Hachisuka Shigeyoshi

Hachisuka Shigeyoshi is represented in the linked historical fiction through crime, espionage and covert power, political ambition and government, and court politics and dynastic power. These works approach the figure through the surrounding events, relationships and political conflicts rather than through a standalone biography.

Eiji Yoshikawa’s The Kamigata Scroll is set in 1760s Osaka. The tile-maker Gingorō and his servant Taichi begin a dangerous mission to enter the closed Awa domain and discover what happened to a spy who vanished ten years earlier. Eiji Yoshikawa’s The Edo Scroll places Hachisuka Shigeyoshi within a narrative shaped by court politics and dynastic power, political ambition and government, and family, marriage and personal loyalty. Other novels featuring Hachisuka Shigeyoshi include Eiji Yoshikawa’s The Funaji Scroll, Eiji Yoshikawa’s The Kiso Scroll, Eiji Yoshikawa’s The Naruto Scroll, and Eiji Yoshikawa’s The Tsurugisan Scroll.