Satsuma Gishiden

• Ja Kanji — 薩摩義士伝 • Genre — Adventure, historical

• Type — manga • Author — Hiroshi Hirata • Publisher — * Nihon Bungeisha • Leed Publishing • Magazine — Weekly Manga Goraku • First — 1977 • Last — 1982 • Volumes — 6 • Volume List — #Volume list Tale of the Loyal Retainers of Satsuma is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroshi Hirata. It was serialized in Nihon Bungeisha's Weekly Manga Goraku magazine from 1977 to 1982 and published in six volumes.

Satsuma Gishiden is a dramatic depiction of events surrounding the 1754 Hōreki River incident, and illustrates the melancholy fortitude of the samurai of Satsuma as well as that of the wajū people who fought the great rivers of the Nōbi Plain for centuries.

Written and illustrated by Hiroshi Hirata, the series was serialized in Nihon Bungeisha's Weekly Manga Goraku magazine from 1977 to 1982. The series' individual chapters were collected into six tankōbon volumes. It was later re-released by Leed Publishing. In October 2005, Dark Horse Comics announced that they licensed the series for English publication. They released three volumes.