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The winning work of the 14th Kan Kikuchi Prize in Japan. Ryotaro Shiba, a master of historical novels, has been the most popular writer in Japan for nine consecutive years. The perfect embodiment of Japan's Warring States period of "lower overcoming superior", the path of stealing the country by the warring states hero Saito Michizan. What is the Warring States Period? The following grams are on top. Bloodline, family background, class... The old rules are broken, and the times are calling for new heroes. Preface: It tells the story of Shokuro Matsunami in the early Warring States period, who was known as the "smartest Buddhist monk" in Miaokakuji Temple. He became enlightened and grew his hair and returned to secular life. He used a trick to obtain a huge fortune from Kyoto oil merchant Naraya. After careful and meticulous investigation, he decided to use Mino Country as the starting point of "stealing the country"! The prologue describes how Saito Michizan, a revolutionary son of the Warring States Period, bravely and resourcefully transformed from a ronin into a confidant of Toki Yorigi, the leader of the Mino Kingdom, in his youth. The author opens a magnificent historical chapter with his unique historical perspective and insight.

They were the strongest swordsman group at the end of the shogunate, known as the "Wolves of Mibu"; their team rules were extremely strict, and if they were violated, they would commit seppuku; they adhered to their duties, but they became a conservative force that maintained the shogunate and suffered disaster. However, their last warrior heart has always persisted in the cracks of the changes of time. On the night of June 5, the first year of the Yuanji period (1864), Shinsengumi chief Isamu Kondo led only four soldiers into Ikedaya, a hotel near Sanjo Bridge in Kyoto, and started a fierce battle with more than 20 rebel ronin who were plotting here. After a thrilling night of swords and sword shadows, the Ronin were all killed and injured, and the Shinsengumi ushered in the dawn of its peak. On May 30th of the fourth year of Keio (1868), the young talented swordsman Okita Souji died of illness in the Senda Valley Uekiya Hotel in Edo. Until the last moment, he still didn't know that Director Kondo Isamu had been executed two months ago, the Shinsengumi had become history, and even the era of samurai was about to pass... The era was full of conflicts, and the unyielding faith under the banner of "sincerity" stood proudly!