Horo Daimyo Mizuno Katsunari Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, Ieyasu Ni Tsukaeta Otoko (Shincho Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Katsunari Mizuno ran through the turbulent period of the Warring States with a single javelin for 60 years, from his first battle at the age of 16 to the Shimabara War when he joined the army at the age of 75. Katsunari was disowned by his father, the lord of Kariya Castle, and received a grant from Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but had to flee after an altercation. Katsunari wandered in the western part of Japan, and served famous warlords such as Sasa Narimasa, Kuroda Takataka, and Konishi Yukinaga.... This historical novel depicts how Katsunari, who was feared by his enemies as a "devil hyuga," was honored as the founder of the Fukuyama domain with 100,000 koku.

十六歳での初陣から七十五歳で参陣した島原の乱まで六十年、戦国の乱世を鑓一本で駆け抜けた水野勝成。刈谷城城主の父から勘当された勝成は、豊臣秀吉から知行を授かるが、諍いを起こし逃亡するはめに。西国を放浪する勝成は、佐々成政、黒田孝高、小西行長ら名だたる武将に仕えるが...。敵から「鬼日向」と恐れられた勝成が、福山藩十万石開祖の名君として称えられるまでを描く歴史小説。