Taihei Ki No Gunzo Namboku Asa Wo Ta Hitobito (Kadokawa Sofuia Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Taiheiki" vividly depicts a period of great upheaval during the Nanbokucho period. The military chronicles in the "Taiheiki" are stories, including some fictionalized stories, but what happens when we look at them not as literature but as historical documents? A leading scholar on the history of the Nanbokucho (Northern and Southern Dynasties) will explain how the historical facts are depicted in the narrative of "Taiheiki". He will reveal the way of life and historical roles of various figures such as Emperor Godaigo, Ashikaga Takauji and Naoyoshi, Nitta Yoshisada, and Kusunoki Masanari, who ran around during the period of upheaval.

南北朝期の大規模な動乱の時代を活写した『太平記』。一連の軍記物語は創作を含めた物語として仕立てられているが、これを文学ではなく、歴史の史料として見るとどうなるか。南北朝史研究の第一人者が、『太平記』の叙述のなかに、どのように史実が描し出されているのかを読み解く。動乱期を縦横に駆け巡った後醍醐天皇や足利尊氏・直義兄弟、新田義貞、楠木正成などの多彩な人物たちの生きざまと、歴史的役割を明らかにする!