First edition, first printing, 2016. With obi, a very clean book. "Saber Metropolitan Police Department" By Bin Konno Price: ¥1600 The leading figure in police novels, Bin Konno challenges the Meiji police for the first time! July, 1905. While the nation watched the outcome of the Russo-Japanese War, the telephone bell of the First Division, First Section of the Metropolitan Police Department rang. The murdered Imperial University lecturer, Takashima, was a radical who advocated for the rejection of traditional Japanese culture. On the same day, the news came that Lieutenant Colonel Honjo was also killed with a sharp blade, just like Takashima... The First Division, First Section of the Metropolitan Police Department, along with Nishikoji, a detective and grandson of a count, and Hajime Saito, also known as Goro Fujita, the former third unit captain of the Shinsengumi who was also in the Metropolitan Police Department, begin their investigation... #BinKonno #Bin_Konno #book #JapaneseLiterature/Novels&Stories