孤剣: 用心棒日月抄

by Shuhei Fujisawa, 藤沢 周平

藩主毒殺の陰謀の証拠書類をもって姿を消した恐るべき剣鬼がいる。藩取り潰しを目論み、公儀隠密も暗躍する。お家の危機を救うべく、密命を帯びて青江又八郎ふたたび脱藩、江戸へ。頼むは身一つ剣一つ。用心棒稼業に糊口をしのぐ又八郎を待ち受ける三つどもえの死闘。

369 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 30, 2003

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.