▁bi ography ▁of ▁Toy ot omi ▁H ide y oshi , ▁who ▁rose ▁to ▁the ▁office ▁of ▁ta ik ō ▁during ▁the ▁Az uch i – M omo y ama ▁period ▁of ▁Japanese ▁history . ▁The ▁Conf u cian ▁scholar ▁ ▁( 1 5 6 4 – 1 6 4 0 ) ▁published ▁the ▁work ▁in ▁ 1 6 2 6 ▁during ▁the ▁rule ▁of ▁the ▁third ▁Tok ug awa ▁sh ō gun ▁I em its u . ▁The ▁work ▁was ▁published ▁five ▁times ▁between ▁ 1 6 2 6 ▁and ▁ 1 7 1 0 . ▁The ▁complete ▁work ▁sp ans ▁ 2 2 ▁scroll s . ▁ ▁The ▁Ta ik ō ki ▁shows ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁Ho an ' s ▁individual ▁views ▁of ▁history ▁and ▁interpret ations ▁of ▁historical ▁materials . ▁ ▁Modern ▁historical ▁nov els ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁Ta ik ō ki ▁include ▁the ▁Shin sh o ▁Ta ik ō ki ▁by ▁E iji ▁Y osh ik awa , ▁I hon ▁Ta ik ō ki ▁by ▁S ō h achi ▁Y ama oka , ▁and ▁Shin sh i ▁Ta ik ō ki ▁by ▁Ry ō tar ō ▁Sh iba . ▁Y osh ik awa ' s ▁novel ▁was ▁the ▁basis ▁for ▁the ▁year long ▁N H K ▁television ▁Ta iga ▁drama ▁Ta ik ō ki ▁( 1 9 6 5 ). ▁Sh iba ' s ▁novel ▁and ▁others ▁of ▁his ▁works ▁gave ▁the ▁story ▁to ▁Kun itori ▁Mon og at ari ▁( 1 9 7 3 ), ▁another ▁Ta iga