Katsu Kaishu

...Koyoshi's Edokko samurai temperament is also passed on to Rintaro, and a human relationship is also born from this. The author portrays the affection between Katsu and his son with deep sympathy not only in "Father and Son Hawk" but also in other long works such as "Male Hawk" and "Katsu Kaishu," and incorporates his own feelings as someone raised by his grandfather, Saito Tetsutaro. At the same time, one can see the intention to depict the scenery of the late Edo Shogunate through Koyoshi's unconventional behavior and his interactions with the Edo commoners around him. ...

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…その小吉の江戸っ子侍的な気質は麟太郎にも伝わっており，人間的交渉もまたそこに生まれる。作者は《父子鷹》だけでなく《おとこ鷹》あるいは《勝海舟》などの長編でも勝父子の情を深い共感をもって描いているが，そこには祖父斎藤鉄太郎に育てられた彼自身の思いがこめられている。同時に小吉の八方破れな行動や彼をとりまく江戸市井人とのふれあいを通して，江戸幕末期の風物を描こうという意図もうかがわれる。…

※「《勝海舟》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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