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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 895.635
EAN num: 9780804837019
ISBN number: 0804837015
Label: Tuttle Publishing
Manufacturer: Tuttle Publishing
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 224
Printing Date: September 15, 2005
Publishing house: Tuttle Publishing
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Originally published in Japanese in 1959, this classic novel by Yasushi Inoue takes place during the Japanese Warring Era (1467-1573) - a time when Japan was ruled by three young powerful warlords: Takeda Shingen, Iwagawa Yoshimoto, and Hojo Ujiyasu. The story focuses on Takeda Shingen and his one-eyed, crippled strategist, Yamamoto Kansuke. The brilliant strategies of Kansuke, inspired by his passion for war and his admiration for his enemies' war tactics, are beautifully expressed throughout this book.
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Last year, Furikazan was the main TV show in Japan. After watching the whole 50 episodes, I think I should read the original book.However, to my superise, the book only has 224 pages,which is a little disappointing.The
story is very simpler and the language is pale. If you are really interested in Yamamoto Kansuke and Takeda Shingen in the period of 1541-1561, I strongly recommend you to watch the TV show, which was played in Japan last year. And I do think the show will be on DVDs soon.
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I have to say I truly enjoyed this book from cover to cover. If you enjoy Japanese History, or stories of Samurai, I highly recommend this book! While little is truly known about Legendary Ronin Yamamoto Kansuke, to the point many use to ask if he even existed, this book almost makes you feel as if you know him, and you feel for him. This book offers an exciting look via fictional accounts of the real life battes at Kawanakajima between Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin, through the eyes of Yamamoto Kansuke. I give this book an A+!
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The Samurai Banner of Furin Kazan has, more or less, the effect that The Da Vinci Code had on me. It absorbs you into the Sengoku era and creates a simulation of how life was back then, except that you feel what certain characters felt up-close and personal. This is a must-read especially for those interested in Takeda's golden era. Don't miss it!
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This was written in 1958, so it is a modern portrayal of medieval Japan. It presents a main character - a master strategist - who usually has no idea where his good ideas come from, or why he feels so strongly that something should be done, which doesn't make for a very interesting story - there is little development of ideas or reasoning, just sudden intuition. Although he is quite successful militarily, he is totally clueless when it comes to women, and winds up obsessed with putting the children of concubines into positions of power without regard to the needs of the clan as a whole - the clan which he professes to love so deeply.
While this is presented as historical fiction, it is not, as far as I can tell, historically accurate in many ways. It presents Shingen's decision to become a monk as a move to placate his concubines by becoming celibate which seems ridiculous, and it portrays Uesugi Kenshin as the only aggressor in their wars, which I doubt is true. It dramatically understates the ruthlessness of the rulers of this period - Takeda Shingen forced one of his own sons to commit suicide and had criminals boiled alive.
If you are looking for a rousing tale of strategy, intrigue and warfare I think you'll be disappointed, and the book doesn't shed as much light on sengokujidai Japan as I had hoped. A weak plot with two dimensional characters.
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It is not as easy to find good samurai literaure as one would imagine.
This book- 'The Samurai Banner of Fu Rin Ka Zan' by Yasushi Inoue would be a delightfully fascinating find for anyone truly interested in the genre.
It is written in a such a way that one can visualize the story as vividly as if watching a well made, well acted movie epic, and it is just as engaging. One does not need any previous knowlewdge about who Takeda Shingen or Yamamoto Kantsuke were for one to get drawn into the plot.
It is surely informative, but it is also fun to read, and at the end it leaves the reader wanting for more.
I wholeheartedly recommend it.
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