数えずの井戸

江戸怪談

by Natsuhiko Kyogoku

数えるから、足りなくなる――。暗く冷たい井戸の端で、「菊」は何を見たのか。それは、はなかくも美しい、もうひとつの「皿屋敷」。怪談となった江戸の「事件」を独自の解釈で語り直す、傑作怪談！

Paperback Bunko

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Natsuhiko Kyogoku ( 京極 夏彦 Kyōgoku Natsuhiko, born March 26, 1963) is a Japanese mystery writer, who is a member of Ōsawa Office. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of Japan and the Honkaku Mystery Writers Club of Japan.

Three of his novels have been turned into feature films; Mōryō no Hako, which won the 1996 Mystery Writers of Japan Award, was also made into an anime TV series, as was Kosetsu Hyaku Monogatari, and his book Loups=Garous was adapted into an anime feature film. Vertical have published his debut novel as The Summer of the Ubume.

(from Wikipedia)