抒情で描きだす表題作のほか、「三ノ丸広場下城どき」「山姥橋夜五ツ」「榎屋敷宵の春月」と円熟期の名品を収録。時代小説の味わいを堪能できる贅沢な１冊！

318 pages, 文庫

First published March 1, 1992

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.