Thank you for viewing. This is the literary work "Maimai Tsuburo" by Arashi Muraki. It focuses on Tokugawa Ieshige, who would succeed Yoshimune, the eighth shogun of the Edo shogunate. The story is very interesting, depicting his unfortunate childhood, and how he comes to understand human emotions and psychology after gaining a unique friend and retainer, eventually becoming a wise ruler accepted by the people, and the process of connecting him to his successor. It's an easy read and a good book that makes you realize the importance of having important friends.