Kuroda Josui

by Eiji Yoshikawa, Shelley Marshall (Translator)

Kuroda Josui, a brilliant tactician of the Warring States era, is the envoy sent to the enemy's castle, but he never returns. A vassal knows the price of betrayal is death to his family. Kuroda's vassals refuse to abandon their lord knowing he is not a traitor. The race is between the vassals determined to bring him back and an angry lord seeking to punish a traitor.

Genres: Historical Fiction

288 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 7, 2013

About the author

Pen-name of Yoshikawa Hidetsugu. Yoshikawa is well-known for his work as a Japanese historical fiction novelist, and a number of re-makes have been spawned off his work.

In 1960, he received the Order of Cultural Merit.
Eiji Yoshikawa (吉川 英治, August 11, 1892 – September 7, 1962) was a Japanese historical novelist. Among his best-known novels, most are revisions of older classics. He was mainly influenced by classics such as The Tale of the Heike, Tale of Genji, Outlaws of the Marsh, and Romance of the Three Kingdoms, many of which he retold in his own style. As an example, the original manuscript of Taiko is 15 volumes; Yoshikawa took up to retell it in a more accessible tone, and reduced it to only two volumes. His other books also serve similar purposes and, although most of his novels are not original works, he created a huge amount of work and a renewed interest in the past. He was awarded the Cultural Order of Merit in 1960 (the highest award for a man of letters in Japan), the Order of the Sacred Treasure and the Mainichi Art Award just before his death from cancer in 1962. He is cited as one of the best historical novelists in Japan.