Hyouge Mono

 is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by . It was serialized in "Weekly Morning" magazine from 2005 to 2017 and collected into 25 volumes by publisher Kodansha. "Hyouge Mono" won an Excellence Prize for manga at the 13th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2009. It also won the Grand Prize at the 14th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prizes in 2010. The manga was adapted into an anime television series in 2011.
Plot.
During the Sengoku period in Japan, while the shadow of Oda Nobunaga still looms over the land, the warlord Furuta Sasuke loses his soul to the tea ceremony. While war shakes the world around him, he faces his own conflict between his desire for promotion and his love for his art.
Characters.
Other characters include Nobunaga's African retainer Yasuke (voiced by Takaya Kuroda), tea connoisseur Hechikan, Hideyoshi's wife Kita no Mandokoro and his concubine Lady Chacha, his mother Ōmandokoro, and the painter Hasegawa Tōhaku.
Media.
Manga.
"Hyouge Mono" premiered in Kodansha's "Weekly Morning" magazine in 2005. It ended serialization in the magazine's 2017 53rd issue on November 30, 2017. Kodansha collected the individual chapters into 25 volumes published from December 21, 2005, to January 23, 2018.
Anime.
The manga was adapted into an anime television series directed by Kōichi Mashimo and animated by Bee Train. It aired for 39 episodes on the NHK's Broadcast Satellite (BS) channels from April 7, 2011, to January 26, 2012.
The first opening theme of the anime is "Bowl Man" by Cro-Magnon featuring Yoshi Ikuzō, and the ending theme is "KIZUNA" by Yuki Saito. In April 2011, Cro-Magnon band member Tsuyoshi Kosuga was arrested on suspicion of violating Japan's Cannabis Control Law. As a result, the NHK changed the opening theme to "Naghol Jumping" by Quasimode for episodes five through ten. Starting with episode 11, the opening was changed to "Ebi Sukui" by Taku Takahashi of m-flo.
In June 2011, for unstated reasons, Yamada and the editors of "Weekly Morning" quit consulting for the anime series, and Yamada had his credit changed from the author of the "original story" to the author of the "original concept".
Reception.
"Hyouge Mono" won an Excellence Prize for manga at the 13th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2009. It also won the Grand Prize at the 14th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prizes in 2010.