Taiko An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan

by Eiji Yoshikawa

Set in the final years of sixteenth-century Japan, a time when the shogun is weak, the country is in chaos, and samurai warriors vie for control. Three men stand out: Nobunaga, who terrifies everyone and gains control of one province after another; Ieyasu, cunning and clever; and Hideyoshi, who works his way through the ranks to become the country's supreme ruler under the emperor. Violence. 1992.