| Hidamari no Ki | |
 The cover of the first volume of Hidamari no Ki. | |
| 陽だまりの樹 | |
|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Osamu Tezuka |
| Published by | Shogakukan |
| Magazine | Big Comic |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | April 25, 1981 – December 25, 1986 |
| Volumes | 11 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Gisaburō Sugii |
| Produced by | Hiroshi Yamashita Michiru Ōshima Manabu Tamura Masao Maruyama |
| Written by | Tatsuhiko Urahata |
| Music by | Keiko Matsui |
| Studio | Madhouse |
| Original network | Nippon TV |
| Original run | April 4, 2000 – September 19, 2000 |
| Episodes | 25 |
| Television drama | |
| Directed by | Takashi Fujio Munenobu Yamauchi Hironobu Okano |
| Produced by | NHK Telepack |
| Written by | Yōichi Maekawa |
| Music by | Toshiyuki Honda |
| Studio | NHK Enterprises |
| Original network | NHK BS Premium |
| Original run | April 6, 2012 – June 22, 2012 |
| Episodes | 12 |
Hidamari no Ki (陽だまりの樹, lit. "Tree in the Sun") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka about a friendship between a samurai and a doctor in the final decade of the Tokugawa Shogunate. Hidamari no Ki received the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1984 for general manga.
The story is partly based on Tezuka's great-grandfather who was one of the Japanese physicians pushing for acceptance of Western medical practice at the time. The title is a metaphor for the Tokugawa shogunate which is compared to an old camphor tree which has enjoyed the sunshine and shelter from the winds for 300 years, but is slowly dying because it is being eaten away from the inside by termites and gribbles.
It has been adapted into an anime series, by Madhouse and premiered in Japan on NTV on April 4, 2000.[1] It was also adapted into a television drama, and also a 2021 stage play starring Sugeta Rinne of the boyband 7 MEN Samurai.[2]
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