Kokuroujou

Novel·黒牢城
Kokuroujou
2021/06/01
Characters219,828
Word count104,070
Unique words
9,872
Unique kanji
2,158
Avg. sentence22.8
Difficulty Expert
Dialogue27.4%
Duration
16 h

本能寺の変より四年前、天正六年の冬。織田信長に叛旗を翻して有岡城に立て籠った荒木村重は、城内で起きる難事件に翻弄される。動揺する人心を落ち着かせるため、村重は、土牢の囚人にして織田方の智将・黒田官兵衛に謎を解くよう求めた。事件の裏には何が潜むのか。戦と推理の果てに村重は、官兵衛は何を企む。デビュー20周年の集大成。『満願』『王とサーカス』の著者が辿り着いた、ミステリの精髄と歴史小説の王道。 【受賞・ランキング入賞結果】 第12回山田風太郎賞 『このミステリーがすごい! 2022年版』(宝島社)国内編第1位 週刊文春ミステリーベスト10(週刊文春2021年12月9日号)国内部門第1位 「ミステリが読みたい! 2022年版」(ハヤカワミステリマガジン2022年1月号)国内篇第1位 『2022本格ミステリ・ベスト10』(原書房)国内ランキング第1位 「2021年歴史・時代小説ベスト3」(週刊朝日2022年1月14日号)第1位 『この時代小説がすごい! 2022年版』(宝島社)単行本第3位

Japanese study overview

Kokuroujou is a Japanese novel of 219,828 characters, with 9,872 unique words and 2,158 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is expert, 4.2 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 9,872 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.

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