Tokugawa Ieyasu
Episode 42: The Winds of the World
July, 1604.
Ieyasu, who received news of the birth of Hidetada's son,
announced that it shall be named, 'Takechiyo'.
A new heir is born!
The castle was filled with joy.
Indeed, the birth of an heir is cause for celebration,
but our lord seems to be overly ecstatic.
You think all I say now is his name?
No...
Hidetada didn't have a son 'til now.
But now that he does,
I want to make sure my wives and others around us
don't harbor false hopes for their offsprings.
I'm filled with awe.
Reporting!
Nagayasu?
Hon'ami Koetsu, who accompanied me from Kyoto,
has a secret to disclose to you, Sire.
Lady Sakae, who was Princess Sen's maid was fired.
What?
She's pregnant and wants her fiancé to ask for her release.
Wait, what is this all about?
Lady Sakae was raped.
Raped?
Yes, by Lord Hideyori of Osaka Castle.
Does Lady Yodo know about this?
Yes, I heard she had an argument with her son.
I see...
If she is falsely accused of being disloyal and fired,
there's a danger that she may kill herself.
His mother is responsible for letting her son misbehave.
It's a fact that I was hoping for a son
to be born between Hideyori and Princess Sen
who will be the future Shogun.
Yet indeed a son is born to them...
Reporting!
A messenger from the Shogun,
Okubo Nagayasu requests your audience.
What?
I will change my attitude now that the Shogun knows of this.
What do you mean?
It only means that my young lord matured a bit too soon.
All I can do is for the Shogun, Lord Hidetada,
Princess Sen, and Lady Sakae to recognize this baby.
The late Regent's blood flows in Lady Sakae's child.
I would like Lady Sakae to be my young son's concubine.
I see.
Omitsu was taken to Katagiri Katsumoto's house.
Lady Yodo wants you to stay away for a while.
When the baby is born, she wants you to give it up.
What about Princess Sen?
Don't worry.
I told her you are recovering from an illness.
Thank you. That was my biggest concern.
Reporting!
Sir Chaya Matashiro is here.
Matashiro?
Sir Chaya, I thought you were in Nagasaki.
I just returned and gave my greetings to the Shogun.
I heard that you and Omitsu were here and came to see you.
Do you have some stories from your trip?
The Shogun said there will be no more wars,
so I can set out on my ship to see the world.
Omitsu?
Yes?
I must work on sending our ships out to the seas.
As soon as I'm finished, I'll ask for your release,
until then, please work hard in serving the Toyotomi clan.
Matashiro...
Then we can get married.
I understand. I'll work until then.
Just as expected of two lovers.
I'm glad Sir Chaya convinced her to continue.
Omitsu was raised very care fully as the grand-daughter
of the great Naya Shoan of Sakai.
She knew that if she killed herself,
she would create a conflict between the two clans.
This case is settled now.
This year marks the 7th anniversary of the Regent's death.
I'll suggest to the Shogun that he make it a grand celebration.
There's so much gold coming out of the island of Sado
so we can use it to surprise the Kyoto residents
and celebrate the wealth of our country.
A festival?
Right.
That will unify the hearts of the people,
and lift the spirits of the Osaka residents
who were saddened by the birth of an heir in Edo.
Just as expected of you, it's a keen insight.
Not only will we show the entire country that
peace has planted it's roots in the country,
but the Jesuits from Portugal will see it, too.
The Portuguese?
Right.
Then they will spread the news to the world.
We can send out our government authorized ships,
and the foreign ships will come by the hordes.
What's strange is when you dig with that in mind,
gold just pours out of the mines!
Isn't this strange?
If there is such a mountain, I'd like to go there.
I'll take you there.
The first time I saw you, I wanted to take you there.
Nagayasu was dreaming.
His dream grew big in his drunken stupor.
What is your dream? Tell me.
From the time I saw huge gold nuggets in Osaka,
my dream was to enjoy trade in a grand scale with the world.
The future of our country relies on this great task.
Therefore, I have done my best in digging out our gold.
Well done.
You're the only one who could do this.
But I'd like you to continue working hard at the mines.
Please, wait. I'd like to spread my wings to the world!
Are you awake?
It's you, Oko.
Where's Sir Koetsu?
Don't you remember?
I must've been drunk.
Don't tell me you forgot our promise
Our promise?
You need women in the mines, so you'll take me.
How can I forget that?
But...did I say something bad about anybody?
You said a lot.
I did? About whom?
Miura Anjin, Honda Masanobu, and Councilor Hidetada.
Lord Hidetada?
He's a stupid, 2nd generation Shogun, good-for-nothing.
- Is that all? - No.
When the Shogun dies, nobody will follow that straight-lace.
What a dull man.
Enough.
Don't laugh!
Now your status is clear. You're my concubine.
Me? Lord Okubo's...?
You may not object.
You asked me to take you.
I heard something I shouldn't've heard.
What?
I'm going to be killed in the mountain!
Don't be so stupid.
How can I kill Hon'ami Koetsu's sister-in-law?
You said you liked me from the first time you saw me.
That wasn't a lie, I hope.
How can I lie, I felt it from the bottom of my heart.
I'm the black sheep of the Hon'ami family.
I might be a good catch for you, Lord Okubo.
The 7th anniversary of Hideyoshi's death, the celebration of prosperity
was done in an unprecedented grand scale.
It indicated that the late Regent was still popular,
and that Shogun Ieyasu was broad-minded enough
to allow such a celebration in his honor.
The residents dispelled all conflicts between Osaka and Edo.
The construction of the city of Edo as the new capital
of the bakufu government, was almost complete.
Excuse me, but you have a guest.
A guest?
It's Sir Miura Anjin.
Miura Anjin was the Japanese name given to the Englishman
William Adams, who arrived on a Dutch ship in 1600.
This is the gold mine magistrate, Lord Okubo.
I have heard of your reputation.
You have some more visitors.
I'm a Spaniard named Carlos.
Aren't you the gold mine magistrate, Lord Okubo?
I am, the gold mine magistrate, Okubo.
So there's this kind of gold in the world... her hair...
What? A beauty with golden hair?
She was quite a beauty...
That Carlos wants to build a hospital for the poor.
I know that. I intended to grant him the permission.
I felt a certain animosity between Carlos and Miura Anjin.
Don't think that the foreign countries are one.
Europe is now divided in two.
Europe is?
The Europeans: Spaniards and Portuguese, were the powers of old.
The new powers are the red-heads like the Dutch and the English.
The Europeans and the red-heads...
I see.
To enjoy free trade with the world, we must remain neutral.
We cannot choose sides?
We must deal equally with the Europeans and the red-heads.
I understand.
Please examine this.
The capital to let us trade with the world, pure gold.
We found high quality gold in Izu and Sado.
Thank you for your hard work in the East and in the West.
I don't deserve those kind words.
I only regret that I cannot serve my lord Tadateru.
You work hard as usual.
Many lords competed to build a mansion in Edo.
This was Date Masamune's mansion in Edo.
His first daughter was engaged to Ieyasu's 6th son, Tadateru.
Nagayasu, who was also Tadateru's retainer,
often came to visit Masamune to discuss the impending wedding.
So, Carlos requested to see you?
He said he wants to give me a beauty with golden hair.
I see. A beauty with golden hair...
He wants your help, Lord Date.
Carlos? My help?
Miura Anjin will beat him.
So, he wants your help in influencing the Shogun.
I see, Miura Anjin is Carlos' enemy.
The war between the Europeans and the Red-Heads began in Edo.
The war between the Europeans and the Red-Heads?
There was once a European named Marco Polo
who reported that Japan had islands of gold.
So, the greedy Europeans want to conquer our islands.
And? What will happen?
We can use the myth about our gold
to influence the traders of the world,
and we can take control of the world trade.
How about it?
This is my dream.
But...
The Shogun is quite conservative.
I wonder if he'll support your dream.
Lord Date,
our Shogun's policy is to bring prosperity to our lands through trade.
I just want to be part of this milestone.
Then, your dream is slowly becoming reality.
But Miura Anjin, the Red-Head serves the Shogun.
The Europeans will not be satisfied with that.
So, I'd like you to support the Europeans.
Wait, this is alarming.
If I support the other side, I'm opposing the Shogun.
This would create a great rebellion.
Let me be frank with you.
You don't have the military power to fight the Shogun.
But you can join hands with one of the two most powerful
forces in the world, and gain control of the trade.
You, the Shogun's son's father-in-law,
can control the European trade.
Then, you will appear to be the Vice Shogun.
You have seen through me.
The time to go to war for lands is gone.
I'd like Lord Tadateru, my master
to lead the alliance with the Europeans.
I'd like you signature to proceed with this plan.
I should've done this first.
This is a present from Sado.
I'd like your signature.
3 days before the year 1604 came to a close...
This was a busy year, but a good one.
In spring, I will go to the capital and retire.
How will you handle the Toyotomi heir from now on?
I shall promote Hideyori to become Minister of the Right,
let Hidetada assume the Shogun's post,
and invite Hideyori to the capital.
The problem is how you will invite him.
You must make him pay his respects to the new Shogun.
Pay respects to Hidetada?
It's to show how times have changed.
I wonder if that's necessary.
It sure is.
It's to keep them in check after you retire.
It's like putting the soul into the Buddha's statue.
News of Ieyasu's retirement created a stir.
Yodogimi sent Katagiri Katsumoto and Ono Shuri
to investigate the matter.
...it's been decided that he'll retire next spring.
Then...the next Shogun has been selected.
What about his promise with the late Regent that
that he'll let our heir become Shogun when he becomes 16?
That promise has been annulled after Jibu's doing.
I know...
Had the Tokugawa clan felt an animosity toward us,
our young heir would not be alive today.
Exactly, but when Lord Hidetada assumes the Shogun's post,
he will make our heir the Minister of the Right.
What does that mean?
That means it may lead to the Regent's post, and even Premier.
Then he will be following the late Regent's footsteps.
That's true.
If one side is the Regent and
the other a leader with a military background,
if these two work together, a solid Japan will be born.
They explained to me in detail that
that is the Shogun's plan in building a better country.
Then my blood and my sister Oeyo's blood
will flow in those who control the country?
I'd like you to recognize that as the manifestation of the promise
between the Shogun and the late Regent.
I see.
I understand.
I'll leave the matters in Edo to you.
Well done.
Are you our retainer or the Shogun's retainer?
What a thing to say.
You're telling me that I cannot control the lords
so I should let my wife's father become the next Shogun.
Everyone's making a fool out of me.
Our heir! Please sit down.
Your father's soul rests here.
Alright, alright! I'll thank him and leave.
Wait!
The Shogun has kept his promise with the late Regent.
The first example is their action after Sekigahara.
Had it not been for your late father's promise,
we would have been killed by our enemy.
Had you gone to with the Mori army to the battlefield,
neither you or this castle would've existed today!
This is all because of your late father's request.
I will not allow such a behavior in front of your father!
Ieyasu left Edo with a sincere desire for peace
between the Edo government and the residents of Osaka.
It was January, 1604.
Hidetada, in accordance with the samurai custom,
carried out by Minamoto Yoritomo when he assumed power,
lead an army of 160,000.
Do you remember the late Regent's Daigo flower viewing?
That was his last moment of enjoyment.
I don't have such an elegant taste.
All I can do is have an army of 160,000.
I think it was an important gesture,
to show that it would be useless to oppose your reign now.
I'm relieved to hear that.
I'd like Lord Hideyori to become the Minister of the Right,
for Hidetada will be the next Shogun.
Then, Lord Hidetada...?
He's one rank lower, and is the Minister of the Interior.
I would like both of them to receive greetings together
at either Nijo or Fushimi Castle,
and would like you to ask him to come.
You may be surprised at this abrupt request
but you're his mother and it would be better
if you would invite him over to see him.
I'd like all the lords of the entire country
to see Hidetada and Hideyori sitting together.
That would drive out the evil in their hearts.
I will arrange for Lord Hideyori to come.
On the 21st, Hidetada entered Fushimi Castle
with an army of 160,000.
There're rumors of war. Is that true?
That wasn't for war.
Why would they fight us? It's as easy as twisting a baby's arm.
What? A baby's arm?
We don't even have 1/10 of the 160,000 men they have.
I see.
So...the Toyotomi clan is as weak as a baby's arm...?
Please don't worry.
All you have to do is pursue elegant hobbies.
How dare you speak like that?!
Don't tell me you forgot how mortified I felt
when Lord Ieyasu spared me after Sekigahara
just because I was a woman!
Please excuse me, I...
Never mind, leave!
I'm afraid, but...
You still have something to say?
A message arrived from Nene, that next May,
the new Shogun will receive greetings at his Fushimi Castle.
What's that got to do with me?
She would like Lord Hideyori to come, also.
So she wants Hideyori to pay respects to the new Shogun?
No, but to receive greetings as family.
No! What's cause for celebration for Hideyori
when Hidetada becomes the new Shogun?
I will not allow him to go!
But Nene is officially Hideyori's mother.
What?
If he refuses to go to Fushimi,
it would mean he shows a sign of rebellion toward the new Shogun.
Are you threatening me?
Rank 1, the widow of the late Regent,
is asking Hideyori to come.
You do not have the right to refuse her order.
Protocol dictates that
you seek the opinions of the other lords
and have Lord Hideyori make the final decision.
Here you are.
Mother? What happened?
Mother...
Don't move!
Or I'll kill him and kill myself!
Mother...
They are all trying to embarrass you and me.
That's not it at all...
Quiet!
Whatever you say, I gave birth to our heir.
I shall not allow him to submit to the Tokugawa clan.
I would rather kill him than let him sink that low!
Listen.
I don't care if you're busy flattering Ieyasu,
but don't you dare use my son's name in doing so!
I have the late Nobunaga's blood flowing in my veins.
How dare you tell me I have no right to stop Hideyori!
Yodogimi's outburst put the Toyotomi clan in a crisis:
whether they will prosper or be crushed.
You look pale. Did you catch a cold?
There has been a problem with Lord Hideyori...
He cannot come?
He drank too much vermifuge and has a stomach ache.
Forgive me.
I cannot face you...
It's because I haven't paid enough attention to them.
This is all my fault.
Please don't cry.
Masanobu? Is Tadateru here?
Yes.
Let's introduce him to Lady Nene. Bring him in.
So...this is Lord Tadateru.
This is my sixth son.
I'm Tadateru. Nice to meet you.
He's a fine man.
He's truly a fine heir.
Listen, Tadateru.
Yes.
I would like you to go to Osaka as our representative.
What is the message?
Our plans were for Lord Hideyori and the new Shogun
to receive greetings together at Fushimi Castle.
He suddenly fell ill, and cannot come.
So, I'd like you to go see how he is.
Here's your message. Listen well.
I understand.
The Shogun and his clan are deeply concerned about your recent illness.
Though the Shogun himself would've liked to come,
he is busy, and I came in his place.
Please rest well and recover as soon as possible.
Be polite to him.
I understand.
Masanobu. Relay this to Hidetada in Nijo Castle.
Tadateru.
What's funny? This wasn't meant to be funny.
I'm brother's messenger.
Yet I received my instructions from you, father.
That was funny to me. That seems reasonable.
Nagayasu, make Tadateru receive formal orders from the Shogun.
Escort him to Hidetada.
Yes, sir.
Excuse me.
It was my mistake to let you convince the people in Osaka.
Please forget this.
I just pity Hideyori.
Unlike your Tadateru,
he has nobody to teach him how to grow up to be a man.
Tadateru is dangerous at times. I have to watch him.
You heard how he lashed out at me telling me I was wrong.
That's why he's so promising.
He's old-fashioned.
He acts like we are still in the age of wars.
Like the snake waiting to attach a careless prey.
Tadateru laughed at me and Hideyori refused to come.
Those are just indications of youthful rebellion.
Let's just watch over them.
Please take care of Hideyori.
April 16th, 1605.
Hidetada became the 2nd generation Shogun,
and Ieyasu became the retired Shogun.