Sawatari Kenran (Tokuma Bunko a 74-1 Tokuma Jidai Novel Bunko)

[Machine Translation] The year is Genroku. On Sado Island, reeling from a drastic decline in gold and silver production, a series of bizarre incidents occurs including the discovery of a decapitated body crucified on a Noh stage and the disappearance of a chest containing 1,000 ryo. A blood-stained Noh mask is left behind at the scene. Yuemon, a young Noh director hoping for the island s revival, sets out on an investigation at the behest of the new magistrate alongside Mase Kichidai, a man derided as a lazy samurai." Though initially resistant, Yuemon finds himself increasingly drawn to Kichidai s extraordinary talent. Will the two of them uncover the conspiracy lurking deep within the Golden Island a plot capable of shaking the very foundations of the nation?! Winner of both the Booksellers Choice Historical Novel Award and the Japan Historical Fiction Writers Association Award!! A blockbuster historical entertainment masterpiece from the winner of the Oyabu Prize!

時は元禄。金銀の産出量激減に喘ぐ佐渡では、能舞台で磔にされた斬殺死体、千両箱の消失など怪事件が続発。そこには血塗られた能面が残されていた。島の再興を願う若き振矩師・与右衛門は、新奉行の命で「ぐうたら侍」と揶揄される間瀬吉大夫と探索に乗りだす。反発しつつも吉大夫の非凡な才覚に惹かれてゆく与右衛門。黄金の島の最奥に潜む、国をも揺るがす謀に二人はたどりつけるか!?本屋が選ぶ時代小説大賞&日本歴史時代作家協会賞作品賞W受賞作!!大藪賞作家が放つ弩級の時代エンタテイメント!