Season 1

2011-04-07 · 25m

Matsunaga Hisahide has risen in rebellion against warlord Nobunaga Oda. The aesthete Furuta Sasuke is ordered to negotiate for peace.

2011-04-14 · 25m

Araki Murashige rises in rebellion against Nobunaga. Sasuke plots to exploit his marriage to the sister of Araki's most trusted vassal.

2011-04-21 · 25m

Sasuke becomes a pupil of the tea master Sen-no Sôeki. Nobunaga reveals his ambition to unify Japan and then wage war on the continent.

2011-04-28 · 25m

Sôeki invites Sasuke and Hideyoshi for a tea ceremony. During Sasuke's absence, Sôeki approaches Hideyoshi with a terrifying plot.

2011-05-05 · 25m

Nobunaga bestows the loot from Tottori Castle upon Hideyoshi. Sasuke bonds with the general and secretly replaces a valuable teascoop from the collection with one of his own fabrication.

2011-05-12 · 25m

As Nobunaga goes through with his unification attempts, Sasuke tries to distinguish himself by participating in the sieges on various castles.

2011-05-19 · 25m

Mitsuhide Akechi is manipulated by Sôeki and Hideyoshi, planting the seeds of rebellion against Nobunaga.

2011-05-26 · 25m

Ieyasu Tokugawa visits Azuchi Castle to celebrate Lord Nobunaga's recent victory. Sasuke is tasked to lure him into throwing a fit at the party.

2011-06-02 · 25m

Nobunaga travels to the imperial court at Kyoto with a small guard. He is lodged in the Honno-ji temple complex, which Sasuke has always dreamed of visiting.

2011-06-09 · 25m

On the night of June 2, 1582, Sasuke has an ominous feeling and hurries to Kyoto, in time to witness the end of an era.

2011-06-16 · 25m

The late Oda's vassals are forced to take sides as a civil war looms.

2011-06-23 · 25m

Azuchi Castle is put under Akechi's command. When Sôeki visits the place, he finds it quite different.

2011-06-30 · 25m

Both Akechi and Sasuke learn who assassinated Nobunaga, and are faced with the biggest moral conflict of their lives.

2011-07-07 · 25m

Akechi, after being crushingly defeat by the Hashiba force, has his final supper with his closest vassals. There, he experiences the essence of "Wabi".

2011-07-14 · 25m

Sôeki advises the new government to burn down Azuchi Castle, tainted by the late Akechi's aesthetic, whilst Sasuke meets Hideyoshi, who now reigns supreme.

2011-07-21 · 25m

Sasuke is assigned by Hideyoshi to reconcile with Ieyasu.

2011-07-28 · 25m

Hideyoshi is named chief advisor to the Emperor. Sasuke is promoted as well, receiving the name of "Oribe Furuta". Oribe begins to focus seriously on the production of Mino pottery.

2011-08-04 · 25m

Hideyoshi gives Sôeki the honorable name of "Sen-no Rikyû". Rikyû once again invites Hideyoshi to a bold plot.

2011-08-25 · 25m

Friction between Rikyû and Hideyoshi increases. Meanwhile, Oribe aspires to master the way of tea, but lacks the confidence to succeed.

2011-09-01 · 25m

Oribe visits the tea master Hechikan, once a fellow student of Rikyû, to deepen his understanding of wabi aesthetics.

2011-09-08 · 25m

Oribe has trouble financing an army to keep up with Hideyoshi's endeavors. However, when he is tasked to show Ieyasu around Kyoto, he smells a chance.

2011-09-15 · 25m

The Kyushu conquest begins. In the battle against the Akizuki troops, Oribe gets help from Nobushige Sanada, and sneaks into Kosyozan Castle.

2011-09-22 · 25m

Hideyoshi announces a great tea gathering to commemorate the subjugation of Kyushu and the erection of Jurakudai Castle.

2011-09-29 · 25m

Tea masters from all over Japan gather in Kyoto for Hideyoshi's great tea gathering. Oribe has an elaborate plan to outdo them all.

2011-10-06 · 25m

Hechikan's simplistic tea ceremony wins him the first place in Hideyoshi's competition. Inspired by his success, Oribe makes a misguided attempt to refine his wabi.

2011-10-13 · 25m

Hechikan forces both Oribe and Rikyû to reflect on their rigid ways.

2011-10-20 · 25m

Rikyû and Oribe together undergo a maturation, as they rediscover the fun and freedom in wabi.

2011-10-27 · 25m

Rikyû's most promising disciple, Souji Yamanoue, finally finds his place in the Kanto region, just as Hideyoshi is preparing an invasion.

2011-11-03 · 25m

The Odawara conquest begins. Rikyû meets Souji again. They were pleased with each other's mental growth.

2011-11-10 · 25m

During Hideyoshi's feudal reforms, Ieyasu is granted a new domain: Edo.

2011-11-17 · 25m

Hideyoshi and Rikyû's relationship continues to deteriorate. Oribe is attacked by the impetuous Date Masamune.

2011-11-24 · 25m

To his dismay, Hideyoshi finds his courtiers will never support him to the fullest.

2011-12-01 · 25m

Oribe invites Rikyû to a hot spring with ocean view, and is motivated to change his course.

2011-12-08 · 25m

Rikyû is angered when Hideyoshi confiscates his greatest treasure and only daughter. Meanwhile, Oribe produces the first true piece of Oribe pottery.

2011-12-15 · 25m

The reception of Oribe's latest cup is highly positive. Josui Kuroda visits the gravely ill Hidenaga Toyotomi.

2012-01-05 · 25m

Aware that Hideyoshi's advisers are planning to dispose of him, Rikyû invites Ieyasu to a tea ceremony.

2012-01-12 · 25m

Masamune angered Hideyoshi again. He goes to Oribe and Takayama for advice on how to make up to his lord.

2012-01-19 · 25m

Rikyû is ordered by Hideyoshi to seclude himself at Sakai. Oribe and Tadaoki see him off at the Yodo river.

2012-01-26 · 25m

Hideyoshi orders Rikyû to commit seppuku, and appoints an executioner: Furuta Oribe.