Season 1

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Episodes

1 - The Battle of Sekigahara

The 39th NHK Taiga Drama is Aoi Tokugawa Sandai. It is James Miki's dynamic and colorful tale of three generations of the Tokugawa dynasty--from its founder Ieyasu to Iemitsu, the third Shogun who solidified the Tokugawa power base.

2 - The Taiko's Last Will

3 - Five Great Elders, Five Comissioners

4 - The Titan at 58

5 - Against the Mainstream

6 - Loyalities

7 - Writ of Censure

8 - Strength in Numbers

9 - Ogaki Castle

10 - Opening Skirmish

11 - The Battle Begins

12 - Sekigahara Bloodbath

13 - Mitsunari's End

14 - Yodo Loses Face

15 - The Three-Year-Old Bride

16 - Hidetada's Secret

17 - Princess Sen Weds

18 - Half Brothers

19 - Shogun Hidetada

20 - Dual Rule

21 - Peerless Father

22 - Ogosho

23 - Scandal in the Court

24 - Outline of Ambition

25 - Hideyori Goes to Kyoto

26 - Factional Rivalry

27 - Commencement of Hostilities

28 - Osaka Winter Campaign

29 - Osaka Summer Campaign

30 - Osaka Castle Burns

31 - Tadateru is Disowned

32 - Ieyasu's Death

33 - Tosho Daigongen

34 - Hidden Child

35 - Takechiyo's Lesson

36 - Princess Kazu Enters the Court

37 - Tadanaga Goes Mad

38 - The Utsunomiya Trap Ceiling

39 - Shogun Iemitsu

40 - A Father's Love

41 - The Meeting

42 - Imperial Visit

43 - A Woman's Lifetime

44 - A Princess is Born

45 - Kasuga-no-Tsubone

46 - Enthronement

47 - Three Brothers

48 - Farewell Hidetada

49 - The Making of a Wise Ruler