Taiko (An Epic Novel Of War And Glory In Feudal Japan)
| Book | Taiko (An Epic Novel Of War And Glory In Feudal Japan) |
| English Title | Taiko (An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan) |
| Translated by | William Scott Wilson |
| Copyright Holder (Text) | Fumiko Yoshikawa |
| Copyright Holder (Translation) | Kodansha International Ltd. |
| Cover/Jacket Design by | Doris Straus |
| Publisher | Kodansha Publishers, Ltd., Kodansha International Ltd., Kodansha America, Inc. |
| Distributed by/Director of Distribution | Kodansha America, Inc., Kodansha Europe, Ltd.. |
| Author | Eiji Yoshikawa |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Location | Tokyo |
| Copyright | 1967 |
| Copyright | 1992 |
| This Edition Published | 1992 |
| Pages / Font | 926 pages |
| Library of Congress Catalog Card Number | 80-8791 |
| ISBN | 4-7700-1957-2 |
| Chapters | Heraldry Measurement of Time in Medieval Japan Map: Central Japan in the Sixteenth Century Note to the Reader BOOK ONE: FIFTH YEAR OF TEMMON, 1536 "Monkey! Monkey!" Tenzo the Bandit Korokus Gun The Mountain of the Golden Flower Another Master The Idiot Lord BOOK TWO: SECOND YEAR OF KOJI, 1556 A Handsome Man The Walls of Kiyosu Yoshimotos Hostage The Lord with the Blackened Teeth The Go-between BOOK THREE: FIFTH YEAR OF EIROKU, 1562 A Castle Built on Water Snaring the Tiger The Master of Mount Kurihara "Be a Friendly Neighbor" The Wandering Shogun BOOK FOUR: FIRST YEAR OF GENKI, 1570 Enemy of the Buddha Shingen the Long-Legged The Gateless Gate Funeral for the Living Three Princesses BOOK FIVE: THIRD YEAR OF TENSHO, 1575 Sunset of Kai The Towers of Azuchi Monkey Marches West Murashiges Treachery BOOK SIX: SEVENTH YEAR OF TENSHO, 1579 A Retainers Duty Hanbeis Legacy Men of God The Fall of the Takeda BOOK SEVEN: TENTH YEAR OF TENSHO, 1582 SPRING Fortress in a Lake "Kumquat Head!" The Shrine of the Fire God "Fifty Years under Heaven" BOOK EIGHT: TENTH YEAR OF TENSHO, 1582 SUMMER An Ill-Fated Messenger Requiem of Blood The Two Gates War of Words Midnight Warning BOOK NINE: TENTH YEAR OF TENSHO, 1582 WINTER The Snows of Echizen A Bowl of Tea Genbas Stratagem A True Friend BOOK TEN: ELEVENTH YEAR OF TENSHO, 1583 The Sins of the Father The Hooded Warrior Master Stroke Taiko Epilogue |
| Notes | First Edition. This translation is an abridged version of the original Japanese work. Fictionalized story of the life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi (豊臣 秀吉, born in 1536 or 1537, died 1598). Hideyoshi was a samurai and general under Oda Nobunaga, and succeeded Nobunaga. Hideyoshi largely completed the work of unifying Japan, bringing an end to the Warring States period (Sengoku period). Distributed in the United States by Kodansha America, Inc. Distributed in the UK and Europe by Kodansha Europe, Ltd.. |
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