Japan's Warring States Period: The Wandering Traveler

Lin Yi, a modern content creator specializing in Warring States history, finds his soul transmigrated into the body of a Ming dynasty merchant during the third year of the Eiroku era. Awakening to heavy debts, he discovers his creditor, Imagawa Yoshimoto, is marching toward a fatal rendezvous at Okehazama, while he himself has been seized by fishermen and detained in Sunpu Castle by Imagawa Ujizane. Just as his prospects look grim, a prestige system activates, dumping a complete, secret transmission of the *Kokin Wakashū* into his lap. In a world ruled by the military class, what good is waka poetry? With his life on the line, Lin Yi decides to bluff the daimyos, farm prestige, and acquire skills to survive. Standing at an imposing six feet two inches, he sweeps across the Sengoku period with formidable swordsmanship while using aristocratic waka secrets to outmaneuver court nobles. Refusing to serve any lord, take sides, or become a daimyo's pawn, he carves out a path as a carefree traveler in a turbulent age. From the nun of the Ii clan and the female ninja of the Fuma to a fallen lord's princess and a formidable widow, Lin Yi traverses the mountains and rivers of Japan, leaving a trail of obsessed daimyos and devoted admirers in his wake.