is a novel by Renzaburà  Shibata. The protagonist of this jidaigeki is Matsudaira Zankurà Â, a low-ranking gokenin in the service of the Tokugawa shogunate. He lives with his mother Masajo in the shogunal capital of Edo. Other characters include his fiancée Matsudaira Sumi, old friend Nishio Denzaburà Â, and favorite geisha Otsuta.
From 1995 to 2002 Gokenin Zankurà  was also a prime-time television series on the Fuji Television network in Japan. Ken Watanabe played the lead, with Kyà Âko Kishida as his mother and Mayumi Wakamura as the geisha (Tsutakichi in the series). Watanabe directed the final episode.