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We appear before you again.
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Emperor Go-Mizuno-o
was the son of Emperor Go-Yozei.
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His mother was Chuwamon-in Sakiko
from the Konoe house.
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His younger brother
had become head of the Konoe...
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and was the present Chancellor.
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Now Emperor Go-Mizuno-o's
Consort Masako...
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was Hidetada's 5th daughter...
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and granddaughter
of the Tosho Dai-Gongen.
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As for Emperor Go-Mizuno-o's children?
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Consort Masako gave birth
to Onna Ichinomiya Okiko...
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and Onna Ninomiya,
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as well as Prince Sukehito.
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Is that all?
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Huh?
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What others?
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I cannot say, Sire.
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Why hide it?
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Sukesaburo...
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The Emperor's beloved Lady Oyotsu...
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also gave birth to two children.
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But Prince Kamonomiya died,
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and Princess Umenomiya
was eleven years old.
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Any others?
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There are none, Sire.
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Without question?
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Without question, Sire.
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What about this empty space here?
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I do not know, Sire.
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AOI Tokugawa Three Generations
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Episode 45 "Kasuga-no-Tsubone"
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Original Story and Screenplay: James Miki
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Music: Iwashiro Taro
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Original Subtitles
JN Productions, Inc
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Transcribed and Edited Subtitles
Kame Fansubs
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CAST
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Tokugawa Hidetada
NISHIDA TOSHIYUKI
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Tokugawa Iemitsu
ONOE TATSUNOSUKE
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Masako
SAKAI MIKI
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Inoue Masanari
AMAMIYA RYO
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Acha
MITSUBAYASHI KYOKO
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Mito Mitsukuni/Narrator
NAKAMURA BAIJAKU
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Tenkai
KANEDA RYUNOSUKE
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Doi Toshikatsu
HAYASHI RYUZO
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Ofuku
KIKI KIRIN
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Producer: Kawaii Junshi
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Director: Sato Jo
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My Lord, on the 11th...
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Prince Sukehito passed away
at the Imperial Palace.
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What did you just say?
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Prince Sukehito has died.
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Is that true?!
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Medicines had little effect.
He passed away.
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Lord Ogosho!
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He wasn't poisoned, I hope?
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On June 11, 1628...
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before he could become Crown Prince,
Prince Sukehito died.
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He was only two years old.
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The shogunate's scheme to make
Prince Sukehito Crown Prince...
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vanished with the dew.
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Raise your head.
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Sire...
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Kyoto Deputy Itakura Shigemune
will make funeral arrangements.
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Should any suspicions arise concerning
the prince's death,
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I asked Itakura to investigate thoroughly.
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Offering condolences on your behalf...
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will be Osawa Motoie.
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Representing the Shogun
will be Kira Yoshimitsu.
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What should we do about the
construction on the Retirement Palace?
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Continue it.
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I've heard that the
Consort is with child.
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Yes, My Lord.
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A prince will surely be born.
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Yes, My Lord.
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August 2
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However, when the mourning
period ended...
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I still wish to abdicate.
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I give the Throne to Onna Ichinomiya.
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Alright?
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Onna Ichinomiya Okiko
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What are you saying, Your Majesty?
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Inform the shogunate...
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I cannot bear these
groundless accusations.
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Outrageous!
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What will you do?
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Reject it.
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Tell him we absolutely reject
the rule of an Empress.
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Yes, Sire.
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Masanari...
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Summon Konchiin Suden.
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August 10
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Sir Inoue! Stop!
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I bear you a grudge!
I must have revenge!
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Have you learned your lesson now?!
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Stop this madness!
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Inoue Masanari has wronged me!
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You're in Edo Castle!
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Release me!
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Reporting, Sire!
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What's wrong?
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Inoue Masanari was stabbed
to death in the West Compound!
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What?!
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The killer was Inspector
Toyoshima Nobumitsu!
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Toyoshima Nobumitsu?
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One of the shogunal guards who
stopped him was badly wounded.
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Had he gone mad?!
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We don't know the details, Sire!
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Pardon!
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On August 10...
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Lord of Suruga Castle in Totomi...
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and West Compound Senior Councillor,
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Inoue Masanari met
with an untimely death.
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He was 52 years old.
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Masanari...
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You arranged for a marriage
between Sir Inoue's daughter...
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and Torii Tadamasa's brother, Naritsugu.
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Isn't that correct?
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That is correct.
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Were you aware
that Sir Inoue's daughter...
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was already betrothed
to Toyoshima Nobumitsu's nephew?
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I was aware of it.
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Nobumitsu lost face when his
nephew's marriage was canceled.
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That was why he took revenge
on Sir Inoue!
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However...
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A marriage must assure
the prosperity of a house.
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The Inoue could have hoped
for no better match...
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than the one with the Torii.
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- But...
- That was why...
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I had planned to find another bride
for the Toyoshima.
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Did Nobumitsu agree to it?
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It does not matter.
In order to raise one's status...
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Then I ask...
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Enough!
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No matter what the situation,
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by killing a councillor in Edo Castle,
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Toyoshima Nobumitsu committed
a grave crime.
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Ofuku should not be blamed.
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Ofuku...
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You may leave.
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Pardon me, My Lord.
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Shogun Iemitsu's wetnurse Ofuku...
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controlled the Inner Chambers
after the death of Ogou.
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Her power was unrivaled
and immeasurable.
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Now, as to the punishment
of the Toyoshima house.
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Suden, what do you say?
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To cause bloodshed in the castle...
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and kill a loyal vassal is
a most grievous crime.
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Of course the Toyoshima house
will be abolished,
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and his entire family must be
punished as accessories.
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That is exactly what I believe.
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Please allow me to speak, Sire.
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The crime of killing a senior vassal
is indeed grievous,
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but the insult of a broken engagement...
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was something a samurai
could never bear.
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The crime occurred in the castle!
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Where else but the castle can a
Hatamoto confront a daimyo?
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Not in the daimyo's home.
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And he is always guarded going
to and from the castle!
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Tadayo, what do you say?
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I fear what Tadakatsu says
is also correct.
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If all Toyoshima family members
are punished as well,
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samurai pride will eventually fade,
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and we will be as the common people.
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But the Inoue must save face.
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I understand...
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The shogunate sentenced to death...
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Toyoshima Nobumitsu and
his 12 year old heir Shuzen,
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abolishing the Toyoshima house.
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However, no other family members
were punished.
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September 26
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About the Shogun's chief attendants...
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They are sometimes called
"senior attendants,"
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"elders,"
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and at other times,
"senior advisors."
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Conformity is lacking.
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So, from now on, they shall be called
"Senior Councillors."
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Senior Councillors?
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That's right. Senior Councillors.
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Toshikatsu...
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Named as Senior Councillors...
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Lord of Maebashi Castle,
Sakai Tadayo.
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Lord of Fukaya Castle,
Sakai Tadakatsu.
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Lord of Mouka Castle,
Inaba Masakatsu.
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Lord of Sakura Castle,
Doi Toshikatsu.
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Toshikatsu will also serve as such
in the West Compound.
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On September 27, Imperial Consort Masako
gave birth to a second prince.
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But their joy was to be short-lived.
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The prince died after only ten days.
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Ogou...
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What should I do?
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After you died,
only bad things have happened.
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It's vexing, but the nobles say
it is divine retribution.
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Ogou...
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Say something.
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Your grief is justified,
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but the Consort is 22 years old.
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She will surely give birth
to another prince.
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Do you think so?
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I shall have the Five Great Temples
offer prayers.
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Ogou, I'll be counting on your help, too.
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Ogou...
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Next year is the Year of the Serpent.
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The Dai-Gongen was born in a Tiger Year.
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The Ogosho was born
in the Year of the Hare.
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And you were born
in the Year of the Dragon.
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After Tiger, Hare, Dragon,
everyone says...
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the 4th Shogun will be born
in the Year of the Serpent.
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That's absurd.
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If you should have an heir next year,
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Tiger, Hare, Dragon and Serpent
is a lucky order,
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and the Shogun's house
will grow even mightier.
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Tiger, Hare, Dragon, Serpent...?
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In rearing children do men
achieve growth as well.
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Please visit the Inner Chambers.
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The daughters of nobles
are not to my liking.
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You don't need to visit your wife.
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There are many beautiful women here.
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I'll think about it.
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Please do.
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I see...
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Father was born
in the Year of the Rabbit?
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Yes.
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No wonder he's so timid.
Only pricking up his ears.
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I was born in answer
to the Dai-Gongen's prayers.
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I am no Rabbit's child!
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December 22, Hidetada's second son
Lord Tadanaga...
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married Oda Nobuyoshi's daughter,
Princess Nobu.
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Tadanaga was 23 years old.
Princess Nobu was 15.
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This marriage with the Oda
was your mother's fondest wish.
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Congratulations.
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I wish to honor Mother's name...
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by obeying her wishes
and having children.
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Do so, do so.
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You are married,
so have children now.
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Don't hold back for Iemitsu's sake.
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Thank you, Father.
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How is life at Sunpu?
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The weather is mild,
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and the people's lives exceedingly serene.
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All testaments
to the Dai-Gongen's influence.
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That is excellent.
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I was thinking of moving
the gold and silver at Mt. Kuno...
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to Edo Castle soon.
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The government funds at Mt. Kuno...
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are kept there under
orders of the Dai-Gongen.
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Shogun Iemitsu inherited those funds.
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But the funds are to be used for war...
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if Edo Castle should ever be destroyed.
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But what if the funds should be
used to attack Edo Castle?
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Do you think I would turn traitor?
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Not at all!
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If Sunpu is destroyed first,
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the funds would fall
into the enemy's hands.
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That's insulting!
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Just do it!
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Do as Iemitsu says!
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00:19:54,418 --> 00:19:58,202
Then, in exchange for the funds,
give me Osaka Castle.
257
00:19:58,924 --> 00:19:59,936
Fool!
258
00:20:01,911 --> 00:20:04,223
You're a mere daimyo!
259
00:20:04,968 --> 00:20:08,850
If you displease Shogun Iemitsu,
your house will be abolished!
260
00:20:09,125 --> 00:20:11,218
I am the Shogun's brother!
261
00:20:15,878 --> 00:20:21,692
The Shogun's brother?
There is another besides you.
262
00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:26,859
Come closer.
263
00:20:34,034 --> 00:20:35,207
Closer.
264
00:20:43,494 --> 00:20:46,428
I can tell you only now...
265
00:20:47,267 --> 00:20:50,228
I have another son.
266
00:20:51,534 --> 00:20:52,447
What?
267
00:20:53,991 --> 00:20:57,950
Do you know Hoshina Masamitsu
of Takato?
268
00:20:59,411 --> 00:21:00,772
I do.
269
00:21:03,021 --> 00:21:07,792
Masamitsu's adopted son, Komatsu,
270
00:21:08,116 --> 00:21:11,539
is my son by a maid.
271
00:21:14,069 --> 00:21:15,790
Know this...
272
00:21:16,338 --> 00:21:20,671
though Komatsu has
the blood of the Shogun,
273
00:21:21,869 --> 00:21:26,009
out of respect for Ogou,
274
00:21:26,621 --> 00:21:30,728
he lives quietly in the hills of Takato.
275
00:21:34,342 --> 00:21:36,215
How old is he?
276
00:21:37,105 --> 00:21:38,496
How old are you, Tadanaga?
277
00:21:39,104 --> 00:21:40,716
I am 23, Father.
278
00:21:41,672 --> 00:21:44,986
Komatsu is 18.
279
00:21:47,573 --> 00:21:50,205
And yet, how dare you?!
280
00:21:52,093 --> 00:21:55,313
Your voice of dissatisfaction
with the Shogun,
281
00:21:55,638 --> 00:21:59,404
and ask for Osaka Castle?!
Outrageous!
282
00:22:14,091 --> 00:22:16,490
New Year's 1629...
283
00:22:16,796 --> 00:22:19,148
daimyo paid their yearly
respects at Edo Castle.
284
00:22:19,431 --> 00:22:21,806
Hidetada and Iemitsu sent
greetings to the Court...
285
00:22:22,059 --> 00:22:26,462
through envoys Osawa Motoshige
and Kira Yoshifuyu.
286
00:22:27,460 --> 00:22:31,322
This did not please Emperor Go-Mizuno-o.
287
00:22:31,776 --> 00:22:35,621
No return greeting was sent to Edo.
288
00:22:37,094 --> 00:22:39,514
Nagasaki Magistrate Mizuno Morinobu...
289
00:22:39,821 --> 00:22:42,267
became Magistrate of Osaka and Sakai,
290
00:22:42,620 --> 00:22:45,389
while Lord of Bungo Funai
Takenaka Shigeyoshi...
291
00:22:45,621 --> 00:22:48,230
became Nagasaki Magistrate.
292
00:22:49,995 --> 00:22:52,917
As ordered, Lord So Yoshinari
of Tsushima Fuchu...
293
00:22:53,222 --> 00:22:55,781
sent observers to Korea...
294
00:22:56,105 --> 00:23:00,917
and returned their castaway sailors.
295
00:23:02,924 --> 00:23:04,324
My Lord...
296
00:23:04,621 --> 00:23:05,592
Enter.
297
00:23:13,326 --> 00:23:17,748
The physician says
the Shogun is extremely ill.
298
00:23:18,748 --> 00:23:20,413
He has smallpox.
299
00:23:22,671 --> 00:23:23,938
Smallpox?!
300
00:23:26,958 --> 00:23:32,952
On February 2 Shogun Iemitsu
fell ill with a high fever.
301
00:23:33,329 --> 00:23:38,377
Smallpox contracted in adulthood
was deadly.
302
00:23:38,676 --> 00:23:41,924
The mortality rate was fifty per cent.
303
00:23:50,327 --> 00:23:52,193
Masakatsu...
304
00:23:52,627 --> 00:23:59,016
As decreed,
the 4th Shogun must be...
305
00:23:59,429 --> 00:24:03,038
either Gorohachimaru of Owari...
306
00:24:03,284 --> 00:24:07,094
or Nagatomimaru of Kishu.
307
00:24:07,923 --> 00:24:20,878
To be decided by Yorifusa of Mito.
308
00:24:22,258 --> 00:24:25,573
Whatever are you saying?
309
00:24:26,583 --> 00:24:28,379
My last will.
310
00:24:28,614 --> 00:24:29,926
Nonsense!
311
00:24:30,476 --> 00:24:35,146
The Shogun cannot lose
to mere smallpox!
312
00:24:35,709 --> 00:24:39,974
Heaven sent you in answer
to the Dai-Gogen's prayers!
313
00:24:53,429 --> 00:24:54,851
He will surely protect you!
314
00:24:55,147 --> 00:25:00,141
I have bidden the head priests
of the Five Great Temples...
315
00:25:00,419 --> 00:25:02,799
to pray for your recovery.
316
00:25:09,546 --> 00:25:14,511
Lord Tadanaga of Suruga
has come to visit, Sire.
317
00:25:17,524 --> 00:25:18,968
Keep him out.
318
00:25:21,842 --> 00:25:26,229
I don't wish to see anyone.
319
00:25:40,606 --> 00:25:44,826
Shogun Iemitsu even refused
a visit from his wife.
320
00:25:45,222 --> 00:25:49,207
Messengers met daimyo who were coming
to pay their respects,
321
00:25:49,569 --> 00:25:53,014
ordering them all back to their provinces.
322
00:25:57,328 --> 00:25:59,141
All we can do now...
323
00:25:59,473 --> 00:26:04,453
is to entrust him to the great Buddha.
324
00:26:04,815 --> 00:26:09,376
But we cannot leave him
to the great Buddha.
325
00:26:11,551 --> 00:26:14,563
If His Excellency does not recover,
326
00:26:14,908 --> 00:26:19,132
the land will be torn asunder
over the selection of an heir.
327
00:26:22,554 --> 00:26:26,208
Please beg the Buddha for help.
328
00:26:26,972 --> 00:26:29,721
Beg him to take my life...
329
00:26:30,037 --> 00:26:33,087
in place of the Shogun's.
330
00:26:35,151 --> 00:26:37,210
Please, Archbishop!
331
00:26:41,559 --> 00:26:45,022
If my prayer should be granted,
332
00:26:45,692 --> 00:26:51,600
I shall take no medicines
for the rest of my life.
333
00:27:09,588 --> 00:27:16,103
March 17, Ogosho Hidetada visited
Ueno Toshosha for the first time.
334
00:27:16,527 --> 00:27:19,843
He prayed for the recovery
of Shogun Iemitsu.
335
00:27:23,027 --> 00:27:25,515
As if the prayers had been answered,
336
00:27:25,947 --> 00:27:28,347
after fighting the illness
for a month and a half,
337
00:27:28,745 --> 00:27:31,651
happily, Shogun Iemitsu recovered.
338
00:27:36,573 --> 00:27:41,029
On April 17, Iemitsu visited
the Nikko Toshosha...
339
00:27:41,387 --> 00:27:45,372
and thanked the Dai-Gongen
for his protection.
340
00:27:46,485 --> 00:27:50,405
May 22, Edo Castle
341
00:28:00,565 --> 00:28:02,148
Raise your heads.
342
00:28:06,391 --> 00:28:11,658
We are honored to be in your presence,
Your Excellency.
343
00:28:12,927 --> 00:28:19,432
And, thankfully,
you have overcome your illness.
344
00:28:20,001 --> 00:28:23,180
We congratulate you,
Your Excellency.
345
00:28:23,726 --> 00:28:26,783
The Court conducted prayers for me.
346
00:28:27,299 --> 00:28:28,878
I thank you.
347
00:28:29,225 --> 00:28:31,848
Thank you, Your Excellency.
348
00:28:32,337 --> 00:28:34,605
What is the reason for your visit?
349
00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:47,865
The Emperor again sends
an informal notification...
350
00:28:48,370 --> 00:28:52,605
to step down in favor
of Princess Onna Ichinomiya.
351
00:28:54,599 --> 00:28:56,136
Not again...
352
00:28:56,809 --> 00:29:02,164
We humbly beg that you reply,
Your Excellency.
353
00:29:03,107 --> 00:29:09,312
What is the reason for
the notification this time?
354
00:29:09,873 --> 00:29:14,993
His Majesty suffers
from a painful swelling.
355
00:29:15,369 --> 00:29:18,041
Physician Nakarai Tsusen-in recommends...
356
00:29:18,399 --> 00:29:21,685
moxa treatment and acupuncture.
357
00:29:22,888 --> 00:29:28,714
But the August body must never
be marred by needles or burns.
358
00:29:29,376 --> 00:29:34,996
So abdication is the only way
to receive this treatment.
359
00:29:35,325 --> 00:29:37,091
After conferring with the Five Families,
360
00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:39,547
it was decided that abdication
was the only way.
361
00:29:39,809 --> 00:29:42,595
Are you certain that this is correct?
362
00:29:42,984 --> 00:29:45,076
Do you question the Emperor's word?
363
00:29:45,419 --> 00:29:49,331
No, but the shogunate
will send physicians...
364
00:29:49,685 --> 00:29:54,426
to determine whether
such a treatment is warranted.
365
00:29:56,201 --> 00:29:57,755
We refuse.
366
00:29:58,154 --> 00:29:58,889
Why?
367
00:29:59,412 --> 00:30:02,203
To doubt the contents
of an Imperial order...
368
00:30:02,521 --> 00:30:07,115
is a glaring and rude insult, sir!
369
00:30:07,756 --> 00:30:12,550
If the Emperor should abdicate,
a woman will succeed him!
370
00:30:13,093 --> 00:30:18,493
This is not the first time a woman
will be sovereign!
371
00:30:22,662 --> 00:30:23,315
Found it?
372
00:30:23,315 --> 00:30:24,992
I found it!
373
00:30:25,239 --> 00:30:25,891
When was it?
374
00:30:26,111 --> 00:30:27,024
During the Nara Period.
375
00:30:27,024 --> 00:30:27,884
So long ago?
376
00:30:28,133 --> 00:30:31,377
Genmei, Gensho, and Koken
were all female sovereigns.
377
00:30:31,878 --> 00:30:32,490
Who was last?
378
00:30:32,940 --> 00:30:36,114
Empress Shotoku, who died in 770.
379
00:30:37,243 --> 00:30:38,164
How long ago was that?
380
00:30:38,425 --> 00:30:42,238
Calculating from 1629...
381
00:30:42,565 --> 00:30:46,597
Eh! It was 859 years ago!
382
00:30:46,879 --> 00:30:49,068
859 years ago?!
383
00:30:49,868 --> 00:30:54,183
June 5
384
00:31:00,679 --> 00:31:02,120
Raise your heads.
385
00:31:05,806 --> 00:31:10,695
We are honored to be received
in audience, Your Excellency.
386
00:31:11,101 --> 00:31:15,622
Thank you for your gracious hospitality,
Your Excellency.
387
00:31:17,482 --> 00:31:18,546
Toshikatsu...
388
00:31:22,703 --> 00:31:26,778
We respectfully respond
to His Majesty's notification.
389
00:31:29,500 --> 00:31:33,323
As for his wish to step down
in favor of Onna Ichinomiya,
390
00:31:33,650 --> 00:31:38,938
the shogunate deems it too soon.
391
00:31:39,390 --> 00:31:40,895
Too soon?!
392
00:31:41,307 --> 00:31:43,563
His Majesty should not abdicate...
393
00:31:43,979 --> 00:31:46,776
until the birth of the next prince!
394
00:31:47,402 --> 00:31:49,468
But that is unreasonable!
395
00:31:49,808 --> 00:31:51,497
His Majesty is ill!
396
00:31:51,718 --> 00:31:52,346
Silence!
397
00:31:53,607 --> 00:31:56,846
We received word yesterday
from the Kyoto Deputy.
398
00:31:57,295 --> 00:32:00,098
Happily, the Consort
has conceived again.
399
00:32:00,645 --> 00:32:02,953
The child will be born in September!
400
00:32:03,187 --> 00:32:03,827
What?!
401
00:32:04,062 --> 00:32:05,170
You were hiding it from us!
402
00:32:05,170 --> 00:32:06,001
No!
403
00:32:06,561 --> 00:32:08,239
We knew nothing about it.
404
00:32:08,509 --> 00:32:09,471
How very strange.
405
00:32:09,973 --> 00:32:14,522
If the Emperor is ill,
how can he easily sire a child?!
406
00:32:14,797 --> 00:32:16,688
We do not know!
407
00:32:17,220 --> 00:32:18,898
We repeat our answer...
408
00:32:19,425 --> 00:32:21,504
Until the next prince is born,
409
00:32:21,907 --> 00:32:24,237
the Emperor may not abdicate!
410
00:32:29,036 --> 00:32:30,377
Thank you for coming!
411
00:32:45,473 --> 00:32:49,255
Even if the Samurai Intermediaries
did not know,
412
00:32:49,255 --> 00:32:50,276
the Imperial Family and
Court knew the Consort,
413
00:32:50,740 --> 00:32:53,254
no Masako, had conceived.
414
00:32:53,791 --> 00:32:54,262
True.
415
00:32:55,617 --> 00:32:58,697
Tell him to abdicate and he refuses.
416
00:32:59,153 --> 00:33:02,729
Tell him not to abdicate and he wants to.
417
00:33:04,567 --> 00:33:06,520
In other words...
418
00:33:06,896 --> 00:33:10,990
is he saying he refuses
to obey the shogunate?
419
00:33:11,335 --> 00:33:13,042
Exactly, Sire.
420
00:33:15,133 --> 00:33:18,571
Toshikatsu...
What should we do?
421
00:33:19,881 --> 00:33:25,037
A ruler's anxieties arise
from vassals lacking in ability.
422
00:33:26,836 --> 00:33:31,823
First, we must ask that
the Chancellor be dismissed.
423
00:33:33,335 --> 00:33:34,883
Dismissed?
424
00:33:35,941 --> 00:33:38,601
The Chancellor is the Emperor's
younger brother.
425
00:33:40,605 --> 00:33:45,125
That is why you must stand firm, Sire.
426
00:33:58,309 --> 00:34:02,134
June 26, priests were punished...
427
00:34:02,482 --> 00:34:05,080
for protesting against
the rigid rules for temples.
428
00:34:05,390 --> 00:34:07,779
Takuan was exiled
to Kaminoyama in Dewa.
429
00:34:08,099 --> 00:34:10,284
Gyokushitsu Sohaku was banished
to Tanakura in Mutsu,
430
00:34:10,573 --> 00:34:12,696
and others were banished as well.
431
00:34:13,844 --> 00:34:20,030
This showed to the Court
the shogunate's rigid stance.
432
00:34:21,996 --> 00:34:25,410
Then on August 1,
as requested by the shogunate,
433
00:34:25,765 --> 00:34:30,194
Chancellor Konoe Nobuhiro
was dismissed.
434
00:34:33,815 --> 00:34:36,658
I have a favor to ask of you, Ofuku.
435
00:34:37,123 --> 00:34:39,976
Anything you wish, Your Excellency.
436
00:34:40,615 --> 00:34:43,534
Since the Consort is soon to give birth,
437
00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:47,265
I ask that you go to Kyoto
as my representative.
438
00:34:48,097 --> 00:34:49,614
Go to Kyoto?
439
00:34:50,580 --> 00:34:53,789
You will thank the Court...
440
00:34:54,176 --> 00:34:56,957
for sending envoys to pay
a sick call on the Shogun.
441
00:34:57,367 --> 00:34:59,039
Absolutely not!
442
00:34:59,676 --> 00:35:03,254
I have no high rank or status.
443
00:35:03,676 --> 00:35:07,425
I could never represent the Shogun.
444
00:35:07,910 --> 00:35:15,709
You are Senior Advisor
in the Inner Chambers.
445
00:35:16,134 --> 00:35:19,346
There is no need to hesitate.
446
00:35:19,708 --> 00:35:21,904
Pardon me,
but I am unworthy, Sir!
447
00:35:22,707 --> 00:35:24,231
In other words...
448
00:35:24,614 --> 00:35:27,961
I want you to spy on the Court.
449
00:35:29,751 --> 00:35:34,107
Note, in particular, the Emperor's health.
450
00:35:36,737 --> 00:35:41,643
A female envoy will not offend.
451
00:35:42,043 --> 00:35:43,669
But...
452
00:35:44,647 --> 00:35:46,985
The Shogun has so ordered.
453
00:35:47,711 --> 00:35:50,311
Will the Emperor grant me an audience?
454
00:35:50,875 --> 00:35:54,715
I'll have the Kyoto Deputy arrange it.
455
00:36:04,825 --> 00:36:06,602
In mid-August...
456
00:36:06,943 --> 00:36:11,969
the Shogun's wetnurse Ofuku
left on her secret mission.
457
00:36:22,358 --> 00:36:24,158
Oh, Shigemasa...
458
00:36:24,934 --> 00:36:26,527
Reporting, My Lord.
459
00:36:26,806 --> 00:36:27,709
Proceed.
460
00:36:28,137 --> 00:36:31,261
On August 27 at the Consort Palace...
461
00:36:32,299 --> 00:36:35,124
a princess was born.
462
00:36:36,263 --> 00:36:37,562
A princess?
463
00:36:38,394 --> 00:36:39,935
Congratulations, Sire.
464
00:36:42,633 --> 00:36:44,780
It's hopeless.
465
00:36:51,051 --> 00:36:53,607
Another princess?
466
00:36:57,365 --> 00:36:58,660
Sire...
467
00:37:03,087 --> 00:37:06,711
On September 12,
having arrived in Kyoto,
468
00:37:07,043 --> 00:37:09,635
Ofuku visited the Consort Palace
for the first time.
469
00:37:15,398 --> 00:37:17,410
Thank you for coming.
470
00:37:18,749 --> 00:37:21,704
I shall be counting on your help.
471
00:37:22,164 --> 00:37:23,778
Is the Ogosho well?
472
00:37:25,047 --> 00:37:28,345
He is extremely well.
473
00:37:29,579 --> 00:37:33,216
I was not able to have a son.
474
00:37:33,952 --> 00:37:36,155
How disappointed the Ogosho
must have been.
475
00:37:36,762 --> 00:37:39,562
By no means, My Lady.
476
00:37:40,344 --> 00:37:43,625
You will surely have another son,
My Lady.
477
00:37:45,916 --> 00:37:54,540
I have heard that the Emperor
has not been well lately.
478
00:37:55,544 --> 00:38:02,557
Both the Ogosho and Shogun
are concerned about you.
479
00:38:03,351 --> 00:38:05,145
There is nothing to fear.
480
00:38:06,010 --> 00:38:12,219
The Emperor treats My Lady
with utmost affection.
481
00:38:12,606 --> 00:38:16,137
Please report that they
get along exceptionally well.
482
00:38:16,554 --> 00:38:19,413
I shall, My Lady.
483
00:38:20,688 --> 00:38:24,651
Now, as for your request
to see the Emperor,
484
00:38:25,042 --> 00:38:30,247
neither Chancellor Ichijo Kaneto
nor the Five Houses will agree.
485
00:38:32,284 --> 00:38:37,009
Why is that?
486
00:38:37,734 --> 00:38:41,943
You are an attendant in the shogunate.
487
00:38:42,417 --> 00:38:44,688
No lowly wetnurse...
488
00:38:45,061 --> 00:38:48,243
has ever before been received
by an Emperor.
489
00:38:49,209 --> 00:38:51,284
I must remind you...
490
00:38:52,092 --> 00:38:56,526
I am here as the Shogun's representative.
491
00:38:57,167 --> 00:38:59,680
We are well aware of that.
492
00:39:01,436 --> 00:39:04,304
If I am not granted an audience,
493
00:39:04,681 --> 00:39:09,428
how could I ever return to Edo?
494
00:39:13,870 --> 00:39:15,764
Now listen...
495
00:39:16,689 --> 00:39:22,077
In your youth, you served
the Sanjo Nishi, didn't you?
496
00:39:23,335 --> 00:39:24,325
Yes.
497
00:39:24,867 --> 00:39:26,553
That is the key!
498
00:39:26,937 --> 00:39:29,591
You shall ask the Sanjo Nishi for help.
499
00:39:30,067 --> 00:39:33,334
As the sister of Lord Saneeda,
500
00:39:33,847 --> 00:39:38,306
you shall have enough status.
What do you say?
501
00:39:41,452 --> 00:39:42,574
Ofuku...
502
00:39:44,962 --> 00:39:47,343
Do as Acha suggests.
503
00:39:56,418 --> 00:39:58,128
Very well, My Lady.
504
00:39:59,845 --> 00:40:02,379
I'll send a message to the Sanjo Nishi.
505
00:40:02,617 --> 00:40:03,866
Lady Acha...
506
00:40:05,127 --> 00:40:09,831
Please give this message
to Lord Saneeda...
507
00:40:10,551 --> 00:40:14,598
If I am not granted an audience,
508
00:40:15,062 --> 00:40:19,332
I, Fuku, will kill myself!
509
00:40:34,809 --> 00:40:37,597
One month later,
on October 10...
510
00:40:37,979 --> 00:40:42,792
Ofuku, wetnurse to 3rd Shogun Iemitsu,
appeared in Court...
511
00:40:43,110 --> 00:40:46,736
and was received
by Emperor Go-Mizuno-o.
512
00:40:54,622 --> 00:40:56,970
His Majesty has heard...
513
00:40:57,235 --> 00:41:00,594
of your recent visit to the Ise Shrine...
514
00:41:01,045 --> 00:41:05,374
as the Shogun's representative.
515
00:41:06,127 --> 00:41:09,171
He was greatly impressed by this.
516
00:41:10,446 --> 00:41:13,461
Thank you, My Lord.
517
00:41:15,126 --> 00:41:20,100
Therefore, he confers upon you
the title of "Tsubone."
518
00:41:21,259 --> 00:41:27,207
You may henceforth be known as
"Kasuga-no-Tsubone."
519
00:41:27,767 --> 00:41:31,944
Thank you, Your Majesty.
520
00:41:33,398 --> 00:41:36,664
His Majesty offers you a cup!
521
00:42:01,095 --> 00:42:02,605
Bow down!
522
00:42:30,708 --> 00:42:35,314
Thus, Ofuku received
the greatest honor of her life,
523
00:42:35,641 --> 00:42:38,515
and became Lady Kasuga.
524
00:42:38,958 --> 00:42:42,008
But this would infuriate
the proud nobles...
525
00:42:42,345 --> 00:42:46,501
and lead to a grave development.
526
00:42:47,787 --> 00:42:52,291
Don't miss the next episode.
527
00:42:53,391 --> 00:42:57,392
To be continued.
528
00:42:58,470 --> 00:43:02,237
To be continued.
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