Yama Totakeru 2 (Bunko Ya 72-2)

[Machine Translation] His elder brother, Prince Ousuko, who had fallen in love with Tohko, the daughter of Mino's provincial governor Jinkotsu, refused to return home against the wishes of his father, King Oshirowake. On his father's orders, Yamatotakeru visited Mino to bring his brother back, and through a daring maneuver, saved his brother's life and gained his father's trust. His father's ambitions to expand his territory boil over, and he orders Takeru to conquer the eastern provinces, which stubbornly refuse to submit to the Yamato Kingdom.

美濃の国造・神骨の娘遠子と恋に落ちた兄・大碓皇子は、父オシロワケ王の意向に背き、帰郷を拒んでいた。父の命を受け兄を連れ戻しに美濃を訪れたヤマトタケルは、大胆な策により兄の窮地を救いつつ、父の信を得る。そして領土拡張の野心を滾らせる父王は、ヤマト国に頑なに服さない東国の征討をタケルに命ずる。