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Final income from territories

Numerous Sengoku warriors who ruthlessly competed.

With his last territory,

...roughly estimation in Edo era...

...said that Masamune had income 620,000.

income in 10,000

Prefecture Fukushima, Date district, town Yanagawa.

Prefecture Fukushima, Date district, town Yanagawa

They say, this is the place Date family comes from.

Tenshou era, year 12,...

...when Masamune inherited Date territory,

...its income was roughly 300,000.

After five years Masamune...

...in the Battle of Suriagehara against Ashina...

...he gained an overwhelming victory...

...and income of Date's territory reached roughly 720,000.

The one who interfered with Masamune's excellent future...

...was Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Hideyoshi recruited warriors from big area...

...and ordered supplies from Yonezawa to Iwabeyama.

As a result, Date's territory decreased to 580,000.

Keichou, year 5. Tokugawa Ieyasu...

...handed back to Masamune his old territory and promised him to guarantee

...an income in amount of 1,000,000.

However, the reward given after the Battle of Sekigahara...

...were district Katta and district Gamo in Oumi province...

...with income little less than 20,000.

In the end, Masamune's territory....

...added up by 20,000 from whole Oumi and Hitachi,

...and reached income 620,000.

And this is going to be a domination...

...of Date family for roughly 250 years.

Dokuganryu Masamune (One-eyed Dragon Masamune)

Episode 49: Missing Mother

Screenplay by James Miki

Based on the novel "Date Masamune" by Sohachi Yamaoka

Music by Shinichiro Ikebe

Theme music performed by NHK Symphony Orchestra

CAST

Masamune Date: KEN WATANABE

Princess Mego: JUNKO SAKURADA

Princess Iroha: YASUKO SAWAGUCHI

Tadamune Date: HIRONOBU NOMURA

Kojuro Katakura: MASAHIRO TAKASHIMA

Tsunamoto Moniwa: TAKEHIRO MURATA

Sadamune Watarai: RYOTA SKANISHI Munenao Shiroishi: ZENPAKU KATO

Ochako: MACHIKO WASHIO Shogen Ishida: HIROAKI IIYAMA

Bonten Maru (flashback): RYOTA FUJIMA Tojiro (flashback): EIJI SHIMA

Tadateru Matsudaira: HIROYUKI SANADA

Hidetada Tokugawa: HIROSHI KATSUNO

Sokun Imai: KEI TANI

Munenori Yagyu: RENJI ISHIBASHI

Iechika Mogami: HIROMICHI HORI Geki Naito: SEIYA NAKANO

Narrator: SEIJI KASAI

Shigezane Date: TOMOKAZU MIURA

Hoshu-in: SHIMA IWASHITA

Sendai Castle

Well now, shall we wake him.

Not yet.

He said exactly 6 am.

1620, the year Tsunenaga Hasekura came home,

Masamune was 54.

The civil war period had ended

and the Tokugawa feudal system was taking shape.

Let's recreate Masamune's day for October 10th

from documents that detailed Masamune's daily routine.

Masamune did not get up for a while after he woke

waiting for his night duty valet to come and tell him the time.

Reporting. It is 6 am.

My lord, it is 6 am.

All right. Thanks.

After he was up,

he would wash then have a smoke.

Quiet Room

He would then go into a small room

and after he gave instructions for his morning meal,

read or write poetry and prepare for the day

spending two hours in the room.

Next, he bathed...

then changed in his bedroom.

He ate breakfast with his vassals in the front parlor.

They had been chosen the night before.

It's unseemly to sing well during a banquet.

Oh? You can't be good?

It's bad form to sing loudly.

It's better to sing badly and have others laugh at you.

I'll remember that.

You don't have to worry. You're bad to begin with.

Oh my...

I'm praising you.

After breakfast, he'd smoke some more.

After going back to the quiet room

he'd change again and go to the library

and give instructions to the magistrates.

Official business continued until about 2 pm.

It's Munenao.

A letter from Uwajima.

It was Sir Hidemune who killed Seibei Yanbe.

What?

Masamune's eldest son Hidemune

had become the lord of Uwajima Iyo of 100,000

and was governing wisely.

But struggle between his chief retainers

had led to the assassination of Seibei Yanbe and his clan.

That fool.

How dare he take action without telling me.

It seems the Sakurada faction made a false accusation.

He kill his most loyal subject believing a false accusation?

- I won't forgive him. - My lord.

I'm disowning him.

Draw up a letter to that effect and send it to him.

After work, he'd go into the quiet room

and write out his dinner menu changed again

and ate dinner in the inner room.

The record shows how fashion-conscious he was,

how much care he took with his meals

and how meticulous he was.

Father.

Put yourself in Hidemune's shoes.

It hurts to be cut off from one's parents

than to be cut with a sword.

It's harder for the parent.

No, to protect the clan,

you, and the retired shogun both sacrificed your own child.

In order to keep up appearances

children are dispensable.

That's not so.

Both Sir Tadateru and Hidemune behaved badly.

They caused trouble with their thoughtless acts

and embarrassed their parents.

Don't you think the parents are to blame?

What do you mean?

Children act out because of a parent's poor discipline.

Is that why you behave badly too?

I hear you pretend to have reverted to Buddhism

but pray to a Buddha statue with a cross carved into it.

Did you think I didn't know?

I had you come to Sendai because I love you

so you can live as you wish.

I turn a blind eye to your devotion to Christianity.

You take advantage and write letters to

Tsunenaga Hasekura and Juan Goto

and even send them money.

That also counts as embarrassing your parent.

Isn't it time you stopped worrying me?

Stop being so stubborn and remarry.

You must know many men want to marry you.

I have only one husband on this earth.

You will never see him again.

No, I see him every night in my dreams.

The bond of husband and wife

may be stronger that that of parent and child.

He wants to be woken up exactly at 6 am tomorrow.

Yes, sir.

Here's the list of...

After dinner, he retired to his bedroom

and wrote out the names of his breakfast companions

and the time to be woken up.

He would then have a smoke before going to bed.

Iroha.

How are you?

You look sad. Smile for me.

I crossed many mountains to see your smiling face.

Forgive me.

Sir Tadateru.

You are unlucky.

If you didn't marry me you wouldn't have been sad.

That's not true. I have always been your wife.

Even if we have to live apart, you are in my heart...

my reason for living.

That makes me feel even worse.

Why?

A wife loving her husband is as natural as plants needing water.

I don't want to tie you down any longer.

What a strange thing to say.

Listen, it was my fault that

I was distanced by the family stripped of my rank

and forced to divorce you

although I was born into the shogun family.

It was all God's will.

Even if it were, you are blameless.

I am grateful for your loyalty

but we will never be together on this earth.

My lord!

So you should listen to your father

and many if a good match comes along.

Find happiness with someone else.

I don't want to hear it.

That's so cruel. My ears won't hear it.

It's saying it can't believe what it's hearing.

How obstinate.

You must persuade it to listen.

As a man, I can't bear to see you miserable.

It sounds like you've fallen out of love with me.

I swear to God, I say this because I love you.

Then take me and run away.

What?

I will be happy if I am with you.

I'll gladly go with you

deep into the mountains or to the end of the seas.

They will kill you if they find us.

Then we can finally be married in Heaven.

Iroha.

Hurry.

All right.

Stop.

Stop where you are.

Father.

How dare you meet clandestinely against the law.

Father-in-law.

We are husband and wife.

You divorced her.

- Please look the other way. - Leave, Sir Tadateru.

- I'm going with him. - No.

I beg you.

Eloping is out of the question for a warrior's daughter.

We won't cause you problems.

You will cause trouble for the shogun.

If I say I'll kill you?

Then I'll prevent you by force.

No.

I have other things I want to say to you.

All right.

The reason Father was displeased with me

for being late to the Siege of Osaka

was because you gave me bad advice.

Yet you didn't try to defend me,

you lied to protect yourself.

You're a coward for accepting

the divorce to further you own ends.

That's unpardonable.

No.

Get out of the way.

Let go.

My lord.

- Good morning - Iroha.

Er, nothing.

Do you think I'm a nag?

If I'm overbearing it's because I love you so much.

But don't take it to heart.

I don't want you to feel uncomfortable here

because I nag you.

Live as you wish.

- Thank you. - By the way,

Hidemune won't be disowned for long.

If he doesn't do anything outrageous.

I will forgive him in three years.

Date Edo Mansion

Meanwhile

the stone wall construct on of Edo Castle's second keep

led by Date heir Tadamune and Shigezane Date

was completed in November of that year

and the shogun was very please with the results.

That's a wonderful sword.

It's by Hiromitsu Okurikara.

Your father must be very pleased.

The shogun came personally to the construction site

and bestowed some gracious words on us.

That was wonderful.

Those bolts of silk were given to Shigezane.

You did a great job.

I think this is my last big project.

I'm relieved that it all went well.

Since it was a large-scale construction

it must have cost a lot.

Yes, it caused a huge headache.

We spent 2,700 pieces of gold,

and employed a total of 423,000 men.

Oh my.

It can't be helped.

Father said not to skimp and dishonor the Date name.

The Date prestige is your prestige as well.

Never forget your debt to your father.

I'm well aware of that.

I wrote to him to report the completion

and to thank him.

New Year 1622

Masamune rang in the New Year of 1622 in Edo

and invited the shogun who he was now very close to

to the Date mansion.

Thank you for personally bringing the tray.

Allow me to inspect it.

What?

It's merely a formality.

I don't understand.

What do you mean?

I, Masamune, invited the shogun here

and personally brought his food.

It's outrageous you want to taste test for poison.

- It's customary. - Silence.

Not so loud.

Poisoning food went out 20 years ago.

If I wanted to revolt, I'll use force.

I can't let that pass.

I wouldn't poison him in times of peace.

Then my tasting the food shouldn't be a problem.

The mere act of suspicion is an insult.

How stubborn.

If you insist on tasting, it can't be helped.

I will remove the tray.

- That's rude. - You're the one being rude.

Gentlemen. Restrain yourselves.

The shogun is listening.

Geki Naito refuses to let me pass.

I need to taste for poison.

- He said that's unnecessary. - What?

Did you hear that Sir Geki?

- I can't believe it. - Come in with the tray.

Don't be angry, Masamune.

You don't think I suspect you, do you?

I don't deserve those kind words.

I am honored.

This truly tastes of loyalty. It's excellent.

I am very honored.

I understand why Sir Date was angry.

But Geki did what he did out of loyalty.

Please let it pass.

Loyalty in form only is very harmful.

It shows how the Shogun's knights make light of

non-hereditary lords.

- That's a false accusation - It's not.

That arrogant demeanor is proof.

I was born this way.

Then blame your parents.

Say that again.

I don't take orders from you.

I am the shogun's advisor.

That's enough.

You are in the shogun's presence.

A little leak will sink a big ship.

There will be trouble

if dissatisfaction grows among the non-hereditary lords.

Please treat both

the hereditary and non-hereditary lords equally.

All right.

I will keep your words in mind.

Thank you, sir.

Masamune Date who called himself the vice shogun

solidified his political power as Hidetada's trusted advisor.

Yamagata Castle

Meanwhile the Mogami, a distinguished Tohoku family

on a par with the Date was beset with tragedies.

Yoshiaki Mogami killed his heir Yoshiyasu

believing his vassal's false accusation,

and recalled his second son Iechika

who had been Ieyasu's page to become the Mogami lord.

Iechika did not get along with the vassals in the domain

and after internal conflict had his stepbrother

Yoshichika Shimizu commit seppuku.

But in the spring of 1617, Iechika also died

by the hand of his beloved mistress.

The bewildered Mogami tried to hide this scandal

but Yoshitoshi, Iechika's son who succeeded him

was a philanderer and a drunk and a terrible governor,

so much so that the vassals reported him to the shogunate.

August 8, 1622 Date Edo Mansion

I have a favor to ask you, Shigezane.

I'm happy to be of service.

Go back to Sendai and prepare the troops.

- What? - Prepare the troops?

Are we going to war?

It may come to that.

And with whom?

I'm to confiscate Yamagata Castle in the shogun's name.

The Mogami clan has been disbanded.

Oh no.

The shogunate investigation revealed all.

You mean Sir Yoshitoshi's misconduct?

That's not all.

Ever since Iechika's death,

the Mogami clan has been in turmoil.

How foolish of them.

Sir Yoshiaki must be turning over in his grave.

How could they forfeit 580,000?

We could be next.

Let this be a lesson to us all.

Daimyo lords must be discreet so

the shogunate doesn't have an excuse to step in.

But how ironic is it that

the Date are ordered to confiscate Yamagata Castle.

Please send me to Yamagata.

What?

I don't think the proud Mogami warriors

would vacate their castle so easily.

Rather than be expelled and become uncommissioned

they may fight to the very last.

You think I couldn't do the job?

I didn't say that.

Yamagata is far and it's still very hot.

That's why I think

us young warriors should take the vanguard.

You just called me old.

That's not what I meant.

So Kojuro, if the Mogami vassals disobeyed orders

and hole up in the castle, what would you do?

I will attack full force and take the castle.

That's very short-sighted.

Lady Hoshu-in is at Yamagata.

What if Mogami take her as hostage?

That's why my lord asked me.

What would you do if they take Lady Hoshu-in hostage?

Let's see.

I'll open a long dialogue with the Mogami

and if I can't convince them I will become the hostage.

I stand corrected.

The older the wiser.

A celebratory gift from me. Prayer beads.

That's the spirit.

Celebrate your first battle

by bringing back an enemy head or two.

It's not just your soldiers' lives and the clan's pride

that you lost in this war.

If you must, kill me before you go off to war.

Masamune!

Can't you understand how I feel?

Please understand my feelings as your mother

and agree to a peace treaty.

How pathetic.

The Mogami clan is cursed.

There must be evil spirits residing in the castle.

It's not evil spirits.

If the ruler is improvident

the whole clan will be in turmoil.

You take that to heart, Tadamune.

Yes, sir.

Can you get Lady Hoshu-in out safely?

I don't know.

I'm counting on Shigezane.

If he fails, I will go to fetch her.

She is my only grandmother. I look forward to meeting her.

She must be heartbroken at the downfall of her clan.

I heard she has a fiery temper.

She is a very humane person at heart.

She must be feeling her age at seventy-five.

Perhaps she's more vulnerable now.

Yamagata castle

Late August Shigezane arrived in Yamagata with 3,000 men.

Contrary to expectations,

Yamagata Castle was handed over without incident.

The clan cohesion had already disintegrated.

Lady Hoshu-in is here.

Is that you, Shigezane?

It is.

I am happy to see you looking so well.

Please, raise you head.

You've grown old, Shigezane.

Time flies as an arrow.

Has Masamune aged as well?

He's very young-looking.

My, my.

And you are looking exceptionally well.

I'm very glad.

I hear Masamune is now a grandfather.

Yes. Sir Hidemune in Uwajima

has two sons Senmatsu and Iyomatsu.

They would be your great-grandchildren.

That's very auspicious.

Have you had a chance to read the letter?

I did.

Thank you.

Tell Masamune to write larger text.

My eyesight is getting weaker.

I shall, my lady.

Thank you for coming.

Thank you.

And will you come to Sendai?

Come to Sendai?

Sir Masamune would like you to come live in Sendai.

Why?

Since the Mogami has been disbanded

he would like to take you into his care.

I refuse.

Tell Masamune he's misguided.

What do you mean?

I am Yoshiaki Mogami's younger sister,

and a great-aunt to clan head Yoshitoshi.

Just because the clan was disbanded,

I can't leave this place.

Since the domain has been confiscated

the castle and mansions will also be taken away.

I'm aware of that.

I'm happy to end my life

in some country abode deep in the mountain.

I understand your position.

But please also understand our lord's fervent wishes

to be a dutiful son to his mother.

That's laughable.

I hear Masamune is the shogun's favorite.

If he is a powerful vice shogun he could have prevented

the downfall of the Mogami clan.

Yet he did nothing to prevent it

and comes to take away the castle for the shogunate.

How unkind of you to call him the shogunate's lackey.

I disagree.

If he truly loves his mother,

shouldn't he first try to persuade the shogun

to stop the disbandment of the Mogami clan?

Since we are in an age of peace,

even the shogun must obey the law.

And it is not the place of the vice shogun

to object to what the shogun has decided.

Are you saying he has nothing to be ashamed of

by forsaking the Mogami?

The disbandment of the Mogami was unavoidable.

Unavoidable?

The Mogami brought it on themselves.

It is the result of internal conflicts within the clan.

It is unfair to accuse our lord.

We have a mansion prepared in Sendai for you.

The whole clan is prepared to welcome you

so please, please come to Sendai.

It's not too late. Tell Masamune this.

Go persuade the shogunate

to leave a small amount of territory for us

so that Mogami can make a living.

It is too late.

It is more difficult to rescind the order

than to have the Mogami River run upstream.

It's no use talking to you peons.

Even if I die in an open field,

I will not be obliged to the Date.

Please wait.

Lady Hoshu-in, please don't be hasty.

Tell Masamune this.

Write me with bigger letters.

Where are we to go?

She is so exasperating.

Don't give up.

There's nothing more I can do.

She will eventually understand.

Just the opposite.

With that temperament she'll become more stubborn.

It's only natural.

She is heartbroken by the Mogami's disbandment

and her hatred for the shogunate

is clouding her judgment against you.

Don't say anything more.

It's difficult to rule the country.

But it's even harder to win over the heart of another.

We both were fated not to live with our parents.

The same goes for Lady Hoshu-in.

Women who marry into a warrior family

are fated to be separated from their parents.

To a greater or lesser extent,

we become sacrifices for the security of the clan

and an instrument to give birth to an heir.

A long time ago, Lady Hoshu-in said to me,

women are human, we bleed and shed tears.

They are thinking beings.

Deep inside, Lady Hoshu-in wants to live with you.