Saka no Ue no Kumo (坂の上の雲), or "Clouds Above the Hill" is a Japanese historical novel by Shiba Ryōtarō originally published serially from 1968 to 1972 in eight volumes.
A three-year NHK television special drama series based on the novel and also entitled Saka no Ue no Kumo was shown in thirteen episodes from 2009 to 2011.
The city of Matsuyama has a Saka no Ue no Kumo Museum dedicated to the novel and associated TV series.
An English translation of Saka no Ue no kumo was published in stages by Routledge as Clouds Above the Hill in four volumes.
2 (ISBN 978-113508381-6) describes the early stages of the Russo-Japanese war up to the battle of Liaoyang, where Japan seals a victory which shocks the world.