The Great Bodhisattva Pass, Volume 10: Disturbance in the City

At Narada, Utsuki Hyōma finds two severed heads and learns that the blind swordsman he seeks has departed for Kōfu. Pursuit brings him to a castle moat on the night of a treasury robbery, where familiar figures vanish into the dark and suspicion falls on him instead.

In Edo, Poverty Bands gather for communal meals while masked warriors exploit the disturbances to steal large sums. Yonetomo defies a threatening notice and takes charge of an abandoned house. Doctor Dōan confronts an overbearing infantryman, and his celebrated intervention proves to rest on an unexpected technique.

News of Hyōma’s imprisonment draws Omatsu into new arrangements with Shichibei, Okinu, and the one-armed barber Ganriki. Jealousy and ingenious manipulation complicate a journey toward Kōfu, while Yonetomo tries to learn what became of Okimi. This complete English translation preserves all fifteen sections of Nakazato Kaizan’s tenth installment, including its political satire, comic reversals, and dangerous shifts of allegiance.