Tenku No Shiro Takeda Jo Saigo No Joshu Akamatsu Hiroshi Ei (Shueisha Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Takeda Castle is called "Castle in the Sky" because of its appearance in the sea of clouds. Today, only the stonewalls and a few remains of the castle remain. Born into a prestigious family, Akamatsu took over the reigns of his family when he was a boy, and since then, he lived through the warring periods of Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Ieyasu. He was loved by his people for his earnest character, but died at the young age of 39. This full-length historical novel painstakingly depicts the little-known life of Hirohide Akamatsu.

雲海に浮かぶ姿から「天空の城」と呼ばれる竹田城。現在は石垣とわずかな遺構を残すのみだが、この城を完成させたのは赤松広英という武将だった。名門の家に生まれ、少年時代に家督を継いで以来、信長、秀吉、家康と続く戦乱の世を全力で生きた。その真摯な人柄ゆえ領民に愛されるも、三十九歳の若さでこの世を去った。あまり知られていない赤松広英の生涯を丹念に描きだした長編歴史小説。