The novel is set in the Meiji period and focuses on three characters from the city of Matsuyama: Akiyama Yoshifuru, his brother Akiyama Saneyuki, and their friend, Masaoka Tsunenori, better known as Masaoka Shiki.
Saka | Saka no ue no kumo (TV series) | ''Saka no ue no kumo'' | Saka (Nkutu subtribe) | Saka Kingdom | Kumo no Kaidan |
In the semi-historical television adaption of Ryōtarō Shiba’s Saka no ue no kumo role of Hidaka was played by veteran actor Akira Nakao