Ginjiro, a craftsman renowned as the best in Edo for dressing and makeup of women, is actually the heir to the Hatamoto Sakura-i family. He is a master swordsman with a Menkyo Kaiden (license of complete transmission) in the Mugai-ryu style, and sometimes helps solve cases. ---------- "Kyokaku Ichi Koshiraeya Ginjiro Hanjoki" Yasuharu Kadota, Tokuma Bunko, 20241024 Price: ¥680 Bunzaemon, the retired head of the long-established kimono wholesaler "Kyonoya," has been murdered! The culprit was alone. It was an instantaneous event, leaving no time for a scream. Moreover, it was the day of his beloved granddaughter, Sato's, arranged marriage meeting. Ginjiro, connected through his work of "koshirae" (dressing and makeup) for Sato, also began investigating. Bunzaemon was once an undercover investigator under a secret order from the Accounting Inspection Office. The case soon began to shake the shogunate and the Ooku (inner palace)! The first volume is a torrent of events! ---------- "Kyokaku Ichi Koshiraeya Ginjiro Hanjoki 2" Yasuharu Kadota, Tokuma Bunko, 202410 Price: ¥680 The reward Ginjiro received for the koshirae work for the Ooku's senior lady-in-waiting, Ejima, before the monthly memorial service, was "Ban-uchi Koban" (specially minted gold coins) that had been strictly stored in the Edo Castle treasury. Meanwhile, Sen, the beautiful assistant to Ginjiro, is kidnapped by someone. From eyewitness accounts, Ginjiro suspects the mysterious samurai, Tokosuberi Shichijuro, and learns a chilling truth about the Tokosuberi family from his Mugai-ryu master, Sasaoka Ichiroemon!! The intense second installment of the series is finally beginning! ---------- Books in the same genre can be found using the following tags (based on Amazon classification) #Aki's Tokuma Bunko #Aki's Literature/Criticism #Kyokaku (Chivalrous) #Koshiraeya Ginjiro Hanjoki #Yasuharu Kadota #Yasuharu_Kadota #Books #Japanese Literature/Novels/Stories