Taiko (An Epic Novel Of War And Glory In Feudal Japan)
| Book | Taiko (An Epic Novel Of War And Glory In Feudal Japan)* |
| Format | Hardback |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | 1967 |
| 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 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
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| 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.. |