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.
[1][2][3] The stories were originally serialized in the monthly magazine Shōsetsu Shinchō between 1972 and 1989.
[1] Sixteen full-length novels were published from Shinchosha between 1973 and 1989.
[4] Kenkaku Shōbai was also adapted into TV programs and manga series.
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