We Rent Tsukumogami

Izumoya is a rental shop in the Fukagawa Ward of old Edo, modern day Tokyo, run by siblings, Oko and Seiji. One day, they receive a request from a samurai from a noble family who has lost a precious item that he believes might be a tsukumogami, especially treasured objects that become imbued with spirits. Seiji comes up with a plan to use the shop's resident tsukumogami to help collect inform...

After successfully solving the mystery surrounding the missing netsuke belonging to Sakuma Katsusaburo, Oko and Seiji are surprised by a well-known local antique art dealer stopping by their shop seeking their assistance. According to the old man, Hamamatsuya Souemon, the paintings on his hanging scrolls are changing each night and he asks that the siblings help get to the bottom of why. With...

Oko has gone to the Hachiya estate to collect various curios from Katsusaburo's fiancée, Sanae; however, Sanae appears to be rather unhappy. Confiding in Oko, Sanae tells her that with the wedding, her mother, Otatsu, recently has become much harder on her in an effort to make her more mature and dignified as befits her status. Seiji and Oko do their best to heal the rift between mother and d...

Kounosuke, the young master of the Omi-ya, a kimono shop in the Ryogoku district and who is rumored to be a stylish playboy, has recently been turning up at the Izumo-ya rather frequently. Kounosuke is fairly refined in his manners, but there is a rumor that it might be an act to make women let down their guard, and Seiji is unwilling to have Oko fall for such a person. So one night, Seiji ha...

Recently, the hot-topic around town has been the appearance of the chivalrous bandit, Itachi Kozo. According to the rumors, the bandit listens to the wishes of those coming to a particular shrine and will grant them. Heizo, a reformed convict now working for the local police, admits to Seiji and Oko that while at the shrine he inadvertently admitted to wanting the princess doll in their shop,...

One morning, Seiji runs into Kounosuke while out on a walk. The two young men discuss recent affairs on Ryogoku bridge, but Kounosuke suddenly loses his balance and falls in the river, accidentally pulling Seiji with him and losing his precious seal box, Kogare-kou, that has been passed down in his family for generations. Kounosuke does his best to look for it, but to no avail. Meanwhile, ano...