Saka no Ue no Kumo

Saka no Ue no Kumo (坂の上の雲), or "Clouds Above the Hill" is a

Shiba Ryōtarō originally published serially from 1968 to 1972 in eight volumes. A three-year NHK television special drama series based on the novel and also entitled Saka no Ue no Kumo

was shown in thirteen episodes from 2009 to 2011.

The novel is set in the

Meiji period and focuses on three characters from the city of Matsuyama: Akiyama Yoshifuru, his brother Akiyama Saneyuki, and their friend, Masaoka Tsunenori, better known as Masaoka Shiki. The novel follows their lives from childhood through the First Sino-Japanese War, culminating in the Russo-Japanese War

of 1904–05.

The city of Matsuyama has a Saka no Ue no Kumo Museum dedicated to the novel and associated TV series.

English translation

An English translation of Saka no Ue no kumo was published in stages by Routledge as Clouds Above the Hill in four volumes. Vol. 1 describes the growth of Japan’s fledgling Meiji state and introduces the main protagonists.

ISBN 978-113467930-0) contains the battle at Mukden and the naval showdown in the Tsushima strait, resulting in the destruction of the Russia’s Baltic Fleet and the triumphant return to Yokohama of the Japanese fleet. Vol. 4 was translated by Andrew Cobbing.^[2]

A set containing all four volumes (

ISBN 1138911968

) was released in 2014.

References

ISBN 978-113616223-7
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^ McCarthy, Paul. "Translating Ryotaro Shiba's "Saka no ue no kumo" (Clouds above the Hill)". Books From Japan. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

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[1] ISBN 978-113616223-7
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[BFJ-2] McCarthy, Paul. "Translating Ryotaro Shiba's "Saka no ue no kumo" (Clouds above the Hill)". Books From Japan. Retrieved 25 November 2018.

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