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Taiko: An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan

English

By (author): Eiji Yoshikawa

Translated by: William Scott Wilson

In the tempestuous closing decades of the sixteenth century, the Empire of Japan writhes in chaos as the shogunate crumbles and rival warlords battle for supremacy. Warrior monks in their armed citadels block the road to the capital; castles are destroyed, villages plundered, fields put to the torch. Amid this devastation, three men dream of uniting the nation. At one extreme is the charismatic but brutal Nobunaga, whose ruthless ambition crushes all before him. At the opposite pole is the cold, deliberate Ieyasu, wise in counsel, brave in battle, mature beyond his years. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 1002g
  • Dimensions: 157 x 220mm
  • Publication Date: 03 Aug 2012
  • Publisher: Kodansha America Inc
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781568364285

About Eiji Yoshikawa

EIJI YOSHIKAWA was born in 1892 near Tokyo. Beginning his literary career at the age of twenty-two he continued to work as a journalist while writing novels that reached a large and appreciative readership. At the time of his death in 1962 he was one of Japan's most popular novelists. His memoirs have been translated as Fragments of a Past.WILLIAM SCOTT WILSON the translator was born in 1944 and grew up in Fort Lauderdale Florida. As an undergraduate student at Dartmouth College in 1966 he was invited by a friend to join a three-month kayak trip up the coast of Japan from Shimonoseki to Tokyo. This eye-opening journey beautifully documented in National Geographic spurred Wilson's fascination with the culture and history of Japan.After receiving a B.A. degree in political science from Dartmouth Wilson earned a second B.A. in Japanese language and literature from the Monterey Institute of Foreign Studies in Monterey California then undertook extensive research on Edo-period (1603-1868) philosophy at the Aichi Prefectural University in Nagoya Japan.Wilson completed his first translation Hagakure while living in an old farmhouse deep in the Japanese countryside. Hagakure saw publication in 1979 the same year Wilson completed an M.A. in Japanese language and literature at the University of Washington. Wilson's other translations include The Book of Five Rings The Life-Giving Sword The Unfettered Mind the Eiji Yoshikawa novel Taiko and Ideals of the Samurai which has been used as a college textbook on Japanese history and thought. Two decades after its initial publication Hagakure was prominently featured in the Jim Jarmusch film Ghost Dog.

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