Konpira Inu is a children's novel about the custom of sending a dog to make a pilgrimage from Edo to Konpira in Sanuki on behalf of its owner. Mutsuki, a dog devoted to his owner Yayoi, travels through encounters that convey a time when faith and everyday life were closely connected.

A carefully researched historical children's novel in which Mutsuki the dog travels from Edo to Konpira.