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...

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...

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 has...

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,...

Katsusaburo tells Seiji about a young cook from his estate named Tokubei who has recently opened up his own shop, and, as a way to celebrate his success, Katsusaburo hopes to borrow some items from the Izumo-ya to decorate Tokubei's shop. The tsukumogami who are lent to Tokubei's shop, the Tsuru-ya, come back with reports of a mysterious female ghost haunting the property. As the search is on...

One day, Seiji receives an odd request from Kounosuke to look into the background of a seaweed wholesaler named Hansuke that he is on good terms with. Stylish and dashing, Hansuke is a ladies man who has a talent for business despite his age and his seaweed wholesale shop has been very successful, but Kounosuke is suspicious of his unusual generosity towards him believing that Hansuke has...

Oko has been on a neverending search for the incense burner, Suou, that is deeply tied to a man named Sataro, who once admitted his love for her. Clues about the item has been hard to come by, but one day, while Tsukuyomi and Ohime are lent out to the Tsuru-ya, they overhear that another person is also searching for Suou. Upon hearing about the conversation, Seiji begins to think that the...

The Izumo-ya currently bears a significant debt inherited from Seiji's father and it is due for repayment. Seiji beseeches the man who holds their debt and, in honor of Seiji's late father, he grants a one month extension. The man even suggests that Seiji consider selling some of the items in the lending shop, but Seiji turns it down. Though the debt is great, Seiji tries to come up with an...

Seiji is consulted by Katsusaburo for his help in determining how his fiancée, Sanae, truly feels after Katsusaburo spots the man that she used to be involved with and begins to have doubts. When speaking about this matter with Hansuke, the businessman mentions that it would be the perfect opportunity to invite the young couple, along with another troubled couple, Kounosuke and Ohana, to a tea...

Despite confessing his feelings for Oko, Sataro left Edo due to unavoidable circumstances with a promise to return, but now Seiji has received word that Sataro has indeed been true to his word and returned to the city. However, Sataro has yet to come and see Oko, which leads to some suspicion that he might be missing or met with some unfortunate accident. For Oko's sake, and pushing his own...