The Shogunate of the Swordsman General Is Revived

In a fading era, how to protect a splendor worthy of blooming? In the spring of the ninth year of Yonglu, the cherry blossoms in Kyoto hesitated to bloom. Ashikaga Yoshiteru, the thirteenth shogun of the Muromachi shogunate, survived the blood and fire of Nijo Imperial Palace, but fell into a deeper whirlpool. In the east, Owari's Oda Nobunaga and Kitanomi's Asai Nagamasa formed a strong alliance through marriage, and their sharp edge pointed toward the world; behind them, the crumbling authority of the shogunate, retainers and daimyo with their own agendas were all watching in the dark. This is the resistance and choice of a "swordsman general" before the great waves of the times. Yoshiki holds the famous sword "Dojigiri", but he knows that the real battlefield is far beyond the light of the sword. He married Ise, had a rough relationship, and made friends with the dragon of Echigo. In the sound of rituals and music at the wedding of Oda and Asai, he calmly laid down the diplomatic chess pieces - every congratulatory gift is a test, and every letter is a plot. "My sword is not meant to kill powerful enemies, but to cut out a path that allows the faint light to see." Yukihime, a daughter of Ise who came for a political marriage, gave her answer next to the cherry tree under the moonlight: "A general should be like a cherry blossom. Don't fight for the beauty of the moment, but accumulate strength and deep roots. When the east wind comes, even if it is scattered and turned into mud, its roots will still be there, and its will will not regret." This is a sad elegy to the last general, and also a Warring States survival poem about finding hope in a desperate situation. See how swords and strategies dance together, and look for the possibility of eternal blooming in the withering season.