Shadow Standing on Mt. Fuji - Fujini Tatsukage

A full-length novel by Shirai Kyoji. It was serialized in the Hochi Shimbun newspaper from July 1924 (Taisho 13) to July 1927 (Showa 2). It was published by the Hochi Shimbun Publishing Department from 1925 to 1927, and consists of eight volumes. It consists of the chapters "The Base of the Mountains," "The Edo Period," "The Protagonist," "The New Battle," "The Divine Comedy," "The Return," "The Fate," "The Grandchildren's Generation," "The End of the Edo Period," and "The Meiji Period." During the Bunka era (1804-1818), castle builders Kumaki Hakuten of the Sekishin school and Sato Kikutaro of the Sanshi school fought over the design of Choren Castle at the foot of Mount Fuji, but Hakuten won by using a cunning strategy. The two arch enemies continued to be at odds with each other for generations, even after the Meiji Restoration. This is a full-length historical novel that ranks alongside Kaizan Nakazato's "Daibosatsu Toge" as a representative piece of popular literature. The natural character of Hakuten's son, Kimitaro, is fascinating.

[Hideyuki Sakai]

"The Shadow Standing on Mt. Fuji, all seven volumes (Fujimi Shobo, historical novel collection)" ▽ "Images of Popular Literature, by Kaname Okitsu (1967, Ohfusha)"

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白井喬二(しらいきょうじ)の長編小説。1924年（大正13）7月から27年（昭和2）七月『報知新聞』連載。25～27年、報知新聞出版部刊、全八巻。『裾野篇(すそのへん)』『江戸篇』『主人公篇』『新闘篇』『神曲篇』『帰来篇』『運命篇』『孫代篇』『幕末篇』『明治篇』よりなる。文化(ぶんか)年間（1804～18）、富士の裾野の調練城の設計をめぐり、築城家赤針(せきしん)流熊木伯典(くまきはくてん)と賛四(さんし)流佐藤菊太郎が争うが、伯典は奸策(かんさく)を用いて勝利を収める。宿敵の両家は、子孫の代にわたって、明治維新後まで対立する。中里介山の『大菩薩峠(だいぼさつとうげ)』と並ぶ大衆文学の代表的長編時代小説。伯典の子公太郎(きみたろう)の自然児的性格が魅力的である。

［酒井英行］

『『富士に立つ影』全七冊（富士見書房・時代小説文庫）』▽『興津要著『大衆文学の映像』（1967・桜楓社）』

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