Taiheiki
One of my favorite book genre is Japanese history and novels which narrate about person and events in the last stage period of Sengoku.
Oda Nobunaga 織田信長, who succeeded in stopping chaotic Sengoku situation; Toyotomi Hideyoshi 豊臣秀吉, who finished unification of Japan task which Nobunaga could not completed by Akechi’s assassination; and Tokugawa Ieyasu 徳川家康, who left 幕府 (bakufu; originally meant Shogun’s house, and it was later used as Shogun’s government since 1192, when Yoritomo was appointed to the post of Shogun) in Edo (now Tokyo) and its government kept Japan as a stable country for more than 250 years until Meiji Restoration.
These 3 figures are more than famous in Japan. It is exciting story such as the battle of Okehazama, when Nogunaga defeated Imagawa Yoshimoto 今川義元; Nogunaga’s 3,000 against Yoshimoto’s 25,000. However, the more interesting issues than battle scenes are the strategic parts by each of them and their strategist masters (軍師).
I found an interesting pages Taiheiki Eiyuden Hero Stories, explained in German (linked to Google translator in English). Seeing how their names are written, you may notice that these are “story” like a novel with ilustration, modified or written with some imagination, but based on the history.
