Akechi Mitsuhide Bohon Ni Arazu (Gakken M Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Akechi Mitsuhide was a commoner in the Toki clan, a feudal clan of Mino. He was a nomad after his country was stolen by the fierce general Saito Dosan, but he met Tachibanaya Matasaburo, a gun merchant in Sakai, and made friends with tea masters and renga poets. Through the advice of Fujitaka Hosokawa, he became a vassal of Oda, and also met Hideyoshi. On the other hand, Nobunaga, under the belief of "Tenka Fubu," burned down Mount Eizan and slaughtered monks, women, and children. His ruthlessness leads to the murder of Mitsuhide's mother, who was taken hostage for the attack on the Mori castle, and Mitsuhide's mind is filled with determination...

美濃の守護大名・土岐氏の庶流である明智光秀。梟将の斎藤道三に国を盗られ、浪々の身にあったが、堺の鉄砲商人・橘屋又三郎と出逢ったことで、茶人や連歌師との交友をもった。その縁で細川藤孝の口添えによって、織田家臣となり、秀吉とも邂逅する。一方、信長は"天下布武"の信念の下、叡山を焼き討ち、僧や婦女子までも殺戮するなど専横を極めた。その無慈悲さは、毛利攻略のため人質となった光秀の母の見殺しに繋がり、光秀の心にある決意が…。