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Atsuhime

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The 47th NHK Taiga Drama is a life story of Princess Atsu, who was born in Kagoshima Prefecture, then called Satsuma, and became the wife of Tokugawa Iesada, the 13th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. She accedes to the highest rank in Ooku, the inner palace of the Edo castle where women related to the reigning shogun resided. Iesada dies soon after their marriage and Atsuhime assumes the name Tenshoin at the age of 23. She exerts herself for the Tokugawa clan and for the nation during the upheaval in the Meiji Restoration, headed by those from Satsuma.

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Created by
Tomiko Miyao
First aired
Jan 6, 2008
Status
Ended
Network
NHK BS1, NHK
Episodes
50
Country
JP

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S1 E1: Child of Destiny

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S1 E1 Child of Destiny

Jan 6, 2008

The episode starts off in Satsuma in 1835, 20 years prior to the arrival of the Black Ships led by Matthew C. Perry. People in Satsuma are excited by the arrival of the heir to the domain, Shimazu Nariakira, from Edo. Meanwhile, a long-awaited daughter is born in one of the cadet families of Shimazu clan, the Imaizumi Shimazu family. The father of the girl, Shimazu Tadatake, and the mother, Oyuki, name her “Katsu,” wishing the child’s happiness. Okatsu grew up as a tomboy, much stronger than her brothers, yet is warm-hearted and full of curiosity.

  1. 1Child of Destiny
  2. 2Vow at Sakurajima
  3. 3Satsuma Divide
  4. 4A Wise Lord Angered
  5. 5Japan's Best Man
  6. 6A Woman's Destiny
  7. 7The Father's Tears
  8. 8How to be a Princess
  9. 9Atsuhime is Born
  10. 10Determined to Become the Shogun's Wife
  11. 11Reunion on the Tanabata
  12. 12Farewell, Sakurajima
  13. 13The Mother in Edo
  14. 14The Father's Wish
  15. 15The Princess Goes to Battle
  16. 16Cherry Blossoms Amidst Tumult
  17. 17An Unexpected Marriage
  18. 18Nariakira's Secret Orders
  19. 19Ascend to the Ooku
  20. 20The Wedding Night
  21. 21Battle of the Wives
  22. 22The Shogun's Secret
  23. 23The Better Man
  24. 24It's Unforgivable, Atsu-hime
  25. 25A Mother's Love and Hate
  26. 26A Hell-Raising Petition
  27. 27Wife of the Tokugawa
  28. 28Two Wills
  29. 29Tenshoin Atsu-hime
  30. 30The Shogun's Mother
  31. 31Farewell, Ikushima
  32. 32The Incident Outside Sakuradamon Gate
  33. 33Princess Kazu
  34. 34Imperial Court and Feudal Clan
  35. 35Dagger of Doubt
  36. 36Satsuma or Tokugawa
  37. 37Friendship and Parting
  38. 38Heart of the Mother-In-Law, Heart of the Wife
  39. 39Satsuma Burns
  40. 40Son Taking the Field
  41. 41Satcho Alliance
  42. 42The Death of the Son
  43. 43The Determination of the Wife
  44. 44Ryoma Dies
  45. 45A Letter from Mother
  46. 46Yoshinobu Rescued
  47. 47Ooku's Messenger
  48. 48Bloodless Surrender
  49. 49Reunion on the Eve of Meiji
  50. 50One Path

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