Witness of the Divine Capital [Japanese]

By Takeaki Daimon

The 174th (2025 second half) Naoki Prize nominee. The winner of the 16th Futaro Yamada Award. In 1943 wartime Ise, a lawyer encounters a young girl, whose father faces execution for a family murder he didn't commit. Vowing to prove his innocence, the lawyer risks becoming a criminal himself. A riveting legal mystery of justice, human bonds, and judicial darkness.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Japanese
• ISBN: B0FHFJG85M
• ISBN13: 9784065391594
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Kodansha
• Length: 512 Pages