Showing Taiko: An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan by Eiji Yoshikawa

Taiko 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 dr eam of uniting the nation. At one extreme is the charismatic b Full description