[Machine Translation] Yaheiji, who runs a boathouse (sasabune) in Yanagibashi, is a skilled Okakibiki who receives handbills from the Minamimachi Magistrate's Office. Yaheiji is targeted by a pair of men with a spoon and neck drawn in the precincts of Senso-ji temple, which is crowded with worshippers. Yaheiji is able to save the day thanks to the quick thinking of Otoyo, a peasant woman in a traveling outfit, who comes to Edo from Mito to work as a migrant laborer and helps him find her missing husband. This is a masterpiece of humanistic detective stories depicting the activities of Yaheiji's master, who is highly respected by the Okakibiki of Edo, and his unique minions. The first in a new edition of the series!