花のあと

by Shuhei Fujisawa, 藤沢 周平

娘ざかりを剣の道に生きた以登（いと）。色白で細面、醜女ではないのだが父に似て口がいささか大きすぎる。そんなお以登にも、ほのかに想いをよせる男がいた。部屋住みだが道場随一の遣い手、江口孫四郎である。許婚の決まった身ながら、お以登は一度だけ孫四郎との手合わせを望む──。老女の昔語りとして端正に描かれる異色の武家物語は、北川景子主演の映画化原作。表題作ほか、藤沢周平の円熟期の秀作を“町人物”と“武家物”併せて七篇収録。

277 pages, 文庫

First published March 1, 1989

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.