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Order BookAuthor: Izumi Kyoka
| Original Title | 註文帳 |
|---|---|
| Author | 泉 鏡花 |
| Genre | Popular Fiction |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | In the frozen heart of Edo’s pleasure district, a razor sharpener’s shop clings to shadows beneath snow-laden eaves. Gosuke, an aging artisan haunted by decades of whispered secrets, guards shelves lined with blades belonging to courtesans—each honed to lethal perfection. But on the nineteenth day of every month, razors vanish like ghosts, leaving only dread in their wake. When brash young Sutekichi arrives to collect orders, their banter unravels a chilling pattern: disappearances tied to tragic tales of love and vengeance from Yoshiwara’s buried past. As a blizzard descends, a spectral figure emerges—a courtesan with snowflake-patterned robes and a glittering blade—her presence entwined with Gosuke’s cursed ledger. Whispers of a hatamoto’s daughter who died by her own razor mingle with the howling wind, while Nijōya’s crimson plum blossoms bleed through the storm. In this world where steel holds memories and snow muffles sins, every shadow hums with the edge of a forgotten tragedy waiting to cut anew. |
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