Original subtitles

We appear before you again.

First, let's pray for those who died in 1622.

May 9, Kenshoin died in Bikuni Mansion in Edo Castle.

She was 77 years old.

Kenshoin was the daughter of Takeda Shingen...

and the mother-in-law of Ieyasu's 5th son Nobuyoshi.

She was also the protector of Hidetada's hidden son, Komatsu.

July 1, Date vassal Hasekura Tsunenaga died in Sendai.

He was 52 years old.

He had met the Pope in Rome and converted to Christianity,

so he may have been murdered.

July 3, Maeda Toshitsune's wife Princess Tama died in Kanazawa.

She was 24 years old.

Princess Tama was Hidetada's 2nd daughter.

He mother Ogou's grief knew no bounds.

October 2, Prince Kamo died in the Imperial Court.

He was 5 years old.

Huh? Wait.

Prince Kamo...

the son of Emperor Go-Mizuno-o and Oyotsu?

That's right, Sire.

So the Emperor now had only one child, Princess Ume?

Right.

AOI Tokugawa Three Generations

Episode 39 "Shogun Iemitsu"

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

Tokugawa Iemitsu ONOE TATSUNOSUKE

Princess Masako SAKAI MIKI

Aoyama Tadatoshi ISHIKURA SABURO

Date Masamune SUMA KEI

Acha MITSUBAYASHI KYOKO

Mito Mitsukuni/Narrator NAKAMURA BAIJAKU

Ofuku KIKI KIRIN

Doi Toshikatsu HAYASHI RYUZO

Ogou IWASHITA SHIMA

Producer: Kawaii Junshi

Director: Shigemitsu Yukihiko

November 10, 1622...

Renovations on Edo Castle's Main Compound and tower...

were completed with the help of daimyo.

Hidetada moved back into the Main Compound,

and Iemitsu moved back into the West Compound.

Tokugawa Iemitsu

It is Tadatoshi.

Are you still gazing at the goldfish?

How effeminate.

Aoyama Tadatoshi

You, the Shogun's heir...

His Excellency has summoned you.

Please get dressed.

My Lord!

After some consideration, I have decided...

I shall make Iemitsu head of the Tokugawa.

He shall also be Shogun.

New year, Iemitsu and I will go to Kyoto...

and receive an Imperial Edict proclaiming him 3rd Shogun.

Be so informed, everyone.

Yoshinao...

Yorifusa...

Serve the 3rd Shogun well.

Work for peace in the land and the prosperity of the Tokugawa.

Yes, Your Excellency.

Tadanaga!

You will have Sunpu Castle.

Tokugawa Tadanaga

Suruga 170,000 koku and 30,000 koku in Totomi.

Thank you, Your Excellency.

Congratulations.

Congratulations.

Masanari!

Report this news to Yorinobu in Kishu.

Yes, Your Excellency.

Sire...

What is it, Yorifusa?

Where will you move, Your Excellency?

Me?

I shall retire in Odawara.

Odawara?

But he will remain in Edo for awhile...

as guardian to the 3rd Shogun.

Though I am stepping down in Iemitsu's favor,

he still has much to learn, doesn't he?

- Yes - Yorifusa!

I'll withdraw to Odawara...

after I have seen that Iemitsu is capable.

In any case...

Tadayo, bring sake.

Thus, Hidetada reported his retirement to the Court.

November 21

Chancellor Kujo Tadahide came quickly to Edo...

and appeared before Hidetada.

I offer my heartiest congratulations...

on the completion of renovations on Edo Castle.

Thank you.

Your Excellency, how is Her Ladyship's health?

Fair to middling.

Please take care, Sir.

Lord Chancellor...

How did the Court receive...

the report of my heir Iemitsu's succession to Shogun?

The Court has no objection to it.

I'm grateful.

When the new year begins,

an envoy will bring an Imperial Edict so decreeing.

Excellent.

To be frank, the nobles were shocked.

We'll have new blood. New blood.

We shall prepare and await your arrival next year in Court.

As we are clumsy and unrefined,

please instruct us properly.

Of course.

I have one more request, Sir.

It concerns the marriage with the Takatsukasa.

Next year, Princess Takako will be 22.

Iemitsu will be 20.

After the proclamation of the new Shogun,

please assist in arranging the wedding as soon as possible.

Yes, Your Excellency.

New Year's 1623 opened with heavy snowfall.

Daimyo first wished Hidetada a Happy New Year in the Main Compound,

then paid their respects to Iemitsu in the West Compound.

It must have shocked the daimyo and our vassals.

No, they were unexpectedly calm about it.

The changing of Shoguns doesn't seem to matter much.

Perhaps they were only pretending to be calm.

No.

Though I am retiring,

they expect me to continue to rule.

They believe Iemitsu is only a figurehead.

I was the same way.

Though I was Shogun,

all the vassals looked to Sunpu for instruction.

No one paid any attention to what I said.

I was Shogun in name only.

But now you possess the bearing of a true Shogun.

Is my coat enough to keep you warm?

I see. I've matured?

True to your title, you are a great ruler.

Though a figurehead, I was supported by men of wisdom.

If flattered day and night by people saying, "Your Excellency,"

one grows into the role.

Will Iemitsu be a good Shogun as well?

Don't worry.

I'll be the Ogosho this time...

and instruct him in all matters.

Will he have children?

I'll instruct him in that, too.

You, Your Excellency?

Oh, not that.

This year he'll be wed to a daughter of the Takatsukasa.

Ogou, get well soon.

And help her to be the Shogun's wife.

There is nothing as wonderful as a child by your own wife.

Ogou...

I am ever grateful...

that I have a good wife.

Princess Kazu will soon have a child, too.

That's right.

If she should bear a son, he'll be the next Emperor.

When you go to Kyoto, please encourage her.

Of course.

We should receive good news from the Court soon.

This will be a good year.

What's wrong?

Though siblings, their lives can be really different.

Some children are fortunate, while others are not.

Didn't I tell you I was giving Sunpu to Tadanaga?

I don't mean Tadanaga. I was thinking of Princess Tama.

Don't speak of her.

I fear for Princess Katsu's future as well.

Ogou...

I must abandon Tadanao.

So you are?

We have repeatedly demanded that he appear in Edo,

but he has given no response.

We must show that the Shogun is powerful...

and secure the rule for 3rd Shogun Iemitsu.

Matsudaira Tadanao must be punished.

February 10, 1623...

Matsudaira Tadanao, lord of Kitanosho Castle,

was exiled for misgovernment and refusing to report for duty.

Senchiyo (Tadanao's son)

He will go to Hagiwara in Bungo.

Bungo?

Tadanao accepted his sentence...

and left the castle with a few attendants.

I shall keep Kitanosho 670,000 koku...

and eventually allow Senchiyo to rule there.

Understand?

Thank you, Father.

Divorce Tadanao.

It may be cruel, but the Shogun's house must save face.

I'll give you a mansion.

Live in Edo for now.

Thank you for your kindness, Father.

Your grandmother will be pleased as well.

Yes.

Lord Tadanao must feel relieved as well.

Huh?

It's possible that he behaved violently...

in order to be reprimanded by you.

What?

He seemed to say, "I am here as well."

"Please do not forget me."

A man's soul is baffling.

Not even I, his wife, understood him.

Good?

What are you doing, Sire?!

You must not keep your teacher waiting!

Hurry!

You must learn Court dress and manners!

And the Kokinshu!

There is much to learn before you appear in Court!

You don't have time to be playing with goldfish!

I don't feel like studying today.

You must not be willful!

An ignorant New Shogun will shame the shogunate!

The nobles will mock us as Edo bumpkins!

And your attire is unacceptable.

As I have repeatedly said...

It's outrageous for the future Shogun...

to dress as a ne'er-do-well!

Can't you hear me?

Excuse me!

What are you doing?! Wait!

Watch!

Wretch! How dare you!

Come...

Do as you wish! Kill me!

Silence! Silence!

I've lost all patience with you, Sire!

The future 3rd Shogun devotes all his time to goldfish.

He neglects his studies and martial arts practice,

driving his attendants out of their wits.

If the Dai-Gongen should see you like this,

he would surely turn over in his grave!

And I, as your appointed guardian,

could never face the Dai-Gongen!

Now, come...

You may as well strike my head off!

Come. What's the matter?

Come!

Don't hesitate. Strike it off!

You'll pay for this!

Grandfather...

- Forgive me! - Hold!

- Insolent! - It's Ofuku.

Don't interfere!

- Compose yourself! - I won't live in shame!

Absurd!

- Give it back! - What a shameful spectacle!

- Give it back! - This is unseemly, My Lord!

Let me die!

Be careful of what you say!

You will be the 3rd Shogun...

Don't say that!

I don't want to be Shogun!

What did you just say?

No one wants me to become Shogun.

Not Father, Mother, or vassals...

No one is happy that I will be Shogun.

I never wished to be born the Shogun's son.

Your words are despicable.

It was the will of Heaven that you were born the Shogun's son.

It's a bother for me.

What?

I don't have the ability to be Shogun.

It was the Dai-Gongen who named you to be 3rd Shogun.

His last wishes must never be disobeyed.

That is why I shall die and relinquish my seat!

That's absurd. What of the honor of the Shogun's house?

It's for the honor of our house that I will die!

I really cannot understand!

Why?! It will be far worse to retrieve lost honor...

once I am Shogun.

I fear my own ineptitude.

Sometimes I have dreams...

of Tadeteru, stripped of samurai privileges,

and of Tadanao, who was banished.

I will also be driven from my Shogun seat,

and banished somewhere far away.

That's nonsense.

The Shogun is the head of all samurai.

No one can ever drive you from your seat.

There is Father!

There is Mother!

Even the chief retainers watch my every move.

They will surely criticize everything I do!

I refuse to be Shogun in name only!

I understand very well.

You may take your life if you wish.

Do as you please.

Only, when you are dead,

your brother Lord Tadanaga will probably become 3rd Shogun.

Tadanaga?!

Will that be alright?

You still do not know your true abilities.

Ever since you were a child,

you suffered terribly in both body and mind.

But the tears you shed will not have been in vain!

You will take pity on the people in their sadness.

You have learned to weep with them!

Your brother, who was pampered by your mother,

could never rule the land.

Only you have received Lord Ieyasu's name.

You were born in answer to Lord Ieyasu's prayers!

On April 17, Iemitsu visited the Nikko Toshosha.

It was Ieyasu's 8th death anniversary.

Raise your heads.

Sakai Tadayo...

Abe Masatsugu...

Matsudaira Shigetada...

You shall be Iemitsu's chief retainers...

and accompany him to Kyoto.

His guardian will be, as always, Aoyama Tadatoshi.

On your duty in Kyoto, you must know your place...

and see that nothing goes amiss.

On May 12, Hidetada left Edo Castle for Kyoto.

Iemitsu was scheduled to leave Edo on the 18th.

However...

How is he?

The physician says he as the ague.

What can we do?

Being ill as such an important time...

Urge the physicians to cure him as soon as possible.

He must not miss his departure date.

But we should not act recklessly.

Guards and inns along the way have all been prepared.

An illness cannot be helped!

Illness is the result of carelessness!

A man should have mettle!

He must suppress the illness and go to Kyoto!

Please do not make him.

He will be proclaimed Shogun!

Not even such a proclamation is worth our lord's life.

I'm not asking that he risk his life!

I'll decide whether he leaves or not!

Unless he fully recovers, I'll never let you have him!

Don't meddle!

Forgive me. A mosquito...

Dai-Gongen...

I don't want to die.

Please protect me!

Hidetada reached Kyoto on June 8.

He entered Nijo Castle at once.

Iemitsu has fallen ill.

His appearance in Kyoto will be delayed.

That will never do.

Who knows when he can appear in Court?

It's most unsettling.

It cannot be helped if he is ill.

Enjoy Noh performances and enjoy your stay.

But, was there ever a worse son?

I've completely lost face.

What's so funny?

You yourself arrived late to the Battle of Sekigahara!

Yah, forgive me. Was that rude?

I'd forgotten. Sekigahara?

Father was furious with me then.

He was probably beside himself with fear and worry.

Iemitsu inherited my tendency of being tardy.

After a month, Iemitsu still had not recovered.

Unable to wait, on June 25...

Hidetada went to the Court and was received by the Emperor.

Emperor Go-Mizuno-O

Hidetada also visited the Consort Candidate's palace.

Masako (Hidetada's 5th daughter)

It is good to see you.

I am honored to see you...

Father...

Are you well?

Yes.

I've dreamed about you so much!

Please raise your head.

Please come inside.

It was only proper for Iemitsu to have come.

I humbly beg your pardon for our rudeness.

Drink now.

I respectfully thank you, Your Majesty.

Please dispense with the "respectfully."

I thank you respectfully, Your Majesty.

His Majesty is a very openhearted person.

Yoshinao, how old are you?

I am 24, Your Majesty.

I hear you are married to Asano Yoshinaga's daughter.

That is correct, Your Majesty.

Do you have an heir?

Not as yet, Your Majesty.

That's not very good for Lord Ieyasu's son.

I am deeply ashamed, Your Majesty.

Have you told your father?

No.

The truth is...

Yah, let Minbukyo tell you.

Yes, Your Majesty.

I respectfully announce...

The Consort Candidate is with child!

What?

The child is due in November.

Well done!

Congratulations, Your Majesty.

Congratulations, Your Majesty.

Now I have fulfilled my obligation to the Tokugawa.

I respectfully thank you, Your Majesty.

Finally recovered, Iemitsu entered Kyoto's Fushimi Castle on July 13.

I, Vice Great-Councilor Fujiwara Saneeda,

in keeping with my duties,

declare the aforesaid to be named Sei-i Tai-Shogun.

Thus, 20 year old Iemitsu was named Sai-i Tai Shogun...

and Great Minister of the Center, Senior 2nd Rank.

Having retired, Hidetada now became Ogosho.

At one time, Iemitsu,

I was afraid of making you Shogun.

I pondered if you were fit to rule the land,

and, after much thought and agonizing,

I arrived at my decision.

I'm no longer undecided.

Iemitsu...

You are without question the 3rd Tokugawa Shogun!

There's no turning back now.

Now that you have become Shogun,

you must pursue scholarship, correct your behavior,

and polish your appearance.

As leader of all daimyo, you must set an example,

and rule over all Japan.

Understand?

Yes, Father.

I will study hard as you wish,

and fulfill my great responsibilities!

Fortunately, the Emperor is young,

and Princess Kazu has conceived.

From now on, Court and shogunate will be as one...

and build a new world.

The Dai-Gongen pacified Japan with Military might.

I faithfully cultivated the seeds of his work.

The 3rd Shogun must bring peace to flower in the land!

I understand, Father!

If you should need help with anything, ask Toshikatsu.

Your Excellency...

Toshikatsu...

"Your Excellency" is now Iemitsu.

Iemitsu...

You will inherit the Tokugawa house...

and the Shogun's seat.

Inherit also...

Doi Toshikatsu.

Thank you, Father!

Your Excellency, please pour for me.

Meanwhile, back in Edo Castle, trouble was brewing.

Did you wish to see me?

Sit here.

Tokugawa Tadanaga.

I ask you...

Are you hiding something from me?

Well, what are you talking about?

Don't play dumb with me!

You made Yoda Nanigashi commit seppuku for such a little thing.

It was not a trivial thing.

My brother's vassal complained that he didn't get down...

when he rode to the West Compound.

You got angry about their complaint?

It's reckless that you didn't let him defend himself...

and didn't check what really happened...

and made him commit seppuku right away.

Now everyone is excited celebrating the new Shogun in Kyoto...

and here you are ordering a vassal to commit seppuku.

What will you do if you're accused of having a grudge against the 3rd Shogun?

I don't have a grudge against him,

but there are a lot of things I can't stand.

Tell me about it.

What can't you stand about him?

There are six people taking the Tokugawa name...

and five of them went to Kyoto and I'm the only one who stayed in Edo.

Why did I alone have to stay?

You are still young.

I'm 18!

It's also important to stay in Edo.

It's Iemitsu's conspiracy to punish me!

Refrain!

What are you saying to the Shogun?!

Mother, you don't know how much Iemitsu curses me and hates me!

To be continued.

To be continued.