Takemitsuzamurai

Takemitsuzamurai or Takemitsu Zamurai (竹光侍) is a Japanese historical samurai manga series written by Issei Eifuku and illustrated by Taiyō Matsumoto. It was published in Shogakukan's Big Comic Spirits seinen manga magazine, with its chapters collected in eight wideban volumes.

Plot
Takemitsu Zamurai follows the story of masterless samurai Senō Sōichirō.

Publication
Takemitsu Zamurai is written by Issei Eifuku and illustrated by Taiyō Matsumoto. It was serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Spirits from 2006 to 2010. Shogakukan collected its chapters in eight wideban volumes, released from December 15, 2006, to April 28, 2010.

The manga was licensed in Spain by Glénat and in France by Kana.

Reception
Takemitsu Zamurai won the Excellence Prize in the Manga Division at the 11th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards in 2007. It also won the Grand Prize at the 15th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2011. It was nominated for Best Comic at the 2012 Angoulême International Comics Festival.

Manga critic Natsume Fusanosuke calls the series a "fascinating work" and understands it less as a manga and more as an example of jidaimono, a genre of classic popular novels with historical themes.