Part of Series
すべてを見とおしてしまう稀代の陰陽師・安倍晴明と、心優しき笛の名手・源博雅が、彼らの元に持ち込まれた平安の都で起こる怪事件を解決する大人気シリーズ。 蔵人・橘盛季に届けられた恋文。やがて姫君のもとに通うようになった男は一族の秘密を覗き見る――「銅酒を飲む女」。 雨で月の見えぬ夜に晴明と博雅が酒を飲んでいると、若き藤原道長が晴明の屋敷を訪ねてやって来た。なんでも今をときめく父の太政大臣、藤原兼家の首から下が突然なくなってしまったという――「首大臣」。 仲睦まじい漁師の兄弟を喰らおうとする者の正体とは――「夜叉婆あ」。 ほか、「桜闇、女の首。」「道満、酒を馳走されて死人と添い寝する語」「めなし」「新山月記」「牛怪」「望月の五位」を含む全９篇を収録。
Author
Baku Yumemakura was born January 1st 1951 in Kanagawa, Japan. He graduated from Tokai University with a degree in Japanese literature. He debuted as an author in 1977, subsequently publishing a number of successful series including Psyche Diver, Chimera, and Hunting Master in addition many others. In 1989 he won Japan’s Science Fiction award for his novel, The Lion that Ate the Moon, and in 1998 won the 11th Shibata Renzaburo Award for God’s of the Mountain. His work, “Oyedo Chokakuden”, was awarded the Izumi Kyoka Prize for Literature in 2011 and in 2012 received the Yoshikawa Eiji award. In 2001, the manga adaptation of his seminal work, “Onmyoji”, won the 5th annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, while the adaptation of his work “Gods of the Mountain” won the award of excellence at the Japan Media Arts Festival. A number of his works have been adapted to film, including the Toho produced “Onmyoji” and “Onmyoji 2”. See also 夢枕 獏. Baku Yumemakura Wiki.
