Kenkaku Shōbai
{{Short description|Fictional samurai novel}}
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| author = Shōtarō Ikenami
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| language = Japanese
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| publisher = Shinchosha
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{{nihongo|Kenkaku Shōbai|剣客商売|Kenkaku Shōbai}} is a series of popular historical novels written by Shōtarō Ikenami and one of the representative novels of Ikenami along with Onihei Hankachō and Shikakenin Fujieda Baian.{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%89%A3%E5%AE%A2%E5%95%86%E5%A3%B2-707751|title=デジタル大辞泉プラス「剣客商売」の解説|publisher=kotobank|language=ja|access-date=15 November 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.sankei.com/article/20150901-DYYIINQGIFOJPOQLXSOHT7CRDQ/|title=１１日「剣客商売」主演・北大路欣也 小兵衛の「生きる視点に憧れる」|publisher=Sankei Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=15 November 2021}} The stories were originally serialized in the monthly magazine Shōsetsu Shinchō between 1972 and 1989. Sixteen full-length novels were published from Shinchosha between 1973 and 1989.{{cite web|url=https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/%E5%89%A3%E5%AE%A2%E5%95%86%E5%A3%B2/|title=剣客商売|publisher=goo|language=ja|access-date=15 November 2021}} Kenkaku Shōbai was also adapted into TV programs and manga series.
Characters
- {{nihongo|Kohei Akiyama|秋山 小兵衛|Akiyama Kohei}}: The main character Akiyama Kohei is a master of Mugai ryu but he is spending his retired life.{{cite news|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2123922/full/|title=比嘉愛未、初の女剣士役 北大路欣也『剣客商売』3年ぶり12・21放送|publisher=Oricon News|language=ja|access-date=15 November 2021}} Though Kohei is old, he is still a skilled swordsman.{{cite news|url=https://mantan-web.jp/article/20120601dog00m200007000c.html|title= 「剣客商売」で男装の女剣士に 北大路欣也主演で今夏SPドラマ化|publisher=MANTAN WEB|language=ja|access-date=15 November 2021}}
- {{nihongo|Daijirō Akiyama|秋山 大治郎|Akiyama Daijirō}} : Kohei's son who manages school of swordplay.
- {{nihongo|Oharu|おはる|Oharu}}: Kohei's wife. She is 40 years younger than Kohei.
- {{nihongo|Mifuyu Sasaki|佐々木 三冬|Sasaki Mifuyu}}
- {{nihongo|Okitsugu Tanuma|田沼 意次|Tanuma Okitsugu}}
Novels
- {{nihongo||剣客商売|Kenkaku Shōbai}} (1973)
- {{nihongo||剣客商売 辻斬り|Kenkaku Shōbai Tsujigiri}} (1973)
- {{nihongo||剣客商売 陽炎の男|Kenkaku Shōbai Kagero no Otoko}} (1973)
- {{nihongo||剣客商売 天魔|Kenkaku Shōbai Tenma}} (1974)
- {{nihongo||剣客商売 白い鬼|Kenkaku Shōbai Shiroi Oni}} (1975)
- {{nihongo||剣客商売 新妻|Kenkaku Shōbai Niizuma}} (1976)
- {{nihongo||剣客商売 隠れ簑|Kenkaku Shōbai Kakuremino}} (1976)
- {{nihongo||剣客商売 狂乱|Kenkaku Shōbai Kyōran}} (1977)
- {{nihongo||剣客商売 待ち伏せ|Kenkaku Shōbai Machibuse}} (1978)
- {{nihongo||剣客商売 春の嵐|Kenkaku Shōbai Haru no Arashi}} (1978)
- {{nihongo||剣客商売 勝負|Kenkaku Shōbai Shōbu}} (1979)
- {{nihongo||剣客商売 十番斬り|Kenkaku Shōbai Jyubangiri}} (1980)
- {{nihongo||剣客商売 波紋|Kenkaku Shōbai Hamon}} (1983)
- {{nihongo||剣客商売 暗殺者|Kenkaku Shōbai Ansatsusha}} (1985)
- {{nihongo||剣客商売 二十番斬り|Kenkaku Shōbai Nijyubangiri}} (1987)
- {{nihongo||剣客商売 浮沈|Kenkaku Shōbai Chinmoku}} (1989)
Manga
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Adaptation
=Television=
- Kenkaku Shōbai (1973), a Fuji TV production, Isao Yamagata as Akiyama Kohei and Gō Katō as Akiyama Daijirō.{{cite news|url=https://www.bsfuji.tv/kenkaku73/pub/011.html|title=剣客商売 1973|publisher=BS FUJI|language=ja|access-date=15 November 2021}}
- Kenkaku Shōbai (1998–2010) a Fuji TV production, Makoto Fujita played the role of Akiyama Kohei{{cite web|url=https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0042650|title=「剣客商売」が北大路欣也主演で2年半ぶり復活！杏、貫地谷しほり、斎藤工などキャスト一新！|publisher=Cinematoday|language=ja|access-date=15 November 2021}}
- Kenkaku Shōbai (2012), a Fuji TV production, Kin'ya Kitaōji played the role of Akiyama Kohei
=Manga=
- Professional Swordsmen of the Edo Era (1998–1999), Illustrated by Takao Saito{{cite web|url=https://getnews.jp/archives/3147562|title=追悼さいとう・たかを 池波正太郎原作・原案の人情時代劇画『鬼平犯科帳|publisher=東京産業新聞社 Tokyo Keizai Shimbun|language=ja|access-date=15 November 2021}}
- Kenkaku Shōbai (2008–2021), Illustrated by Yasuichi Oshima{{cite news|url=https://www.atpress.ne.jp/news/150520|title=累計180万部突破！池波正太郎作品を完全コミカライズ！『剣客商売 第30巻』|publisher=SOCIALWIRE CO LTD|language=ja|access-date=15 November 2021}}
References
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Category:Japanese historical novels
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