Original subtitles

This is the Tokugawa family tree.

Nitta Yoshishige's son Yoshitoshi...

was the first to take the Tokugawa name.

His descendant Chikauji...

Kakubei, over here...

His descendant Chikauji was adopted by the Matsudaira,

and, until our great Lord Ieyasu,

their house was known as "Matsudaira."

In 1556, after subjugating Mikawa,

Lord Ieyasu appealed to the Court...

to take the historic name of "Tokugawa," the head branch.

- That's absurd! - Huh?

This chart is a lie!

Surely you jest!

I do not.

The Tokugawa are not descended from the Nitta!

What?!

Lord Ieyasu purchased his lineage.

What is that?

Don't you know?

The Tokugawa had formerly claimed the Fujiwara name.

But, the Seii Taishogun must be descended from the Genji.

So Lord Ieyasu created a lineage...

from the Nitta, direct descendants of the Genji.

Stop it, Sire!

What?

If what you say is true,

Lord Ieyasu would have falsified his lineage!

Falsifying one's lineage...

is nothing out of the ordinary!

Even the Taiko, Hideyoshi, made up the Toyotomi house!

Don't you glare at me!

AOI Tokugawa Three Generations

Episode 20: "Dual Rule"

Original Story and Screenplay: James Miki

Music: Iwashiro Taro

Original Subtitles JN Productions, Inc

Transcribed and Edited Subtitles Kame Fansubs

CAST

Tokugawa Hidetada NISHIDA TOSHIYUKI

Toyotomi Hideyori ONOE KIKUNOSUKE

Acha MITSUBAYASHI KYOKO

Matsudaira Tadayoshi TERAIZUMI KEN

Okubo Tadachika ISHIDA TARO

Sakakibara Yasumasa SHIMIZU KOJI

Date Masamune SUMA KEI

Ono Harunaga HOSAKA NAOKI

Ochaa GODAI MICHIKO

Honda Masazumi WATANABE IKKEI

Honda Masanobu KOYAMA SHIGERU

Tokugawa Ieyasu TSUGAWA MASAHIKO

Mito Mitsukuni/Narrator NAKAMURA BAIJAKU

Ofuku KIKI KIRIN

Katagiri Katsumoto KOBAYASHI NENJI

Fukushima Masanori KANIE KEIZO

Yodo OGAWA MAYUMI

Ogou IWASHITA SHIMA

Producer: Kawaii Junshi

Director: Shigemitsu Yukihiko

Osaka Castle

On May 10, 1605, Ieyasu sent his 6th son Tadateru to Osaka Castle.

Matsudaira Tadateru (Ieyasu's 6th son)

Toyotomi Hideyori

I am Hideyori. Raise your heads.

I am honored to see you, My Lord.

I am Ieyasu's sixth son, Matsudaira Tadateru.

I have come on behalf of my brother Hidetada...

to inform you of his installation.

Thank you for coming.

My brother Hidetada has received an appointment from the Court...

to Seii Taishogun!

My heartiest congratulations.

I humbly ask your acknowledgment of this.

How can we not acknowledge the will of the Emperor?

I congratulate your house.

Thank you, My Lady.

Lord Tadateru, I understand you are Lord Ieyasu's sixth son?

Yes, at present, I have three older brothers...

and three younger brothers.

I am in the middle.

I envy Lord Ieyasu for his many fine sons.

Hideyori is my only son.

I wish I could have been an only son as well.

Oh, why is that?

It can be a disadvantage to have many brothers.

Because I am a naughty boy, my father doesn't favor me.

Lord...

Of all my brothers, I have the smallest fief!

Don't say that...

Lord Tadateru...

My sister Ogou is the wife of the new Shogun.

Hideyori and Princess Sen are cousins.

That is, the Toyotomi and Tokugawa are kin.

You are close in age to Hideyori.

Please befriend him as a brother.

Yes, My Lady!

On his way back to Edo accompanied by daimyo,

Shogun Hidetada stopped at Kiyosu Castle in Owari.

The lord of Kiyosu was his brother, Matsudaira Tadayoshi.

Tokugawa Hidetada

How's the swelling?

Matsudaira Tadayoshi

It's not serious.

Be sure to take care.

Checkmate!

Always on the attack!

Your castle wasn't even surrounded.

A spirited offense is the best defense.

Ah, blast...

What's so funny?

Nothing. Last year when Fukushima Masanori visited Kiyosu,

he said to move the castle to a strategic position.

A strategic position?

Being on flat ground,

the castle has poor drainage and is easily attacked.

So I told him right then...

"Never mind the castle!"

"If I am attacked by daimyo of the West,"

"I shall meet them in the field."

"It doesn't suit my temper to sit and wait for an attack."

Well said.

It's your move, Brother.

By the way, do you think Osaka will rise against us?

Rise?

Lady Yodo will never allow this to pass.

She's practically helpless. She can do nothing.

A cornered mouse will attack a cat!

No one can defeat Father.

What if Father should pass away?

Huh?

The situation will quickly change!

It would be wisest...

to crush the Toyotomi while we can.

Wait...

There is no waiting.

Now is the time for patience.

Bear the unbearable! Suffer the insufferable!

We can only wait for Lord Hideyori to mature!

If we wait, the daimyo will all bow to the Kanto.

The daimyo bow only to Lord Ieyasu's influence!

When his rule ends, the tide will turn.

Are you telling us to wait for his demise?!

It will not be long.

It could happen tomorrow. Or, the day after.

There is no cause for haste.

When the new Shogun comes to power,

inner turmoil will probably erupt.

Inner turmoil?

Since antiquity, sibling rivalry has never ceased.

Brotherly strife?

That's right!

The new Shogun is no more than a puppet.

It the puppeteer dies, the puppet ceases to move.

Who will be the cause of this strife?

Perhaps Tadateru, who is unhappy with his holdings.

Or perhaps...

Lord Yuki Hideyasu.

Then we should find out...

and inform them that we would be willing to help!

Don't be absurd!

If you act carelessly and are discovered,

your house will be abolished at once.

Lord Masanori...

I wish to know...

Whom do you serve?

I could not hear.

Whom do you serve?

Oh woe! What wretched words do I hear?!

I, Fukushima Masanori, even a hundred years hence...

will serve the Toyotomi!

Edo Castle (1605)

Congratulations on your appointment to Shogun.

Congratulations.

Is Takechiyo well?

He is exceptionally healthy.

Excellent. Bring him here.

Takechiyo's wet nurse, Ofuku

He's really gotten big...

Oh, he looks exactly like me.

Clean-cut features with the look of refinement.

Huh, Takechiyo? Your father is Second Shogun Hidetada.

And even before the age of six months,

you are the Shogun's son.

Do you understand? Do you?

Grow up strong.

Do you understand? You cute rascal.

Did you answer? Did you?

My sister is so stout-hearted...

that she must obey the Taiko's every last will.

I can understand how Lady Yodo feels.

The Tokugawa who are vassals to the Toyotomi...

became Shogun and established a shogunate in Edo.

To her it must be the height of audacity.

Whatever will become of the Toyotomi?

I don't know.

Huh?

It all depends on Father.

My Lord!

I am surprised to hear that.

The Old Lord has retired. You are Seii Taishogun!

I'm Shogun in name only.

- In name only? - I'm in training now.

I must adhere to Father's every advice.

What are you saying?!

A powerless ruler sets a poor example for his vassals!

They will say you are a puppet, a sham.

You'll be ridiculed by all daimyo!

Don't get so angry.

You are too compliant. Even Father will be disgusted.

If you are Shogun, behave like one!

Take the lead and rule!

Take command and make the Toyotomi secure!

On October 28, Ieyasu arrived at Edo Castle.

With him were 9th son, Gorotamaru,

10th son, Nagatomimaru, and 6th son, Tadateru.

Maeda Toshinaga who has retired received a secret message from Osaka.

"I ask one thing..."

"That you remember your debt to the Taiko."

A message from Lady Yodo?

Needless to say.

She is so ignorant of how the power has shifted!

She is only a woman.

It's a pity that she lacks good advisors.

She must be taught another lesson.

Ignore her.

It will be fortunate if she foments revolt.

I see!

First, we must enlist daimyo aid to renovate Edo Castle.

A tower suitable for the New Shogun must be built.

Father...

As you have ordered...

Shimazu Tadatsune was given permission to trade with Annam...

and will contribute 300 shiploads of rock for the renovation.

Also, Kuroda Nagamasa will contribute shiploads of rock.

Where will they obtain the rock?

Ugh, Masamuni...

From Izu, Sire.

- From Izu. - Izu?

Father...

As you have ordered...

upon examining the shogunate organization...

I would like to take the Councilors' advice...

and add to the Castle Guards, the Body Guards.

Body Guards?

The Castle Guards will guard outside the castle.

The Body Guards will stand guard in the palace.

Who will be Captain?

If I may, the Body Guards will be divided into four groups...

headed by Mizuno Tadakiyo, Aoyama Tadatoshi,

Naito Kiyotsugu, and Matsudaira Sadatsuna.

- Fine! - Thank you, Sire.

- Hidetada! - Huh?

No matter how busy you may be,

never neglect going hawking.

Hawking is not an amusement.

It trains you for the battlefield...

and allows you to observe your subjects,

thereby giving you a majestic air.

Yes, Father!

Yasumasa, what's wrong?

Forgive me, Sire.

Yasumasa, you don't look well.

Have you given Adams a mansion?

- Yes, Sire. - Yes, we have.

He shows promise. Domesticate him and use him.

Lord Ieyasu liked William Adams.

He was Chief Navigator on the Dutch ship, Liefde,

that had drifted into Bungo in 1600.

The Englishman knew of European countries,

gunnery, astronomy, and shipbuilding.

Ordered by Ieyasu, he built an 80-ton Western-style sailing ship at Ito.

Next, a depot ship?

The boat is big.

Many loads.

Many cannon.

Can it go to Spain?

No, Spain is bad. Portugal is bad.

England is all right.

Holland is all right.

Don't be impertinent.

Japan, England, Holland, friends.

Spain, no good.

Portugal, no good.

That is something I will decide!

Japan has much silver, gold.

England has many muskets.

They will trade. Okay.

Japan has Shogun.

England, King.

I want...

You want to be a bridge?

Yes, bridge.

Bridge.

"Bridge" is "hashi" in English, Father.

You are my vassal!

Yes, Your Excellency.

You cannot go home!

Oh, what?

What do you mean, "Oh, batsu?"

Refrain, refrain.

I am your advisor.

That's right! Adams help the shogunate.

Build more ships.

Build cannon!

Cannon?

Masanobu...

It is the will of the shogunate...

that William Adams be given a fief.

In Sagami Province, Miura-gori,

the village of Hime-mura, 250 koku.

You will have vassals, too.

I am a lord?

That's right. A lord.

Aren't you going to thank him?!

Thank you very much.

You shall have a beautiful wife, too.

Wife?

"Beautiful wife."

William Adams married the daughter of Magome Kageyu,

headman of Odenmacho in Nihonbashi.

His name was changed to "Miura Anjin."

"Anjin" meant "guide through the water."

Namely, "chief navigator."

Osaka Castle, 1606

After New Year's, Shogun Hidetada began construction...

on the Main Compound of Edo Castle.

Aided by daimyo of the West?

Exactly.

Lord Fukushima Masanori, Lord Kato Kiyomasa,

Lord Kuroda Nagamasa, Lord Kato Yoshiaki,

Lord Asano Yoshinaga, Lord Hosakawa Tadatoshi,

and Lord Kyogoku Takatomo.

They will bring vassals and laborers to Edo.

They are all Toyotomi vassals.

That's right.

Not one of them objected to building a Tokugawa castle.

How very strange.

Yes, My Lady.

Anyone who objected would have been crushed.

How maddening.

Will no daimyo fight them like Ishida Mitsunari did?!

Even Fukushima Masanori is all pretense.

He displays false obedience.

False obedience?

He is outwardly loyal,

but inwardly, he plots against us.

Hence, "false obedience."

You must also be very careful.

Kanto Magistrate Aoyama Tadanari!

Naito Kyonari!

You allowed the people of Togane in Shimosa...

to capture wild geese in mist nets.

Is that true?

Yes, Sir.

Do you know that Togane is the Old Lord's private hunting ground?

The Old Lord is furious!

Explain yourselves now!

Excuse me, but we meant no harm.

We believed it would help the people...

Silence!

You bent the law without even consulting the shogunate!

The penalty can be no less than seppuku!

What shall we do, Sire?

Well...

What should we do?

Only a severe penalty will ease the Old Lord's anger.

Must they commit seppuku, after all?

If you vacillate, your ability will be doubted.

In ruling, you must be firm!

There's no help for it?

Hold on a minute.

I, Masanobu, will hasten to Togane...

and ask the Old Lord himself.

Oh, yes! That's good!

That would be best!

Oruku, fill the pipe for the Old Lord.

Massage harder, Okaji.

Yes.

What? You wish to resign your position?

I wish to leave my shogunate post...

and, presumptuous though it may be,

I wish to serve as your attendant, Sire.

Please grant me this request.

Have you abandoned Hidetada?

I am only human, Sire. I value my life.

I don't wish to die so young.

"Die young," he says.

The New Shogun intends to sentence to death...

both Kanto Magistrates who incurred your anger.

If this situation continues,

no government official who angers you will be safe.

Myself included...

Come to the point, Masanobu!

You're saying Hidetada is afraid to act without me,

so his ability as Shogun will be questioned.

Is that correct?

Exactly, Sire!

Fool!

That was why I sent you to Hidetada!

If your instructions were sound,

I wouldn't have to keep interfering!

Forgive me, Sire.

The Kanto Magistrates don't need to die.

Place them under confinement for a while...

and return them to duty in the fall.

Thank you, My Lord.

Date Mansion in Edo

On February 8, Ieyasu visited Date Masamune...

at his Edo Mansion and was entertained most lavishly.

Edo is really cold, isn't it?

Sendai is much colder.

The cold is bad for the aged.

My retirement abode will be in Sunpu.

Sunpu?

Oh, I see.

Sunpu should be warm and very comfortable.

That's not the only reason.

My presence in Edo will not help the new Shogun.

What do you mean, Sir?

Don't you know?

Hidetada is so timid.

He goes right if I say "right," and left if I say "left."

If he keeps depending on the former Shogun,

his vassals will lose all respect for him.

True.

In order to bolster the prestige of the New Shogun,

I shall have to withdraw and remain silent.

What's so funny?

Forgive me, but you are exceedingly upright...

and notoriously hot-tempered.

You cannot possibly leave the governance to your son...

and remain silent.

What spiteful words.

All great men are fault-finders.

Are you calling me a meddler?!

Not at all.

The ancients said, "Silence swells the belly."

Do not ignore maddening situations and fall into depression.

Say all you must.

I say I will remain silent.

You cannot.

I'll wager 100 ryo that I can.

100 ryo?

Wait...

Huh?

That's right, I've left one task undone.

The Toyotomi?

Yes, I must clear this problem while I am alive.

I have an idea, My Lord.

Tell me.

Take Lord Hideyori under your wing,

train him well, and make him a daimyo.

That will solve the question of who is the master.

Lady Yodo will never let him go.

If you allow him to remain in Osaka,

the daimyo of the West could rally behind him...

and cause an uprising.

That is when I shall be counting on you.

The only one who can unite daimyo of the Kanto and Oshu...

and quell any uprising in the West...

is Date Masamune, and no one else!

I am deeply honored, Sir.

Please serve Hidetada for years to come.

Yes, My Lord.

Help Tadateru, too.

Bow down!

My word, my word! Ogou has conceived again!

Oh my, congratulations.

Congratulations. Congratulations.

Thank you.

Ogou alone has had six children!

Huh? Or, was it seven?

What about you others?

You all promise to bear children,

but the most anyone has had is two or three!

Acha and Okaji have never even had one!

I will bear one.

- So will I. - Fool!

I cannot best your 11 sons and 4 daughters, Father.

You're still young! Make ten more!

But Ogou is past thirty.

So what? There are plenty of women!

Oh... Did I say something wrong?

Stop that!

Ofuku is strict.

Behave!

Tadateru...

Yes.

Gorotamaru...

Yes.

Nagatomimaru...

- Answer him! - Yes.

You three are Takechiyo's uncles.

However, you rank below him.

Takechiyo is successor to New Shogun Hidetada,

so he will inherit the main Tokugawa house!

Remember...

you must serve him as his vassals.

Never be rude to him!

Lord Tadateru...

What is your answer?

Yes, My Lord.

Everyone, listen to me.

Next summer, the main palace (hon maru) will be completed.

The New Shogun and his wife will move there.

And, the West Compound will be where Takechiyo lives.

- Ofuku! - Yes.

Train him well!

Yes, My Lord!

Father...

What is it?

Excuse me, My Lord...

Where will your quarters be?

I'll retire.

Retire?

I'll leave the government to the New Shogun...

and live in Sunpu.

Sunpu?

Acha...

Yes.

You will come with me.

Thank you, My Lord.

You too, Oroku!

Thank you, My Lord.

Please do not forget me.

You will remain in Edo.

What are you saying?!

Don't show you temper. I'll explain later.

Why didn't you refuse?

The Old Lord said he would take Takechiyo from me.

That's not so.

Yes, he did! He entrusted Takechiyo to Ofuku.

A noble's heir is always raised by a guardian.

That's not true!

The Old Lord is cool to me.

He does not trust me because I am Yodo's sister.

That's absurd.

That's why he put Takechiyo in the West Compound.

Away from me!

Listen to me!

Keeping the heir away is a precaution to avoid disaster.

Look at what happened to your uncle Oda Nobunaga and his son!

They both died in the attack on Honnoji!

I refuse to listen!

The Old Lord keeps Gorotamaru and Nagatomimaru close!

He dotes on them!

I'm going to sleep.

No!

I have chills. Since last night...

No!

Oroku, you're an angel.

Thank you, My Lord.

A gift from Heaven.

I'm happy, My Lord.

Your dewy skin is a treasure to me.

Thank you, My Lord.

Excuse me!

Who is it?

Kaji, My Lord.

What's wrong?

I wish to see you!

I'm busy. Come tomorrow.

Please!

My Lord!

I'm tired.

Is it true that you are giving me to your vassal?!

It's true.

What a cruel thing to say!

Now...

Matsudaira Masatsuna is a respected finance minister.

As his second wife, you couldn't ask for more!

Alas! You have abandoned me!

Don't cry, Okaji.

I'm giving you to Masatsuna for your own happiness.

How can I be happy driven from your side?

Ah, I am already 65 years old.

It's exhausting to have so many concubines.

In that case...

send Oroku away!

What?!

Oroku is my maid.

I will be disgraced if my maid steals your affections!

Do you want me to fire an empty gun?!

An empty gun?

You've given me no children!

Ah, how cruel!

On March 15, Ieyasu left Edo Castle and went to Kyoto.

Of course, he was accompanied by his new concubine, Oroku.

But this says, "Sado, Kari, and Oroku."

All of Ieyasu's favorites.

"Sado" is Honda Masanobu, Lord of Sado.

"Kari" is the wild geese he hunts.

And, "Oroku" is his beautiful concubine.

Oh, I see! "Sado, Kari, Oroku."

- My Lord... - What?

Was Okaji given to Sir Masatsuna?

She was.

However, in only one month she returned to the castle.

Why was that?

Lazy wretch!

Huh?

Find out for yourself!

Why have you returned?

Were you divorced by Masatsuna?

No.

We will not allow willfulness.

If Father should hear, you'll be killed.

Lady Okaji is with child.

With child?

Yes.

Don't lie.

It is true.

The physician says the child is due next spring.

Whose child is it?

It is the Old Lord's child.

How do you know?

Sir Masatsuna was so respectful of me,

that he never laid a hand on me.

This makes...

sixteen children.

Fushimi Castle

Oh, my word!

Imagine, Okaji!

The procreation race between Ieyasu and Hidetada had escalated!

On June 1...

born in the West Compound of Edo Castle...

was New Shogun Hidetada's second son, Kuichiyo!

I have a son!

A son!

A son! A son!

You did it, Ogou!

Another boy!

Now I can face Father. I thank you, Ogou.

Your Excellency...

What? Are you all right?

I don't wish to let anyone have this child!

I will raise him with my own hands.

May I, My Lord?!

Yes. Do so, if you wish.

I am Shogun.

I will not break my word. Rest assured.

Thank you, My Lord!

To be continued

To be continued