is a Japanese
fantasy novel written by
Ken'ichi Sakemi, published in 1989.
It was Sakemi's first novel and was released in two forms:
hardcover
A hardcover, hard cover, or hardback (also known as hardbound, and sometimes as casebound (At p. 247.)) book is one bookbinding, bound with rigid protective covers (typically of binder's board or heavy paperboard covered with buckram or other clo ...
and
bunkobon.
The novel won the 1st
Japan Fantasy Novel Award
The is an annual award which began in 1989 and is sponsored by the Yomiuri Shimbun and Shimizu Corporation with the backing of publisher Shinchōsha. The winner gets a contract to have their unpublished work published by Shinchōsha and receives ...
in 1989 and was adapted into the 1990
anime television film
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under the title ''
Like the Clouds, Like the Wind''.
Plot
Set in a fictional country reminiscent of early 17th century China, the novel depicts the bizarre fate of Ginga, a young girl who volunteers to be a candidate for the new emperor's queen.
In the first year of the Kai calendar, candidates for the position of queen were gathered from all over the country to the inner palace of the new emperor of the Sokan Empire, who succeeded his predecessor who had died during sex. Ginga, a 14-year-old country girl from Oda Prefecture, thought the inner palace would be a fun place to study and have three meals and a nap, so she volunteered to be a candidate for queen. She was successful in her bid to enter the palace.
Fearless Ginga achieved excellent grades in eccentric lectures at the women's university, and succeeded in obtaining the throne of the lawful wife.
However, at the most inopportune moment, a rebel uprising broke out, and Ginga was forced to organize an inner palace unit to fight the rebels.
Publications
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Hardcover
A hardcover, hard cover, or hardback (also known as hardbound, and sometimes as casebound (At p. 247.)) book is one bookbinding, bound with rigid protective covers (typically of binder's board or heavy paperboard covered with buckram or other clo ...
(
Shinchosha, March 5, 1989) -
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Bunkobon (Shincho Bunko, April 25, 1993) -
Adaptations
Anime
It was adapted into an anime television film and broadcast on the
Nippon Television Network System on March 21, 1990.
References
External links
Kōkyū Shōsetsu (Shinchosha){{in lang, ja
1989 Japanese novels
Japanese fantasy novels
Japanese historical novels
Japanese romance novels
Novels set in fictional countries
Works set in fictional countries
Shinchosha books