「プリンセス・トヨトミ」万城目学 "Princess Toyotomi" Manabu Makime [Impression]
著者の前二作に完全に脱帽した私は、当然ながら関西三部作の最後となるこの作品を読まないとならなかった。そして、今回も完全に私は打ちのめされた。なんと言っても凄い構想力。
最後に「なんだ坂、こんな坂、ときどき大阪」と題してあとがきに代えて書かれたエッセイが面白い。
ここには、この本を書いた理由が紹介されているが、なんと著者が育った地元の身近なエリアの話だそうだ。
実は、物語の中で私が特に気に入ったのが、徳川家に対する反骨精神。
これはストーリーの骨格となる部分だが、私自身も大阪夏の陣、冬の陣から徳川家が豊臣家を完全に滅ぼすまでのやり方が、やりすぎだと思っていたので、この本が書かれたきっかけとして、凄く共感出来た。
つまり、徳川に対し「それはあんまりだろ〜」と思った大阪の人々の気持ちがとても小気味良かった。
また、明治の建築家、辰野金吾のことや大阪城、大阪の街などもリアルである。
さらに、会計検査院というかなりマイナーな国家機関にターゲットを当てるあたりも万城目ワールドと言えそうだ。
この第3作までは関西3部作と言われているが、これ以降の作品がどうなのか、やはりまだまだ、私は万城目ワールドを堪能してみたい。
I had to completely take off my hat from the author's previous two works, and of course I had to read this work, which is the last of the Kansai trilogy.
And this time too, I was completely overwhelmed. After all, great creativity.
Finally, the essay written in place of the postscript entitled "What a slope, such a slope, sometimes Osaka" is interesting.
The reason for writing this book is introduced here, but it seems that it is a story of a familiar area where the author grew up.
In fact, what I especially liked about the story was the rebellious spirit towards the Tokugawa family.
This is the skeleton of the story, but I myself thought that the way from the summer and winter camps in Osaka to the complete destruction of the Toyotomi clan by the Tokugawa clan was overkill, so this book was written. As a trigger, I was able to sympathize with it very much.
In other words, the feelings of the people of Osaka who thought, "That's not so much" to Tokugawa were very creepy.
In addition, the Meiji architect Tatsuno Kingo, Osaka Castle, and the city of Osaka are also real.
Furthermore, it seems that it can be said that Manjome World is about targeting a fairly minor national institution called the Board of Audit.
It is said that this third work is a Kansai trilogy, but I still want to enjoy Manjome World as to what happens to the subsequent works.
