Original subtitles

On April 17, 1617, a year after his death,

Ieyasu's body was moved from Mt. Kuno to Nikko...

where an elaborate shrine-installment ceremony was held.

Roughly 30,000 attended the ceremony.

Thus, Ieyasu was worshipped as a god, "Tosho Daigonen."

At the Toahosha on Mt. Nikko?

That's right. It wasn't called "Toshogu" until later.

Why was the mausoleum called "Toshoju?"

To "shine over the East."

As a guardian deity of the Kanto and Oshu.

They didn't care about the West?

That's not it, but the Emperor is in the West.

As was Toyokuni Daimyojin (Hideyoshi's deity name).

The "Toyokuni Daimyojin" name was rescinded,

and it was moved to Hokoji.

It can't hold a candle to Nikko.

Don't say that without first seeing Nikko.

That's what I believe, anyway.

Why is it at such an inconvenient site?

Don't you know?!

Ieyasu was a hardened war faring daimyo.

He didn't believe peace would last forever.

If war should occur, his foes could destroy his grave!

So that's why he made it high on a mountain!

Nikko is a strategic position!

Toshosha is a fortress!

If Edo Castle should ever fall,

we must hold siege at Nikko and fight.

I, Tosho Daigongen, will protect you!

The great one!

The Tokugawa shogunate is forever...

invincible!

He's possessed!

AOI Tokugawa Three Generations

Episode 34 "Hidden Child"

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

Acha MITSUBAYASHI KYOKO

Aoyama Tadatoshi ISHIKURA SABURO

Kenshoin TANAMI YATSUKO

Itakura Katsushige SUZUKI MIZUHO

Jokoin NAMINO KURIKO

Mito Mitsukuni/Narrator NAKAMURA BAIJAKU

Tenkai KANEDA RYUNOSUKE

Doi Toshikatsu HAYASHI RYUZO

Ogou IWASHITA SHIMA

Producer: Kawaii Junshi

Director: Sato Jo

The 2nd Shogun Hidetada left Edo Castle on June 14, 1617...

accompanied by various daimyo and headed for Kyoto.

It was to report to the throne about the enshrinement...

and to thank the Emperor.

Hidetada arrived at Fushimi Castle on June 29.

The Shogun has come to thank the Emperor for his offering.

But he also wishes to discuss...

the matter of Princess Kazu's marriage to the Emperor.

The match with Princess Kazu was privately approved by the Court in 1614,

and three years have already passed.

Any further delay will affect the prestige of the Tokugawa.

We ask that a definite date be set for the wedding...

when the Shogun is received in Court.

I am sorry, sir, but...

the wedding with Princess Kazu has been postponed for several reasons.

One was the Osaka Campaign in 1615.

And last year, it was the death of the Ogosho.

Both were events happenings in the shogunate.

The Court had nothing to do with it.

Yes, you are correct on both points.

That is why we ask that the details be determined now.

What do you say?

First, it is important that the Shogun appear in Court.

If the Princess Kazu's wedding is not formally decided,

the Shogun will not appear in Court!

That's impossible!

It was the Ogosho's dying will!

I have heard...

it is the Ex-Emperor's circle that opposes the wedding.

No, not at all.

Do not conceal it, sir.

The problem does not lie with Princess Kazu.

It is the formality of the wedding.

Oh, formality?

It is a time-honored custom...

that the Emperor's bride must be a daughter of nobility.

Out of the question!

Since it is the custom,

to break it would be an insult to the Imperial Ancestors.

Therefore, it would be better for Princess Kazu...

to be first adopted by a noble and then be wed to the Emperor.

Do you object to the daughter of a samurai?

No, we do not object...

To have the Shogun's daughter adopted by a noble...

is to place the Shogun's status below that of a noble.

No, not at all.

Rather than be embarrassed like that,

we shall cancel the Shogun's visit and return to Edo!

Please wait, sir!

Lord Takatsukasa's suggestion only reflected the Ex-Emperor's feelings.

It is not necessarily what the Emperor believes.

I shall take charge of Princess Kazu's marriage talks...

and approach the Emperor on another day.

We rely on you, sir.

His Excellency is here.

Raise your heads.

We are honored to see you, Your Excellency.

His Majesty has graciously deemed your visit to Kyoto...

as extraordinarily praiseworthy.

He hopes that you will appear before him as soon as possible.

I am most grateful.

And, how is the Ex-Emperor?

Unfortunately, he is ill abed in Sento Palace.

But he feels just as pleased with your visit.

Then will I not be able to see him?

I regret to say, no.

I am honored to be received by you, Your Excellency.

Thank you.

I am overjoyed to see that you are well, Your Excellency.

Thank you.

Having come in the midsummer heat, you must be exhausted.

Not at all.

Lord Takatsukasa...

When Princess Kazu has been wed,

your daughter's wedding must be next.

Thank you very much.

How old...?

I am 53 years old.

No, that is not what I meant.

I was referring to your daughter, Princess Takako.

Oh, my word!

She is sixteen, Your Excellency.

Oh, that's wonderful.

My son Takechiyo is fourteen.

A man should always marry an older woman.

Toshikatsu...

Don't I appear in Court on the 5th?

Unfortunately, your visit has been postponed.

Huh? I didn't hear you.

Your visit has been postponed!

Why?

I'll explain later.

Hidetada remained at Fushimi Castle.

Ten, then twenty days passed, but he didn't make an appearance in Court.

A notice came from the Court.

Yoshinao and Yorinobu will be Vice-Middle Councilors, Junior 3rd Rank.

Congratulations, Sire.

What's so wonderful about it?

How dare they attempt to appease samurai with a rank.

Will the Court bend?

Will the shogunate suffer this?

It will be a test of wills.

Your Excellency, I have a solution to this.

I refuse to let Kazu be adopted.

No, Your Excellency.

Since Princess Kazu is still young,

if she will become Consort Candidate,

it will save face for the Court.

Consort Candidate?

Out of the question!

The Shogun's daughter a concubine?!

A Consort Candidate is not a concubine!

If the bride is not of Imperial blood,

she makes her bridal entry as Consort Candidate,

becoming Imperial Consort at a later date.

It is the same for daughters of nobles.

The shogunate has its honor to uphold.

Wait. Wait, Toshikatsu.

If she weds as Consort Candidate,

will Kazu surely become Imperial Consort?

Once spoken, the Emperor's words are never rescinded!

I fear it goes against the Ogosho's will.

Toshikatsu...

The Ogosho had Ogosho ways. Hidetada has Hidetada ways.

To clash over saving "face" will serve the land poorly.

Please understand the predicament of the Emperor.

He and the Ex-Emperor seem to get along quite poorly.

They have neither met nor spoken in a long time.

I understand.

I shall see the Emperor and ask what he wishes.

If necessary, I'll smooth out his relations with the Ex-Emperor.

On July 21 Hidetada was received in audience by the Emperor.

He gave thanks for sending a representative to the Toshosha...

and the Emperor's generous personal gift.

Emperor Kotohito was 22 years old.

His marriage to Princess Kazu was set for the following spring.

This is Edo Castle.

Princess Kazu, the object of the controversy, was still only 11 years old.

In the Court there are many noble men and ladies.

In order to please the Emperor,

you must be accomplished in manners and scholarship.

Yes.

You must never embarrass the Shogun's name.

Yes.

Hold your brush a little more upright.

That's right.

It is really hot.

Truly.

Acha

Lady Jokoin has finally...

Huh?

She stormed into the Bikuni Mansion.

What?!

But, they are only rumors.

Our straitlaced Shogun could never have a hidden child.

Of course I do not believe the rumors.

Bikuni Mansion, which was within the Tayasu Gate of Edo Castle,

was where Takeda Shingen's daughter Kenshoin lived.

She was Anayama Baisetsu's wife and mother-in-law to Ieyasu's 5th son Nobuyoshi.

I would like to know about the child you are harboring here.

That's strange. We are not "harboring" a child.

Many maids have seen him here.

Her Ladyship (Ogou) has also heard of it.

You are probably referring to Komatsu.

"Komatsu?"

We are not harboring him.

I took charge of him through my sister.

You "took charge" of him?

Yes. Therefore, he is now a rightful child of the Takeda.

Who would his father be?

An old vassal of the Takeda.

Her Ladyship would like to speak with this child.

I must refuse.

You refuse?

Now that he is a Takeda son,

he may become head of the Takeda one day.

I am most disinclined to have needless suspicions cast upon my house.

So it is true!

She is truly Takeda Shingen's daughter.

She refuses to back down.

Nor will I back down!

Perhaps we should send a magistrate to investigate.

Please refrain from doing so!

You must not stir up trouble while the Shogun is gone!

If it is a hidden child,

he will be third in line for the Shogun's seat after Takechiyo and Kunichiyo!

Since Kenshoin has said he is the Takeda son,

we cannot say he is the Shogun's third son.

I hope nothing ill comes of this.

First we must learn who the mother is.

Please refrain from making needless queries.

Needless queries?

The Shogun has his pride to uphold.

To have his privacy violated and his name embarrassed...

would probably anger even our kind-hearted Shogun.

It could even lead to discord between husband and wife!

How vexing!

Please exercise restraint, Your Ladyship!

Komatsu must not leave this mansion for the time being.

Yes.

You, too, Oshizu.

Very well, My Lady.

Forgive me, but you must be very patient until the Shogun returns.

My Lady...

To avoid causing you trouble, please send me back to my brother.

That would be even more dangerous.

But...

Komatsu is a child of the Takeda.

No matter what may happen, I'll give my life to protect him.

Thank you, My Lady.

On August 24 at Fushimi Castle,

Hidetada saw Richard Cocks of the English Trading House and William Adams.

Raise your heads.

He is most grateful and honored to meet with you.

He has an important letter from the King of England...

for the King of Japan.

Thank you for coming.

What does the letter say?

England and Japan will not fight, but be friendly.

Japan's king must lift trade limits.

I am not a king. I'm the Shogun.

Oh no, the king is a national ruler.

The king is the most powerful.

A Shogun is a general.

General?

England's generals are vassals of their king.

Don't be rude!

You are King of Japan.

Please sign as such in your answer to England.

General is not good.

We have received the letter from England's king.

We will review its contents and give an answer later.

Thank you, Sir.

Well, Toshikatsu?

Should we lift the trade restrictions?

It's out of the question.

Do we refuse?

It would only benefit the Red Hair.

We must protect Japan's own merchants.

Very well. See it through.

Yes, Sire.

King of Japan...

On August 26 envoys from the King of Korea were also received at Fushimi.

It had been ten years since formal envoys from Korea were received in 1607.

So Yoshinari (Lord of Tsushima)

Lord So...

What does it mean?

Suden...

In a word, Sire,

it is a letter from the King of Korea to the King of Japan.

Japan has long requested that envoys be sent from Korea.

But with the long years of discord between both nations,

it was deemed unwise to discuss the matter.

But, now that the King of Japan has destroyed the Toyotomi...

and unified the nation, Korea is most pleased.

They therefore send envoys to build friendship between our two nations.

Excellent.

Suden...

Discuss the matter with Toshikatsu...

and write a reply to this letter.

Say that I, Hidetada, am agreeable to the matter.

Yes, Your Excellency.

Yoshinao...

Yorinobu...

You most both entertain the Korean envoys with courtesy.

Thank you for coming.

In the evening of that day,

the Ex-Emperor, who was ill at Sento Palace,

succumbed despite prayers for his recovery.

He was 47 years old.

107th Emperor, Goyozei.

I see. He passed away?

Formal word should soon come from the Samurai Intermediary.

Send a condolence caller.

Yoshinao should do.

Yes, Sire.

How sad.

To have died without seeing his son.

Your Excellency, yesterday morning His Majesty went to Sento Palace...

and had an intimate meeting with his father.

Oh, that's wonderful.

Though estranged, they were father and son, after all.

There is a problem, Sire.

Huh?

With the Court in mourning,

Princess Kazu's wedding will be postponed.

There's no help for it. Put it off for a year.

Your Excellency...

What about the construction of the Consort's new palace?

Postpone that for a year as well.

Yes, Sire.

Thank you.

Your Excellency...

In the reply to the King of Korea,

may I sign it "From the King of Japan?"

I am not the king.

Lord So says it would be rude to the King of Korea...

if our reply is not from the King of Japan.

But our country is different than Korea.

It would be presumptuous of me...

to call myself "king" over the Emperor.

Then within Japan, you will be "Shogun."

And to other nations, you will be "king."

Please do that.

Suden, Suden...

Isn't that sneaky?

Forgive me, but other nations will not accept "Shogun."

In that case, let them know me as "Minamoto Hidetada." Okay?

Then a major incident occurred!

Incident?!

Mediator So Yoshinari, Lord of Tsushima Castle,

caught between the Koreans and the shogunate,

plotted with his vassals to change the reply!

Changed it?!

He changed "Minamoto Hidetada" to "King of Japan."

What?!

I can well understand Yoshinari's position.

He could not disappoint 500 goodwill envoys.

If relations between Japan and Korea failed,

Tsushima would become a battleground!

I see.

But, tampering with an official letter is treason!

Treason? Hardly! Wasn't it an act of loyalty?

He altered an official letter!

"Minamoto Hidetada" was not acceptable!

Be quiet!

This incident will be discovered 17 years later.

So it was.

How was it discovered?

Wait 17 years.

On September 13, Hidetada left Fushimi Castle,

and arrived in Edo at the end of the month.

The Asano house reports that Princess Furi's funeral...

was held in grand style in Wakayama.

This year she was 38 years old.

She passed away on August 29.

Her Buddhist name is Shosei-in.

She never recovered after childbirth?

True, Your Excellency.

She was a strong-willed younger sister.

When we were children, she was always making me cry.

Bid her husband Nagaakira to pray for her fondly.

Yes, Sire.

Next...

Your Excellency, the guard of Fushimi Castle...

will be changed every year instead of every three years.

Captains of the Great Guards...

Takagi Masatsugu and Abe Tadayoshi will be sent.

That's fine.

Matsudaira Sadakatsu is no longer keeper of Fushimi Castle...

and is now lord of Kuwana Castle in Ise.

Honda Tadamasa of Kuwana...

has been made lord of Himeji Castle in Harima.

As ordered, attendant Inoue Masanari has been made Magistrate.

Thank you, Your Excellency!

Lord Sakai Shigetada of Maebashi Castle has died, and I, his son,

thank you for approving my succession to my father's fief.

Tadatoshi...

How is Takechiyo doing?

He is very well, Your Excellency.

Aoyama Tadatochi (Takechiyo's guardian)

And his studies?

They are fair, Your Excellency.

What do you mean by "fair?"

Eh, he follows the Ogosho's advice well.

Rather than learning by seeing and hearing,

Lord Takechiyo prefers physical experiences.

That was cleverly put.

Yoshinao...

Yorinobu...

I give you land for mansions in Edo.

Serve as other daimyo yearly in Edo and advise Takechiyo.

Yes, Sire.

Now then...

I ask Tenkai...

Could he have grown hard of hearing?

Archbishop Tenkai...

His Excellency has a question.

About my visits to Toshosha on Mt. Nikko...

Toshikatsu...

His Excellency's yearly visits to the Toshosha...

will incur great expense and many attendants.

Would it be possible to send a proxy instead?

Archbishop Tenkai...

Here is my answer, Sir.

Just as at Mt. Kuno in Sunpu...

build another Toshosha on the grounds of Edo Castle.

On the grounds of Edo Castle?

The spirit of the Daigongen will be divided by my sect.

So, a proxy may be sent to Nikko.

Divide his spirit?

What's wrong? You startled me.

Welcome home, My Lord.

I must speak to you.

Fine. Proceed.

Her Ladyship has heard about the Young Lord.

Excuse me.

Welcome home, My Lord.

Raise your heads.

Due to the death of the Ex-Emperor,

Kazu's marriage will be postponed for a year.

Yes.

Kunichiyo!

Yes.

Who was the Ex-Emperor?

He was the Emperor's father.

That's right.

He has passed away, and the Court is in mourning.

Therefore, Takechiyo, your wedding is also postponed.

Yes.

Takechiyo...

Are you behaving?

Yes.

Very suspicious.

You frequently slip out of the castle...

and loiter in the vicinity of Hogenzaka.

I wish to see how the masses live, Father.

How the masses live, indeed!

What would you do if you met with a street killer?

I shall kill him.

Street killers are good swordsmen.

If the Shogun's son is killed by a street killer,

we will be disgraced for all time.

Ogou...

Yes?

"Komatsu."

"Good fortune" and "Matsu" (pine tree).

In other words, "wait for good fortune."

Your Excellency?

Your Excellency!

Ogou? I'm exhausted. Let me sleep.

It's a crisis for our house!

I'm cold...

I must ask you, My Lord.

Tomorrow. Tomorrow.

No!

Is it about Takechiyo?

It concerns his younger brother.

What about Kunichiyo?

It's Kunichiyo's younger brother.

Kunichiyo's younger brother?

Don't pretend not to know.

I don't know what you mean.

Search your own heart for the answer.

I have no idea.

You must have!

I don't know what you mean.

- Coward! - Don't say such things!

I'm the Shogun!

- Then... - To the English, I'm a "king!"

Then act like a "king" and say it!

Say what?!

Remember...

Before I married you,

I married Hashiba Hidekatsu and gave birth to Sada.

I know that.

I have never hidden it from you.

There's no way you could hide it.

If I could, is it alright?

I didn't say that!

In that case, please don't keep secrets from me.

I haven't hidden anything.

I know all about it!

Then tell me! What did I hide?!

I won't say it.

I wish to hear it from your own lips.

I have nothing to say.

- How maddening! - Get out! Get out!

If you bid me to go, I will leave forever.

What?

Thank you for everything.

Will you become a nun after the divorce?

Don't bother worrying about me!

His Excellency is terribly afraid.

Does he wish me to send Komatsu back?

No!

But he asks that you never reveal his background.

You don't need to worry about that.

No matter what anyone says, Komatsu is a Takeda.

Your words are promising.

But, if the boy remains here, he might come to harm.

That would be extremely troublesome.

Isn't there any solution?

That's why the Shogun sent me here to ask for your advice.

Hoshina Masamitsu?

The lord of Takato Castle in Shinano.

He was formerly a vassal of the Takeda.

Is he adopting Komatsu?

Lady Kenshoin begs us to allow it.

Shinano's Takato is too far away.

There is no help for it.

He's my child!

Absurd! You must never say such a thing.

But...

One day you may be able to meet openly.

I will secretly watch over him.

Very well.

On November 8, Hidetada's hidden child Komatsu...

and his mother quietly left Edo Castle for Takato in Shinano.

Ex-Emperor Goyozei was cremated at Sennyuji in Yamashiro.

The treasures from Sento Palace were moved to the Imperial Palace.

The lands to be donated to Sannosha Shrine...

will be announced on the 13th.

As ordered, land for the Toshosha in Edo Castle...

is being cordoned off at Momijiyama.

The representative of the Yanagimachi pleasure quarters...

ask that we control outside prostitutes.

Masanari!

Bring prostitutes!

Prostitutes?

Prostitutes? I never said that. Bring my mount!

Your Excellency!

Don't worry! My mount!

Komatsu...

Stay well.

To be continued.

To be continued.