April 7, 2011 • 25m
Matsunaga Hisahide has risen in rebellion against warlord Nobunaga Oda. The aesthete Furuta Sasuke is ordered to negotiate for peace.
April 14, 2011 • 25m
Araki Murashige rises in rebellion against Nobunaga. Sasuke plots to exploit his marriage to the sister of Araki's most trusted vassal.
April 21, 2011 • 25m
Sasuke becomes a pupil of the tea master Sen-no Sôeki. Nobunaga reveals his ambition to unify Japan and then wage war on the continent.
April 28, 2011 • 25m
Sôeki invites Sasuke and Hideyoshi for a tea ceremony. During Sasuke's absence, Sôeki approaches Hideyoshi with a terrifying plot.
May 5, 2011 • 25m
Nobunaga bestows the loot from Tottori Castle upon Hideyoshi. Sasuke bonds with the general and secretly replaces a valuable teasc...Read more
May 12, 2011 • 25m
As Nobunaga goes through with his unification attempts, Sasuke tries to distinguish himself by participating in the sieges on various castles.
May 19, 2011 • 25m
Mitsuhide Akechi is manipulated by Sôeki and Hideyoshi, planting the seeds of rebellion against Nobunaga.
May 26, 2011 • 25m
Ieyasu Tokugawa visits Azuchi Castle to celebrate Lord Nobunaga's recent victory. Sasuke is tasked to lure him into throwing a fit at the party.
June 2, 2011 • 25m
Nobunaga travels to the imperial court at Kyoto with a small guard. He is lodged in the Honno-ji temple complex, which Sasuke has ...Read more
June 9, 2011 • 25m
On the night of June 2, 1582, Sasuke has an ominous feeling and hurries to Kyoto, in time to witness the end of an era.
June 16, 2011 • 25m
The late Oda's vassals are forced to take sides as a civil war looms.
June 23, 2011 • 25m
Azuchi Castle is put under Akechi's command. When Sôeki visits the place, he finds it quite different.
June 30, 2011 • 25m
Both Akechi and Sasuke learn who assassinated Nobunaga, and are faced with the biggest moral conflict of their lives.
July 7, 2011 • 25m
Akechi, after being crushingly defeat by the Hashiba force, has his final supper with his closest vassals. There, he experiences t...Read more
July 14, 2011 • 25m
Sôeki advises the new government to burn down Azuchi Castle, tainted by the late Akechi's aesthetic, whilst Sasuke meets Hideyoshi...Read more
July 21, 2011 • 25m
Sasuke is assigned by Hideyoshi to reconcile with Ieyasu.
July 28, 2011 • 25m
Hideyoshi is named chief advisor to the Emperor. Sasuke is promoted as well, receiving the name of "Oribe Furuta". Oribe begins to...Read more
August 4, 2011 • 25m
Hideyoshi gives Sôeki the honorable name of "Sen-no Rikyû". Rikyû once again invites Hideyoshi to a bold plot.
August 25, 2011 • 25m
Friction between Rikyû and Hideyoshi increases. Meanwhile, Oribe aspires to master the way of tea, but lacks the confidence to succeed.
September 1, 2011 • 25m
Oribe visits the tea master Hechikan, once a fellow student of Rikyû, to deepen his understanding of wabi aesthetics.
September 8, 2011 • 25m
Oribe has trouble financing an army to keep up with Hideyoshi's endeavors. However, when he is tasked to show Ieyasu around Kyoto, he smells a chance.
September 15, 2011 • 25m
The Kyushu conquest begins. In the battle against the Akizuki troops, Oribe gets help from Nobushige Sanada, and sneaks into Kosyozan Castle.
September 22, 2011 • 25m
Hideyoshi announces a great tea gathering to commemorate the subjugation of Kyushu and the erection of Jurakudai Castle.
September 29, 2011 • 25m
Tea masters from all over Japan gather in Kyoto for Hideyoshi's great tea gathering. Oribe has an elaborate plan to outdo them all.
October 6, 2011 • 25m
Hechikan's simplistic tea ceremony wins him the first place in Hideyoshi's competition. Inspired by his success, Oribe makes a mis...Read more
October 13, 2011 • 25m
Hechikan forces both Oribe and Rikyû to reflect on their rigid ways.
October 20, 2011 • 25m
Rikyû and Oribe together undergo a maturation, as they rediscover the fun and freedom in wabi.
October 27, 2011 • 25m
Rikyû's most promising disciple, Souji Yamanoue, finally finds his place in the Kanto region, just as Hideyoshi is preparing an invasion.
November 3, 2011 • 25m
The Odawara conquest begins. Rikyû meets Souji again. They were pleased with each other's mental growth.
November 10, 2011 • 25m
During Hideyoshi's feudal reforms, Ieyasu is granted a new domain: Edo.
November 17, 2011 • 25m
Hideyoshi and Rikyû's relationship continues to deteriorate. Oribe is attacked by the impetuous Date Masamune.
November 24, 2011 • 25m
To his dismay, Hideyoshi finds his courtiers will never support him to the fullest.
December 1, 2011 • 25m
Oribe invites Rikyû to a hot spring with ocean view, and is motivated to change his course.
December 8, 2011 • 25m
Rikyû is angered when Hideyoshi confiscates his greatest treasure and only daughter. Meanwhile, Oribe produces the first true piece of Oribe pottery.
December 15, 2011 • 25m
The reception of Oribe's latest cup is highly positive. Josui Kuroda visits the gravely ill Hidenaga Toyotomi.
January 5, 2012 • 25m
Aware that Hideyoshi's advisers are planning to dispose of him, Rikyû invites Ieyasu to a tea ceremony.
January 12, 2012 • 25m
Masamune angered Hideyoshi again. He goes to Oribe and Takayama for advice on how to make up to his lord.
January 19, 2012 • 25m
Rikyû is ordered by Hideyoshi to seclude himself at Sakai. Oribe and Tadaoki see him off at the Yodo river.
January 26, 2012 • 25m
Hideyoshi orders Rikyû to commit seppuku, and appoints an executioner: Furuta Oribe.