Chiyo to yoichirō no sekigahara 千世と与一郎の関ヶ原 / Satō Masami 佐藤雅美

細川忠興(ただおき)の嫡子与一郎は秀吉の仲立ちで前田利家の七女千世を娶った。睦まじい夫婦ぶりも束の間、秀吉の死後家康から前田家との縁切りを迫られる。姑の玉も石田三成が人質にとろうとするのを拒んで自害し、追い詰められた千世は屋敷を逃れて落魄(らくはく)の身に……。関ヶ原の思わぬ実像を描き出した傑作歴史小説。

Yoichirō, the legitimate son of Hosokawa Tadaoki, married Chiyo, the seventh daughter of Maeda Toshiie, through the mediation of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Their life together as a loving couple was brief. After Hideyoshi’s death, Tokugawa Ieyasu pressured the Hosokawa family to sever ties with the Maeda clan. Tadaoki’s mother, Tama, refused Ishida Mitsunari’s attempt to take her hostage and instead took her own life. Driven into a corner, Chiyo fled the family residence and was reduced to a life of destitution. This masterful historical novel vividly portrays an unexpected and deeply human side of the Battle of Sekigahara.

 The century of the black ships : chronicles of war between Japan and America / Naoki Inose

Translation of: Kurofune no seiki / by Naoki Inose (Tokyo : Shogakukan, 1993). Translated by Jamie West (Diplomatt, Inc.)

Includes bibliographical references

Part 1, The Pacific Ocean vector : "External pressures" and the young misfit ; "The next battle" and its consequences ; The adventures of General Lea ; The yellow shadow of a stealthy foe ; Peace: beauty or beast? -- Part 2, The phenomenon of Japan-U ;S ; future war chronicles : Standing in the wastelands of Europe ; War as the greatest adventure ; Recollections of a spy ; An Englishman's "great Pacific war" ; Seeking a strong Japan -- Part 3, Blending fiction and reality : Foretelling the great Tokyo air raid ; The advent of writers who had never known war ; A murder mystery heard in New York ; Why Pearl Harbor? ; War plan orange.