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* AlwaysMurder: The missing tax convoys were part of a conspiracy that leads to the murder of the previous governor of Kazusa.
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* MalMariee: Count Tanibata's wife is much younger than him (he's in his sixties, she isn't even twenty) and it's heavily implied that he's only capable of [[LousyLoversAreLosers acting like an overprotective fatherly figure]]. [[spoiler:This eventually leads to his demise at the hands of his wife or his wife's lover.]]
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* LousyLoversAreLosers: It's heavily implied that Count Tanibata can't pleasure his decades younger wife, being too busy acting like overprotective father than a husband.
* MalMariee: Count Tanibata's wife is much younger than him (he's in his sixties, she isn't even twenty) and it's heavily implied that he's only capable of[[LousyLoversAreLosers acting like an overprotective fatherly figure]].figure. [[spoiler:This eventually leads to his demise at the hands of his wife or his wife's lover.]]
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* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: After multiple failed attempts to indirectly bribe Akitada by over hopitiality, hospitality, Governor Motosuke just sends Akitada ten gold bullions outright. A furious Akitada sends them back, now completely convinced that Motosuke is in fact guilty of stealing the caravans. [[spoiler:Motosuke is genuinely a good guy and a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who just happens to be an overly gracious host, and the gold was for travel expenses, something Akitada didn't even think about.]]
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* AlwaysMurder: What's that? You want to investigate the missing tax payments? Too bad, here's your murderers and murderers murdering murderers.
* AnachronicOrder: [[ExecutiveMeddling Enforced by St. Martin's Press]] for some reason, forcing Parker to switch the publisher quite fast.
* BattleButler: Tora
* MalMariee: Mal Mariée is French for "badly married" and it refers to a young woman unhappily married to an old, jealous guy. Count Tanibata's wife is much younger than him (he is in his sixties, she isn't even twenty) and it is heavily implied that he isn't capable of... [[LousyLoversAreLosers more than acting like an overprotective fatherly figure]]. [[spoiler:Which eventually leads to his demise at the hands of her lover or herself.]]
* MeaningfulName: Tora means "tiger" - one of the reasons he'd been confused with a bandit called Mountain Tiger.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler: Professor Hirata, Akitada's law teacher and father figure, dies in the same book he is introduced in.]]
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Sometimes to the point of malevolence. Especially his superiors.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Obviously Akitada himself, as well as a surprisingly high number of other bureaucrats.
* SinisterMinister: Akitada, being from a Confucian background, regards Buddhism with suspicion. Corrupt monks and abbots are sprinkled throughout the series, along with some honest Buddhists.
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: When Governor Motosuke after multiple attempts to indirectly bribe Akitada by overt hospitality just sends him ten gold bullions, Akitada, infuriated, sends them back, now completely convinced that Motosuke is guilty of stealing the caravans. [[spoiler:Motosuke is a genuinely good guy and a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who just happens to love guests, and the gold was for the travel expenses, something Akitada didn't even think about.]]
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Akitada's strong sense of justice, stubbornness and inquisitive mind are a major problem for his own career, but that's how he rolls.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Even though he's a lowly clerk, being on Emperor's mission is empowering enough that he is able to hire a wanted criminal (mistaken identity but that's not the point) as a servant and walk around with him ''in the very region'' he is being wanted. He also has influential friends willing to help him, too.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Governor Motosuke. [[spoiler:Subverted: he hasn't done anything wrong, every problem with his reputation is due to misunderstandings and being framed]]
* AnachronicOrder: [[ExecutiveMeddling Enforced by St. Martin's Press]] for some reason, forcing Parker to switch the publisher quite fast.
* BattleButler: Tora
* MalMariee: Mal Mariée is French for "badly married" and it refers to a young woman unhappily married to an old, jealous guy. Count Tanibata's wife is much younger than him (he is in his sixties, she isn't even twenty) and it is heavily implied that he isn't capable of... [[LousyLoversAreLosers more than acting like an overprotective fatherly figure]]. [[spoiler:Which eventually leads to his demise at the hands of her lover or herself.]]
* MeaningfulName: Tora means "tiger" - one of the reasons he'd been confused with a bandit called Mountain Tiger.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler: Professor Hirata, Akitada's law teacher and father figure, dies in the same book he is introduced in.]]
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Sometimes to the point of malevolence. Especially his superiors.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Obviously Akitada himself, as well as a surprisingly high number of other bureaucrats.
* SinisterMinister: Akitada, being from a Confucian background, regards Buddhism with suspicion. Corrupt monks and abbots are sprinkled throughout the series, along with some honest Buddhists.
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: When Governor Motosuke after multiple attempts to indirectly bribe Akitada by overt hospitality just sends him ten gold bullions, Akitada, infuriated, sends them back, now completely convinced that Motosuke is guilty of stealing the caravans. [[spoiler:Motosuke is a genuinely good guy and a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who just happens to love guests, and the gold was for the travel expenses, something Akitada didn't even think about.]]
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Akitada's strong sense of justice, stubbornness and inquisitive mind are a major problem for his own career, but that's how he rolls.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Even though he's a lowly clerk, being on Emperor's mission is empowering enough that he is able to hire a wanted criminal (mistaken identity but that's not the point) as a servant and walk around with him ''in the very region'' he is being wanted. He also has influential friends willing to help him, too.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Governor Motosuke. [[spoiler:Subverted: he hasn't done anything wrong, every problem with his reputation is due to misunderstandings and being framed]]
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* AlwaysMurder: What's that? You want to investigate the The missing tax payments? Too bad, here's your murderers and murderers murdering murderers.
convoys were part of a conspiracy that leads to the murder of the previous governor of Kazusa.
* AnachronicOrder:[[ExecutiveMeddling Enforced by St. Martin's Press]] for some reason, forcing The first five novels were published out of chronological order. This changed after Parker switched to switch the publisher quite fast.
* BattleButler: Tora
a different publisher.
* MalMariee:Mal Mariée is French for "badly married" and it refers to a young woman unhappily married to an old, jealous guy. Count Tanibata's wife is much younger than him (he is (he's in his sixties, she isn't even twenty) and it is it's heavily implied that he isn't he's only capable of... of [[LousyLoversAreLosers more than acting like an overprotective fatherly figure]]. [[spoiler:Which [[spoiler:This eventually leads to his demise at the hands of her lover his wife or herself.his wife's lover.]]
* MeaningfulName: Torameans "tiger" - is Japanes for "tiger". This is one of the reasons he'd been he was confused with a bandit called Mountain Tiger.
* MentorOccupationalHazard:[[spoiler: Professor [[spoiler:Professor Hirata, Akitada's law teacher and father figure, dies in the same book he is he's introduced in.]]
* ObstructiveBureaucrat:Sometimes to Akitada's superiors don't make his job any easier, often getting in his way or taking actions behind the point of malevolence. Especially his superiors.
scenes that disrupt Akitada's efforts.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure:Obviously Akitada himself, as well as a surprisingly high number of doesn't use his government position to cause harm, manipulate others to do his bidding, or other bureaucrats.
abuse his authority.
* SinisterMinister:Akitada, being from a Confucian background, regards Akitada's Confucianist background leads him to regard Buddhism with suspicion. Corrupt monks and abbots are sprinkled throughout the series, along with some honest Buddhists.
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules:When Governor Motosuke after After multiple failed attempts to indirectly bribe Akitada by overt hospitality over hopitiality, Governor Motosuke just sends him Akitada ten gold bullions, Akitada, infuriated, bullions outright. A furious Akitada sends them back, now completely convinced that Motosuke is in fact guilty of stealing the caravans. [[spoiler:Motosuke is a genuinely a good guy and a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who just happens to love guests, be an overly gracious host, and the gold was for the travel expenses, something Akitada didn't even think about.]]
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Akitada's strong sense of justice,stubbornness stubbornness, and inquisitive mind are a major problem for to his own career, but that's how career. Heian society prided conformity and unswerving obedience over all else, so Akitada's individualism proves to be a hindrance to himself more than asset. Still, he rolls.
can't just sit by and do nothing when there are murderers to bring to justice.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Even though he's a lowly clerk, being onEmperor's a mission for the Emperor is empowering enough that he Akitada is able to hire a wanted criminal (mistaken criminal[[labelnote:*]](Turns out to be a case of mistaken identity but that's not the point) point)[[/labelnote]] as a servant and walk around with him ''in in the very ''very region'' he is being was wanted. He Akitada also has influential friends among the government willing to help him, too.
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Sugawara Akitada is the hero of a series of detective novels by I.J.Parker, set in the Heian period[[note]]794 to 1185[[/note]], Japan.
He is a young official who works in Ministry of Law as a junior clerk after graduating from the university specialized in law. He is also very bright and a genius detective, something his superiors often fail to notice. With the help of his wit, the power his position gives, his friends, servants and patrons, or by sheer luck, he solves cases that seem to be unsolvable.
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Sugawara Akitada is the hero of a series of detective novels by I.J.Parker, set in the Heian period[[note]]794 to 1185[[/note]], Japan.
He is a young official who works in Ministry of Law as a junior clerk after graduating from the university specialized in law. He is also very bright and a genius detective, something his superiors often fail to notice. With the help of his wit, the power his position gives, his friends, servants and patrons, or by sheer luck, he solves cases that seem to be unsolvable.
!!This book series provides examples of the following tropes:
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Sugawara Akitada
To make ends meet, Akitada works as a junior clerk in the Ministry of Law. In addition to his government work, Akitada's inquisitive and clever mind makes him seek out mysteries to solve and criminals to bring to justice. While his stubbornness gets him in trouble with his superiors more often than not, his steadfast resolve earns him several allies, chief among them being his elderly manservant Seimei and his bodyguard Tora. From disappearing tax convoys to blackmail at the Imperial University to a past murder coming back to haunt the present, Akitada's civil service job is anything but boring.
The ''Sugawara Akitada'' series is a series of
He is a young official who works in Ministry of Law as a junior clerk after graduating from
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!! Novels
Arranged in chronological order:
* ''The Dragon Scroll'' (2005)
* ''Rashomon Gate'' (2002)
* ''Black Arrow'' (2006)
* ''Island of Exiles'' (2007)
* ''The Hell Screen'' (2003)
* ''The Convict's Sword'' (2009)
* ''The Masuda Affair'' (2010)
* ''The Fires of the Gods'' (2011)
* ''Death on an Autumn River'' (2011)
* ''The Emperor's Woman'' (2013)
* ''Death of a Doll Maker'' (2013)
* ''The Crane Pavilion'' (2014)
* ''The Old Men of Omi'' (2014)
* ''The Shrine Virgin'' (2015)
* ''The Assassin's Daughter'' (2015)
* ''The Island of the Gods'' (2015)
* ''Ikiryo: Vengeance and Justice'' (2017)
* ''The Kindness of Dragons'' (2018)
* ''The Nuns of Nara'' (2019)
* ''Massacre at Shirakawa'' (2020)
* ''The Lucky Gods of Otsu'' (2021)
* ''The Temple of the Dead'' (2022)
!! Short stories
These short stories were first serialized in ''Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine''.
* "Instruments of Murder" (1997)
* "The Curio Dealer's Wife" (1997)
* "A Master of Go" (1998)
* "Akitada's First Case" (1999)
* "Rain at Rashomon" (2000)
* "The New Year's Gift" (2001)
* "Welcoming the Paddy God" (2001)
* "Death and Cherry Blossoms" (2002)
* "The O-Bon Cat" (2003)
* "The Kamo Horse" (2003)
* "The Tanabata Magpie" (2005)
* "Moon Cakes" (2007)
* "The Incense Murders" (2009)
* "The Water Sprite" (2011)
* "Fox Magic" (2011)
* "Confessions" (2012)
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Sugawara Akitada is the hero of a series of detective novels by I.J.Parker, set in the Heian period[[hottip:*:794 to 1185]], Japan.
He is a young official who works in Ministry of Law as a junior clerk after graduating from the university specialized in law. He is also very bright and a genius detective, something his superiors often fail to notice. With the help of his wit, the power his position gives, his friends, servants and patrons, or by sheer luck, he solves cases that seem to be unsolvable.
!!This book series provides examples of the following tropes:
* AlwaysMurder: What's that? You want to investigate the missing tax payments? Too bad, here's your murderers and murderers murdering murderers.
* AnachronicOrder: [[ExecutiveMeddling Enforced by St. Martin's Press]] for some reason, forcing Parker to switch the publisher quite fast.
* BattleButler: Tora
* MeaningfulName: Tora means "tiger" - one of the reasons he'd been confused with a bandit called Mountain Tiger.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Sometimes to the point of malevolence. Especially his superiors.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Obviously Akitada himself, as well as a surprisingly high number of other bureaucrats.
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: When Governor Motosuke after multiple attempts to indirectly bribe Akitada by overt hospitality just sends him ten gold bullions, Akitada, infuriated, sends them back, now completely convinced that Motosuke is guilty of stealing the caravans. [[spoiler:Motosuke is a genuinely good guy and a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who just happens to love guests, and the gold was for the travel expenses, something Akitada didn't even think about.]]
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Akitada's strong sense of justice, stubbornness and inquisitive mind are a major problem for his own career, but that's how he rolls.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Even though he's a lowly clerk, being on Emperor's mission is empowering enough that he is able to hire a wanted criminal (mistaken identity but that's not the point) as a servant and walk aroung with him ''in the very region'' he is being wanted. He also has influential friends willing to help him, too.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Governor Motosuke. [[spoiler:Subverted: he hasn't done anything wrong, every problem with his reputation is due to misunderstandings and being framed]]
* YearX: Averted. ''Dragon Scroll'' takes place in September, 1015. All the other novels are not too far from that date.
He is a young official who works in Ministry of Law as a junior clerk after graduating from the university specialized in law. He is also very bright and a genius detective, something his superiors often fail to notice. With the help of his wit, the power his position gives, his friends, servants and patrons, or by sheer luck, he solves cases that seem to be unsolvable.
!!This book series provides examples of the following tropes:
* AlwaysMurder: What's that? You want to investigate the missing tax payments? Too bad, here's your murderers and murderers murdering murderers.
* AnachronicOrder: [[ExecutiveMeddling Enforced by St. Martin's Press]] for some reason, forcing Parker to switch the publisher quite fast.
* BattleButler: Tora
* MeaningfulName: Tora means "tiger" - one of the reasons he'd been confused with a bandit called Mountain Tiger.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: Sometimes to the point of malevolence. Especially his superiors.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Obviously Akitada himself, as well as a surprisingly high number of other bureaucrats.
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: When Governor Motosuke after multiple attempts to indirectly bribe Akitada by overt hospitality just sends him ten gold bullions, Akitada, infuriated, sends them back, now completely convinced that Motosuke is guilty of stealing the caravans. [[spoiler:Motosuke is a genuinely good guy and a ReasonableAuthorityFigure who just happens to love guests, and the gold was for the travel expenses, something Akitada didn't even think about.]]
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Akitada's strong sense of justice, stubbornness and inquisitive mind are a major problem for his own career, but that's how he rolls.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Even though he's a lowly clerk, being on Emperor's mission is empowering enough that he is able to hire a wanted criminal (mistaken identity but that's not the point) as a servant and walk aroung with him ''in the very region'' he is being wanted. He also has influential friends willing to help him, too.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Governor Motosuke. [[spoiler:Subverted: he hasn't done anything wrong, every problem with his reputation is due to misunderstandings and being framed]]
* YearX: Averted. ''Dragon Scroll'' takes place in September, 1015. All the other novels are not too far from that date.
