※ The book is made of paper, so there is damage and dirt. Especially the cover is damaged. The contents are readable. Please refrain from purchasing if you are overly concerned about the condition. ※ The Sengoku period. Scribes risked their lives to negotiate. I knew almost nothing about the job of a scribe, and this long Sengoku novel, written from a perspective I had never read before, was very interesting. ※ Due to the thickness, the book will be simply packaged. "Fude to Yari: Tenka wo Mitodoketa Otoko" (The Brush and the Spear: The Man Who Witnessed the World) Gantaro Sato Price: ¥3,080 Waku Matabei, a "spear wielder," is caught in Nobunaga's wrath due to the schemes of his young lord, Yoshitsugu Miyoshi, who is at odds with him. He is saved by Hideyoshi at the last moment. Disillusioned with the Miyoshi clan, Matabei instead succeeds in a plot against them and becomes Waku Munesada, a "scribe" who handles negotiations and liaison, working under Nobunaga. While yearning for the joy of wielding a spear on the battlefield, he takes up his brush every day, supporting the affairs of the world's rulers. Munesada's lord eventually shifts from Nobunaga to Hideyoshi. And then, the hero of Oshu, Masamune Date, appears――. This epic novel depicts the bloody and glorious Sengoku period, from Nobunaga to Hideyoshi and then to the era of Ieyasu, through the eyes of a "negotiator" who lived through it under the three heroes: Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Masamune. Oda Nobunaga Toyotomi Hideyoshi Date Masamune Sekigahara Honno-ji Incident Siege of Osaka