Tsuki Shin (Haru Ki Bunko Ha 13 - 1 - Jidai Shosetsu Bunko)

[Machine Translation] In 1878, Kiyoshi Tsukigata, a samurai from the Fukuoka domain, left the port of Yokohama for Hokkaido by steamer for the construction of a superintendency. During the trip, he thought of his late cousin, Ushizo Tsukigata, who had been the center of the "San'ou Exclusionist" movement. Senzo had been a leading figure in the "reverence for the emperor and expulsion of the foreigners" faction, and had been trying to make the Fukuoka domain the center of this faction. However, the feudal lord Nagahiro Kuroda was unhappy with the rise of the exclusionist faction, and Senzo was sentenced to death just before the Meiji Restoration. Time has passed, and he is now working under the orders of the new government. What would Senzo, whom he respected so much, think if he saw himself today? A masterpiece historical novel depicting the warriors who fought for their country and their beliefs during the turbulent Meiji Restoration!

明治十三年、福岡藩士出身の月形潔は、集治監建設のため横浜港から汽船で北海道へと向かった。その旅のさなか、亡き従兄弟の月形洗蔵を想った。尊王攘夷派の中心となり、福岡藩を尊攘派として立ち上がらせようとしていた洗蔵。だが、藩主・黒田長溥は、尊攘派の台頭を苦々しく思っており、洗蔵は維新の直前に刑死した。時は過ぎ、自分は今、新政府の命令によって動いている。尊敬していた洗蔵が、今の自分を見たらどう思うのか?激動の明治維新の中で国を思い、信念をかけて戦った武士たちを描く、傑作歴史小説!