真田幸村

by Kan Kikuchi

真田幸村はなぜ豊臣方についたのか。それは家康との確執があった。天下の智将であり軍略家の父昌幸からの因縁。関ヶ原の戦いでは兄弟が東軍と西軍に別れて戦う深謀遠慮。大阪冬の陣では最重要な砦である真田丸を幸村は三千の兵で数万の大軍を退ける。家康から信濃一国と引き替えに勧誘されたが、あくまで豊臣に味方する。真田三代記。他にエッセイ「大阪夏の陣」を収録。

34 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 18, 2016

About the author

Hiroshi Kikuchi (菊池 寛 Kikuchi Hiroshi?, December 26, 1888 – March 6, 1948), known by his pen name Kan Kikuchi (which uses the same kanji as his real name), was a Japanese author born in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. He established the publishing company Bungeishunjū, the monthly magazine of the same name, the Japan Writer's Association and both the Akutagawa and Naoki Prize for popular literature. During the Meiji period, Kikuchi Kan's main focus was to accurately portray the hardships of the daily lives of the common people. He was one of the leading playwrights during the Meiji period. In 1920, Kikuchi Kan's success was more recognized by the general public after the success of one of his pieces of work, Shinju fujin (真珠夫人 Madame Pearl). He was also the head of Daiei Motion Picture Company (currently Kadokawa Pictures). He is known to have been an avid player of Mahjong.