A humorous portrayal of people's lives before and after the war

Just before the end of the war, Yamanaka Shinsuke, the owner of a fan shop, is arrested by the Special High Police and released from prison after the war, when the story begins to unfold. This is the first of two volumes of a masterpiece that was serialized in Bessatsu Bungei Shunju for fifteen years and won the 47th Kikuchi Kan Prize.

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