{"product_id":"book-2dkq","title":"鏡 \/ The Mirror","description":"\u003cp\u003eA quarrel inside Edo Castle ends with a retainer of the Mito house killing one of the shogunate's attendants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe senior councilors immediately demand that the offender be surrendered for punishment. But Tokugawa Yorifusa, lord of Mito and a member of one of the Three Great Houses, refuses. Even a compromise allowing Mito to carry out the sentence itself is rejected.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat began as a minor incident now threatens to become a confrontation between the shogunate and Mito.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSenior councilor Abe Tadaaki searches desperately for a way to defend the authority of the government without driving Yorifusa into open resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt home, his wife Asako tells him a story from the Japanese version of Aesop's fables: rather than accuse someone directly of a fault, it may be wiser to place a \"mirror\" before them and allow them to recognize it for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat simple idea gives Tadaaki another way forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The Mirror\" is a compact historical drama about political pride, diplomacy, self-knowledge, and the quiet intelligence that can prevent conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by Shugoro Yamamoto.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNarrated by Shichimi Shungorō.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduced and published by Marutake Shobo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e江戸城内の小さな争いから、水戸家の家臣が本丸の御小人を斬る事件が起こる。\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e幕府は下手人の引渡しを要求するが、水戸中納言・頼房は御三家としての意地から頑として拒絶。水戸藩邸で処罰するという妥協案さえ退ける。\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e些細な事件は、ついに幕府と水戸家の対立へ発展し、改易さえ議論される危険な状況となる。\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e老中・阿部豊後守忠秋は、幕府の威信を守りながら、戦いを避ける道を探し続ける。\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eそんな忠秋へ、妻・朝子が『伊曾保物語』の「鏡」にまつわる話をする。\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e人の欠点を正面から責めるのではなく、鏡を見せるように、自ら気づかせればよい――。\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eその言葉から忠秋は、頼房の意地を折らずに、自ら過ちを悟らせる方法を思いつく。\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e政治的な面目、御三家の誇り、夫婦の知恵、そして争いを防ぐ「鏡」の発想を描いた、山本周五郎の端正な歴史短編。\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e著者：山本周五郎\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e朗読：七味春五郎\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e制作・発行：丸竹書房\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":67718298009904,"sku":"BD2dkq","price":4.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/2dkq-Square-cover.png?v=1788300693","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-2dkq","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}