.1998, Tokyo: Asano, young office worker,discovers in the apartment of a waitress of box of night two old boxes. One contains
an ornament of sabers and the other of the handwritten rollers. The contents of this roller earlier report 400 years (1598)
the adventure of a young carpenter called Jiso. This apprentice, by his presence of mind, saves one day the life of Hideyoshi Toyotomi, then Chief of the
Japan. This one offers to him in thanks its own sword and the names him Samouraأ. Then, at the same time as noble of the same age called Kuro
with tumultuous nature, the carpenter become Samoura, is trained with the trade of the weapons in the school of the six swords which the fencing
master of Hideyoshi directs.
Become adult, the boys receive from Hideyoshi the mission of secretly becoming the guards of his single heir: small Hideyori. But, a few years later, their fencing master dies in disconcerting circumstances. A rancor seizes when Kuro learns it. It thinks indeed that Jizoأ adapted the secrecy of their Master and thus the glory of their mission. Extremely of its claims, he wants to oblige Jizo to fight in duel. But Jizo refuses and flees. Kuro continues it without slackening. They will travel thus until France. One day, They find themselves in La Rochelle city, of the gypsies organized as a peaceful brotherhood, installed not far from the city, collects SamouraأJizo failing. Clearness the magician of the band saves him Then with some companions and Samouraأhe will cross France until Narbonne, purchased by Jesuits with whom he has
concealed an invaluable book that it intends to report in Venice. Samoura is confronted in this tour with the Western culture. The king Henry IV comes to join in the Moors. Henry, in liveliness of pleasant discussed, is surprised by reactions of Japanese. He tries to inform him of his country as
the samoura informed of Japan. Then, trustful in Clarte a secret missive for the republic of Venice proposing the European unification, he sets out again shortly after.
The group also takes again its road. Kuro reappears a little later. He wants to always kill Jizoأ, but it is to him necessary to await an opportunity. The troop of gypsies thus continues with him them tour towards South-east. They stop in Roquelaure, where the Queen Margot awaited them. But Kuro, at the time of the reception given in their honor, causes Jizo in duel which cannot move back any more. They fight, but Kuro loses the combat. By spite, he tries to slice the belly, but he is
prevented by Jizo. The troop sets out again towards Narbonne, and stops with the abbey of
Fontfroide. They meet there a strange monk, former disciple of Nostradamus, which teaches to them a version of the gasoline of one Taoist. They
embark then on a ship ordered by a pirate woman: Barbara.
After a terrible storm, this one made stopover in Malta. There, it hopes to ask for to the Large Master knights of Malta, which is in fact her natural father
, to intercede near the Pope Clement for the release of the
philosopher Giordano Bruno, with which she is in love. Indeed the philosopher has been in prison in Rome for several years, because he is shown of heresy. Large the inquisitor of Malta interposes. But Jizأo in a flash of genius affirms that
it is its own King of Japan, who sent Samouraأin Europe to buy the services of Bruno, this scientist with the legendary memory, in order to
use him like particular tutor of its Hideyori son. He wished thus to prepare Japan with an opening in the world. The religious authorities of the enquiry end up believing it and thus decide to sell Bruno with the Samoura. Giordano is recovered a little later, directly in Malta, in rather bad condition. The enquiry organizes the return voyage towards Japan, by sea, of both japonicas and the philosopher, escorted by the
Navarre's captain Jose, former lieutenant d' Henry IV met in the Landes. They separate thus from the troop of gypsies which leaves towards Venice,
andain Cadiz in Spain. They meet Samuel Champlain there, returning of America with a group of Indians. But it is time for them to embark for the East.
However, in Japan, the situation changed: the Hideyoshi old man died before their return. The committee of regency usurps consequently the throne of the crown prince, which is in age to however reign. Jizo and Kuro test with Giordano and Jose to transmit to this one the knowledge learned during their tour, so to help it to change his choices and thus his destiny. But the regent Ieyasu
causes the young lord again and finally goes in war against him. The battle is committed: the citadel of Osaka, last bastion of the Prince and of the powers of the West resists, but finally collapses in the
flames. Hideyori commits suicide. However, before the battle, he had transposed the
mission from both Samouraأon his wife, princess SEN, releasing them thus of their promise. Jizo and Kuro save the princess then, achieving
thus their duty. We are in 1615 and the Tokugawa period, the Edo era, came by this last victory from Tokugawa, to start