A nationally published book that passionately depicts the longing and pursuit of the Satsuma samurai style that the author, Yoshihide Shimazu, has walked in half of his life. He talks about why the three kingdoms were relieved even after being defeated in the Battle of Sekigahara, why the 800-year-old history of the Shimazu family has continued to this day, and why Satsuma was able to take the initiative in establishing a modern nation at the end of the Edo period. . (Published in Shincho Shinsho on February 20, 2005)