(from ebookjapan):

When Danbei, a penniless ronin, is about to spend the night in Enma Hall, his daughter comes to make a wish.

His elder brother, a samurai of the Kobutsu clan in Koshu, had chased a bandit who had broken into a gold storehouse, but he was wounded and escaped, and he was banned from the clan.

He was told that if he caught the bandit, he would be allowed to return to Koshu. Danbei asks for help, but what stands in his way?

This is a collection of 4 stories including "Udon Danbei" and others.