Hanakage no Hana: The Wife of Oishi Kuranosuke is a historical novel by Yumie Hiraiwa that turns from the famous Chushingura figure Oishi Kuranosuke to the life of his wife, Riku. Through the time lived by the widow and her child after the raid, it depicts the life of a woman in the shadow of a tale of loyalty.

A poignant historical novel about the life of Oishi Riku, the woman in the shadow of Chushingura.