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Aviation Techniques of the Tenpo EraAuthor: Nomura Kodō
| Original Title | 天保の飛行術 |
|---|---|
| Author | 野村 胡堂 |
| Genre | Popular Fiction |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | In 19th-century Japan, amid whispers of rebellion and shogunate scrutiny, a forbidden experiment unfolds on sacred Mount Hakusan. Artisan Kōkichi, exiled for his visionary flying machines, toils in isolation under Kaga domain’s watchful eye—his decades of research coveted by ambitious lords and threatened by Tsurujirō, a cunning rival who steals his designs. When Oto, Kōkichi’s fiercely loyal daughter marked by a disfigured face, encounters traveler Seisaku—a mysterious Edo merchant with secrets of his own—their fates intertwine in a web of espionage and peril. As authorities conspire to erase Kōkichi’s legacy, Oto risks everything to expose corruption, igniting a clash between ingenuity and power. Amid autumn’s fading hues, rival flying machines prepare for a duel over treacherous peaks, while buried truths and half-hidden faces unravel a tale of betrayal, tragic love, and the cost of defying gravity itself. Will ambition soar—or plummet into oblivion? |
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