壬生義士伝 4

漫画 壬生義士伝 #4

by Jirō Asada

父が遺した「罪」と「魂」を胸に──　国を捨て、家族に生きた父。その罪科を背負い、苦難の道を行く息子・嘉一郎──。打ち続く飢饉、そして迫り来る戦乱の時に、青年となった嘉一郎が示す南部武士の生き様とは──!?　浅田次郎＆ながやす巧の両巨匠が贈る、新たな「新選組」伝説!!　哀切の第二章、堂々完結!!

Comic

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).