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That mountain is Sanouji-ya, isn't it?

Hatsu and Sobei's mother, Kiku passed away.

I'm going to live the rest of my life here.

So...

Don't worry and go back to Osaka.

And Asa and Hatsu's mother Rie, passed away, too.

Mom...

You were a good daughter.

You've become a daughter I'm proud of now.

In the spring, after graduating from girls' school, just as she

wanted, Chiyo started her bridal training.

Good morning.

And her close friend Nobu through the good offices

of Asa began working as an apprentice

Shinjiro! This is terrible.

What is it? What's wrong?

Gansuke hit his head while working, and collapsed.

Gansuke?

They received news that Gansuke who ran a factory in Kobe,

had gotten into an accident.

Asa ga Kita

Week 23 "The Palm of the Chief Clerk's Hand" Episode 133

Original Story: Chieko FURUKAWA

Screenwriter: Mika OMORI

Music by: Yuuki HAYASHI

Theme Song: "365 Nichi no Kamihikouki" Sung by: AKB48

Narrator: Keiko SUGIURA

Asa Shirooka: HARU

Shinjiro Shirooka: Hiroshi TAMAKI

Kisuke: Hiroki MIYAKE

Gansuke: Takaya YAMAUCHI

Ume: TOMOCHIKA

Eizaburo Shirooka: Akito KIRIYAMA

Chiyo: Fuuka KOSHIBA

Izumi Narusawa: Koji SETO

Heijuro Yamazaki: Shigeo TSUJIMOTO

Yono Shirooka: Jun FUBUKI

it seems a kerosene can fell from a shelf above, and hit

Gansuke on the head.

If it hit his head, that's serious!

How's Gansuke?

He's still unconscious.

Spread it out, and flatten it.

That's it.

He's been unconscious for days now...

I'm worried.

The chief clerk...?

Actually there's more to Gansuke's wife's letter...

She wants us to send her money.

Money?

Since the person who runs the business collapsed,

they must be in a bind.

I was thinking of going over there, and talking to her.

I'll go with you.

I'll go, too.

You can't!

Even if it's okay for the bank president and president

can manage, your schedule is full with appointments

for the women's university.

You just don't have the time to go over there.

And you have to go to Kyushu again at the end of the month.

The new development that you started there is about

to be finished. Of course, I'm worried about Gansuke, too.

You're right. I'll go around with Nobu so you go to

Kobe with my husband and the bank president.

But...

Also...

You're telling me to go to Kobe.

That's right. I want you to go.

I can't do that. Why me?

Why? Why can't you go?

Gansuke and I just worked as servants under the same

family for a while so there's no reason for me to go

to visit him in Kobe.

His wife and family are over there.

But... If he never regains consciousness, you'll

never see him again.

It doesn't matter. When he left Kano-ya, I thought

I'd never see him again anyway.

You'll never see his face again...

Thank you for coming.

The next day...

OFFICE FOR ESTABLISHING THE WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY

We have a letter from Mr. Narusawa in Tokyo.

We do?

Through the good offices of Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito,

I met with Mr. Saionji, the Minister of Education and

Mr. Konoe of the National Institute of Education

today and got their approval.

Just as you said, if I have something to say,

I shouldn't give up, and say what must be said.

Thank you very much, Ms Shirooka...

This is great.

We've expanded our personal connections, haven't we?

Yes... He also wrote that he's going to meet with

Taisuke Itagaki and Eiichi Shibusawa later, too.

Just as you said, once we grasp the vital points, the vest will

go smoothly, won't it?

It's not that easy.

Mr. Shibusawa has an understanding of education, so when negotiating

with him, the contents will be called into questions.

Is that right? I'm sorry... I didn't mean to be so thoughtless.

Not at all... For now, this is good news.

So we here in Osaka have to work even harder.

Excuse me... I'm pleased to meet you.

I sent you a letter the other day, I'm Kano-ya...

So you're the notorious female bank president?

I have no interest at all in a women's university,

so will you please leave.

I understand how you feel, but...

What's written in this book about education

is supported by Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito

and Shigenobu Okuma.

So what if they are?

I don't care who supports it, I'm saying that I don't want

to have anything to do with something like that.

All right. I'll just leave this right here, so if you're so

inclined, maybe you could just glance through it once.

Thank you for your time.

Nobu... Let's go.

Asa refused to give up, and expanded her activities

from Osaka to Kyoto and Kobe, but...

She didn't achieve any noticeable results.

Sensei!

It's really unbearable...

No matter that the interest in women's education has

increased in part, it's not that easy to erase the

old ideas that women don't need to be educated, is it?

Besides, the bad rumors about me have gotten

to them before I get there, so there are a lot of times

where I'm turned away as soon as I arrive.

That's right. On top of that, some people are saying

"that old lady still hasn't learned her lesson even

"after she was stabbed."

I felt like kicking them.

That's how I feel, too.

Sakae!

Tamura!

I'm sorry.

I would think you've learned your lesson by now.

It's an important time for the coal mines, too.

You should forget about getting involved with something

as troublesome as that.

I'm sorry for making you worry so much.

Besides, if I should invest in this,

and you can't acquired enough donations as you planned, and

the venture goes down the drain, what do you plan to do?

If, by some slim chance, that should happen, Mr. Yamakura

and I will carry the balance of the funding ourselves

so we don't inconvenience any of our other investors.

So please keep in mind that this old lady who hasn't

learned her lesson is saying things like this again.

Mistress... It's fine for Mr. Yamakura who's an extremely rich man, but

Kano-ya has just overcome adverse circumstances,

so we can't carry that kind of a burden.

It's just to show how resolved I am.

The premise is to get donations after gaining support...

But as you already know, no matter how much

our country grows, the way we think of women here

will fundamentally never change.

Never...?

I'm sorry.

I went too far.

No... Thank you for telling me how you really feel.

Since I know that you would never lie, rather than people

who just say that we need the power of women or

that women are equal to men, I take what you say to heart.

You're right. It's really difficult to change a way

of thinking that's been around for so many years.

That's why we need a lot of penguins who will jump

in fearlessly even if people say that we haven't

learned from our experience.

Penguin?

Even if I'm eaten up by a shark,

we have to develop the brains of women so

that even greater penguins will be born right away.

That's what the university is for.

Isn't it?

Yes.

I'll be going now.

She really is unbelievable.

Meanwhile, Shinjiro and the others had arrived in Kobe.

Are you Gansuke's wife?

I'm Shinjiro from Kano-ya.

You came all this way...?

I'm pleased to meet you.

I'm Eizaburo Shirooka, the eighth generation head

of Kano-ya... I was the one you sent the letter to.

I'm Gansuke's wife.

My husband was indebted to Kano-ya for so many years

My husband was indebted to Kano-ya for so many years

I guess it's not for a wife who left her husband

a long time ago to say...

I'm sorry about the terrible accident.

This is my daughter, Tsuge and our adopted son-in-law.

How's Gansuke?

GANSUKE'S DAUGHTER & HUSBAND TSUGE TAKEO

When he hit his head, they think there might have

been bleeding inside his head.

To be honest, the doctor doesn't hold much hope.

Gansuke...

How did this happen?

Are you okay?

With Father in this condition, it's the end for our factory.

Don't cry... it can't be helped.

But... As soon as they heard that Father collapsed, all of the

wholesalers and suppliers that we've had a good relationship with, asked

us to repay the money they loaned us...

Gansuke!

Gansuke...

He hasn't moved for days now.

Is that right?

I'm back!

Welcome back!

Do you have a minute?

I'm sorry... I'd like you to take a look at this.

Is this true?

The signs of the time were steadily drawing closer for Asa, too.