Shunen Dani No Monogatari (Shinjimbutsu Bunko)

[Machine Translation] At the end of the Warring States period, Teruyuki Haneo, who had made a name for himself through his valor, died a tragic death at the hands of a plot by the Sanada clan, among the local warlords who lived in the canyon areas of Agatsuma County, Ueshu, and were related by blood. The title story, "Tale of Stubborn Valley," depicts the ambition and persistence of men living in the mountains and valleys. Yezo Tenichibo" tells the bizarre story of a man who pretended to be Nobuhiro Takeda, the founder of the Matsumae clan, the only feudal lord in Hokkaido.

戦国末期、上州吾妻郡の峡谷地帯に割拠し、遠く血縁で結ばれた土豪たちの中で、ひとり武勇をもって名をあげんとした羽根尾輝幸は、真田氏の謀略の手にかかって悲運の死をとげる。山峡に生きる男たちの土地に賭けた野心と執念を描く表題作「執念谷の物語」。北海道唯一の大名松前家の藩祖武田信広になりすました男の数奇な物語「蝦夷天一坊」ほか、「ただいま十六歳」「平将門」「西郷隆盛と勝海舟」「殿様の限界」「西郷隆盛」と、全集未収録の「鹿児島は西郷王国か」。