Tobu Otoko

[Machine Translation] Born as the eldest son of a tool actor (Noh actor) in the Fujito clan, which had nothing but land, money, water, and rice, Yashima Tsuyoshi lost his mother at an early age and his place as a legitimate son. Since then, he had been practicing Noh on his own with the help of his friend Iwafune Tamotsu, who was three years older than him, but Tamotsu was ordered to commit seppuku (ritual suicide). Furthermore, the feudal lord died suddenly, and Tsuyoshi was appointed to take his place. There were Tamotsu's words and a certain situation in the clan.

土地も金も水も米もない、ないない尽くしの藤戸藩に、道具役(能役者)の長男として生まれた屋島剛は、幼くして母を亡くし、嫡子としての居場処も失った。以来、三つ齢上の友・岩船保の手を借りながら独修で能に励んできたが、保が切腹を命じられた。さらに、藩主が急死し、剛が身代わりとして立てられることに。そこには、保の言葉と、藩のある事情があった―。