"Stemming from a pursuit of opium smuggling, and called the "most disgraceful wars" were the Opium Wars" "The defeated Qing (Manchu) in 1842 made, in addition to Guanzhou (Canton), Xiamen (Amoy), Fuzhou (Foochow)," "Ningbo, and Shanghai open ports, paid in $21 million in reparations to the English, and ceded Hong Kong by the treaty that they were made to sign" "Then in 1857... the English and the French, demanding more privileges... sent armies into the Qing territory, and occupied Guangzhou" "In addition, they headed north and occupied Tianjin, put a legation in Beijing with tacit permission for the opium trade and forcibly took a license for free commerce in mainland China" "The next target at which the powers aimed was Japan" "(former Mito Han Lord Tokugawa Nariaki)" ""Sonnō-Jōi" means reverence for the emperor and expulsion of foreigners" ""Sonnō" means that... the Bakufu reveres and esteems the emperor as the master of the country" ""Jō-i" means attack and drive off foreign enemies" "The Sakuradamon Incident" "The Sakuradamon Incidention of Ii Naosuke" "1860 (Ansei 7) 1860 (Ansei 7) January Mito" "For someone ordered to home confinement and playing the samisen..." "What is that man thinking about?" "(Mito Han Retainer Seki Tetsunosuke)" "Excuse me" "Someone would like me to give this to you" ""Because of suspicions about our activities"" ""in a few days we will be summoned to the Judicial body"" ""in a few days we will be summoned to the Judicial body" (Mito Han former Head, Inner Council Secretaries Takahashi Taichirō)" "(Mito Han former Head, Inner Council Secretaries Takahashi Taichirō)" "and an order for punishment is certain" (Mito Han former Head, Inner Council Secretaries Takahashi Taichirō)" "(Mito Han former Head, Inner Council Secretaries Takahashi Taichirō)" "We must get out of Mito immediately (Mito Han former Head, Inner Council Secretaries Takahashi Taichirō)" ""Now the chance for action approaches"" "Fusa, I'll shave my beard" "Is it a pardon of your confinement?" "Heat water for me, please" "Yes" "Father" "Good morning 'morning" "Seiichirō" "Obey your mother's instructions" "Yes, I will" "I'm leaving for Edo on official business" "o Asakusa" ""gan" kusa o Asakusa" ""non" kusa" "Edo Asakusa" "(Mito Han Retainer Mashiko Kinpachi)" "I am Seki" "I am late" "Ah, we've been waiting for you, Seki" "(Mito Han North District Magistrate Nomura Tsunenosuke)" "Sumiya and Yano's desertion failed..." "ura Tsunenosuke)" "(Mito Han North District Magistrate Nomura Tsunenosuke)" "They've been caught, and I'm worried mura Tsunenosuke)" "Sumiya-dono and Yano-dono?" "After they deserted, a comrade's hiding place..." "Nine places are ready in Asakusa, Nihonbashi, but more than three people won't be in one place, and also we change the group" "It's a necessary precaution not to stay more than three days consecutively" "1860 March 1st" "Ah, Tetsu-sama" "Why are you dressed like this?" "It's confidential official business" "Ino, buy some sake for me, and while you're at it make sure no one's following me" "Yes" "7 years earlier 7 years earlier 1853 July" "Those Black Ships?" "They're incredibly big" "I heard they're made of iron" "Iron!" "?" "Ah..." "Tetsunosuke ainer Ayusawa Idayū)" "(Mito Han Retainer Ayusawa Idayū)" "Those are Perry's Black Ships ū) ito Han Retainer Ayusawa Idayū)" "Ah... huge, aren't they..." "Huge..." "Commodore Perry, commanding the American and East Indian fleets arrived at Uraga, and demanded acknowledgment of President Fillmore's sovereign message and gave notice that refusal would result in military action" "Mito-sama!" "Mito-sama's cannon have come." "Mito-sama will protect Edo... (The Bakufu appointed Tokugawa Nariaki coastal defense advisor)" "They say that that cannon will be presented to the Bakufu..." "" "The Bakufu appointed Tokugawa Nariaki coastal defense advisor" "That cannon will alone kick out the savages..." "efense advisor" "Oi!" "Chinone" "Oh, Seki..." "Ayusawa" "Oh, Seki..." "Ayusawa..." "one Iyonosuke)" "(Mito Han Retainer Chinone Iyonosuke)" "How was Uraga?" "er Chinone Iyonosuke) ito Han Retainer Chinone Iyonosuke)" "Even if there's no wind they can move at will with steam two huge iron ships" "Their length is nearly 45 ken (81 meters) and they're packing over 20 cannon" "Besides those, there are two wood ships with three masts." "Of course, they have cannon" "The President's message demanded that Japan become open" "Perry left for Okinawa to wait for a reply by the coming spring" "And that is how it all started..." "There was no one there" "ne" "What's this confidential official business?" "I'm going on a trip probably a long one" "Meaning we won't meet again?" "If we don't change society..." "Japan will perish" "Has the plum tree has bloomed..." "The cherry tree not yet..." "The willow..." "It's Satō-sama" "Mito Han Retainer Satō Tetsusaburo" "Oh, Tetsusaburō" "Please go over to the Shinagawa Sagami storehouse" "Kaneko-sama and Takahashi-sama.." "Good" "Tetsu-sama" "Be safe..." "Listen to me now" "Because of the intensity of the Bakufu's scrutiny of the Han many people have entered Edo" "The original plan was to have 50 men, but..." "It's become difficult" "But if we postpone the day beyond this" "But if we postpone the day beyond this eko Magojirō) ormer Mito Han District Magistrate Kaneko Magojirō) detection is a major concern istrate Kaneko Magojirō) ormer Mito Han District Magistrate Kaneko Magojirō)" "We will carry this out... tomorrow..." "3rd Month 3rd day (March 24, 1860)" "It's established that a daimyo attend the castle at the 3rd month festival" "Tairō Ii Naosuke will certainly attend" "Nomura-san, the map..." "The Ii Han mansion is outside Sakurada" "When they exit the mansion the procession will pass along the moat and enter the castle through the Sakurada Gate for this reason the site of the Ii Naosuke attack - outside the Sakurada Gate" "by regulation the escorting retinue is 24-25 men..." "Ashigaru, about 40" "Our comrades making the attack... are now 18 men" "from Mito Han, 17 men... from Satsuma..." "Arimura Yūsuke's younger brother Jisaemon-kun will join us" "I am Arimura Jisaemon" "Please accept my apologies" "(Satsuma Han Retainer Arimura Yūsuke)" "By official order all my comrades (Satsuma Han Retainer Arimura Yūsuke) have been summoned back" "However, as Saigo Saa pledged" "We, the Satsuma Clan, will join the Ii Naosuke attack" "Make no mistake 3000 troops will be sent to Kyoto as planned" "The Ii Naosuke attack is part of our plan" "The ultimate purpose is to assemble the Satsuma troops as our main force and take control Kyoto to protect the Imperial Court from the Bakufu" "for this reason, Takahashi-kun and his son, Sōsaemon, and three others won't go to Edo but will head to Osaka" "and join up with the 3000 troops from Satsuma" "We too... will leave Edo immediately after the purpose of the Naosuke attack is completed and meet up with Takahashi-kun" "The command of the attack outside Sakurada Gate... will be taken by Seki Tetsunosuke" "I ...will?" "Takahashi-kun had the same idea" "For command we'll rely on Seki Tetsunosuke" "This notification of our desertion, tomorrrow morning will be left with the gatekeeper of the Koishikawa Kamiyashiki..." "Already... we're severing our relationship with Mito Han" "Alright?" "I'll wait at the Kawasaki-ya in Shinagawa for Satō, whose task is confirmation then, with Satō" "and Arimura Yūsuke I will head to Kyoto" "Testusaburō will not participate in the attack" "Testusaburō pardon me!" "The duty of accompanying Kaneko-sama and Arimura-sama to the capital has been assigned to me, Inada Jūzō" "But chronic asthma will make me useless," "I think I'll be a burden to Kaneko-sama on this urgent mission" "So I've asked to switch with Tetsusaburō" "Tetsusaburō, like this..." "I beg you to take care of Kaneko-sama!" "Inada-sama, we already know this... please rise" "Inada..." "Satō" "Both the attack and the mission to Kyoto there's one goal" "To continue the discussion..." "We'll leave of the plan of the attack to Seki Tetsunosuke" "Ii-Tairō's castle attendance is at the fourth hour (10:00 am)" "For this reason, we'll assemble at Atagoyama in Shiba at sixth hour (6:00 am) we all must be ready outside the Sakurada gate at the fifth hour (8:00 am)" "That's it" "That's Ii-samas mansion" "Welcome" "Give me a cup of sake please" "Yes" "Yes...here you are" "The Hikone people still haven't noticed" "Well then, we'll confirm the plan of attack..." "When the procession comes to the bridge in front of the gate" "We'll cut down the guards of the vanguard" "Then the men defending the palanquin will rush to the front" "There'll be fewer around the palanquin" "We'll attack it from both sides" "Cutting down the vanguard will be Mori Gorokurō's task" "The left flank, that is, the samurai residence side..." "Kurosawa Chūsaburō will charge first" "Yamaguchi Tatsunosuke" "Sugiyama Yaichirō" "Arimura Jisaemon" "Mashiko Kinpachi" "Rear reinforcement, Hasuda Ichigorō" "Koibuchu Kaname" "Hiroki Matsunosuke" "From the moat side, Ōzeki Washichirō" "Sano Takenosuke" "Inada Juzo" "Moriyama Shigenosuke" "Hirōka Nenojirō and Kaigo Sakinosuke in all" "A while ago there was a procession for Owari-sama" "Is that so... same hollyhock crest but some one else?" "Ii-sama's crest is a mandarin orange in a circle - you can't mistake it" "This pistol I got from Kaneko-sama" "I have one, and the other four..." "Saitō-dono" "Inada-dono" "Mori" "Kurosawa" "For me also?" "You're the tallest among us" "You can easily see the movements of the Hikone Han retainers" "Of course" "Once Mori has cut down the vanguard, and the guards around the palanquin fewer" "Kurosawa will fire the pistol" "Is it alright if I fire at Ii Naosuke's palanquin?" "Yes" "This gunshot is the signal to attack immediately from both flanks" "To confirm the fact that we've killed Ii Naosuke..." "Certification of the death is for Okabe Sanjūrō-dono" "He won't participate in the attack" "After we've finished the attack, the task to present our manifesto to the Rōjū" "Saitō Kenmutsu-dono" "Of course, I'll have you wait without participating in the attack" "His Excellency...!" "Please wait!" "Tono, this confidential document, this morning... ikone Han Lord Tairō Ii Naosuke)" "Tono, according to this document, today... ikone Han Lord Tairō Ii Naosuke)" "The Mito extremists' plans and such... ikone Han Lord Tairō Ii Naosuke)" "These rumors have not started just now" "But at least we can increase the retinue entering the castle" "Don't do it!" "But by some chance this were the case..." "The number of the retinue is set by the government" "Go" "Depart!" "I'll put the cash here" "Thank you" "It's open" "Our respects!" "Our respects!" "Back off!" "Clear the way!" "Attacker!" "Bring the palanquin back!" "idiots... goddamned idiots..." "What will become of Japan..." "I've taken it!" "He took it!" "He took it!" "Arimura!" "Well done..." "Back!" "Ōseki... be steady!" "I saw for myself clearly that he lifted the Tairō's head" "Ah" " It was splendid" "Let's get out of here..." "many escaped back to the mansion" "They'll be coming after us soon" "Steady!" "The palanquin!" "Hurry... go and take him!" "Quickly bring the board!" "Inada Jūzō killed in action age 46" "Tetsusaburō" "Speak" "I confirm unequivocally that Ii Tairō's head was taken" "No mistake?" "Arimura Jisaemon-dono was magnificent" "Jisaemon?" "Is that so...." "My younger brother did it!" "Yes" "Arimura-dono..." "We've finally realized our goal" "Let's go to Kyoto" "Yes" "Even though they say today's a day for clamming" "I never imagined this kind of blizzard" "I've been fishing here a long time, but this kind of thing, I've never heard of" "Something peculiar's going on in the world, isn't it?" "Yes... peculiar" "6 years earlier 6 years earlier 1854 (Ansei 1st year) January" "American Commodore Perry returned to Japan to push for completion of the peace treaty" "On anniversary of the first president Washington's birthday his cannons fired a salute, but the Edo people shook with fear" "First, regarding American whaling ships, replenishment of food, water, fuel... protection of shipwrecked sailors..." "Second... open a harbor for refueling of coal and repairs" "Even if we do not get them to give up these two" "The third demand for commerce and trade..." "I absolutely will not approve" "Even though we the Rōjū as well as ōjū Matsudaira Tadakata)" "Of the Assembly of Lords, Lords Ii Naosuke-dono..." "Hotta Masayoshi-dono..." "Of the Assembly of Lords, Lords Ii Naosuke-dono..." "Hotta Masayoshi-dono... are of the opinion the war must be avoided now" "If I permit commerce and trade, America as well as" "Russia, England, France and so on will come land and steal Japan's fortune." "If this were to come about, it'll be even more obvious than seeing a fire that we'll be in the same situation as the Qing after defeat in the Opium War" "For that reason..." "oriyasu) avoiding a fight is the best policy" "If we do not fight oriyasu)" "I am saying result will be the same as defeat" "Colleagues..." "be Masahiro) ōjū Chief Abe Masahiro)" "What Mito-sama says is plausible ōjū Chief Abe Masahiro)" "As Head of the Rōjū iro) ōjū Chief Abe Masahiro)" "I, Abe Masahiro, take responsibility" "We will consent to do number-one and number-two for America, but..." "I think a reply to prohibit commerce and trade..." "Is that alright?" "..." "If by some chance this develops into war" "I personally will serve in the advance guard" "The Bakufu entered only into a peace treaty with America" "In spite of the coming emergency situation, due to Shogun Iesada-sama weak condition he has absolutely no interest in government" "Now he's the Ō-oku and Rōjū's puppet chizen Lord Matsudaira Shungaku)" "As soon as possible, the selection of a wise and intelligent successor..." "I consider essential" "Umm... about that there's been discussions with Shimazu Nariakira, Date of Uwajima.." "Yamauchi of Tosa, and so on" "All these people and I agree that for the successor there is no one other than Lord Hitotsubashi Yoshinobu" "But Yoshinobu is my real son, even though I sent him out for adoption" "I don't want to be suspected without cause" "Certainly among the traditional daimyo..." "There's a rumor that Mito-dono by making his own child the successor to the shogun family intends to hijack the Tokugawa" "The origin is the likes of Ii Naosuke, Hotta Masayoshi, Matsudaira Tadakata..." "Naosuke and Masayoshi..." "Tadakata..." "Since I'm against the commercial agreement, there's probably spread of such rumors" "Yoshitomi-sama of Kishū, whom Naosuke and others supports as a successor, is" "Ue-sama's cousin and closely related, but now is only 9 years old" "As it is, Iesada-sama and Yoshitomi-sama both would be become puppets" "The Rōjū will gain a monopoly of the government" "The next year, 1856, according to the peace treaty" "America opened a consulate at Gyokusenji in Izushimoda" "The first Consul, Townsend Harris, adamantly demanded ratification of the commerce treaty" "Harris wants an audience with Ue-sama... to conclude the commerce treaty, and he's demanding admission to Edo Castle" "Directly with Ue-sama?" "!" "..." "Isn't that insolent!" "It seems that the Rōjū intend to approve Harris's admission to the castle" "Nariaki-sama is strongly opposed, but..." "Hotta Masayoshi and Ii Naosuke have become heads of the Rōjū and involved with the issue of a successor" "They won't listen at all Nariaki-sama's opinion" "Excuse me" "Even the lords who've been made allies of Hitotsubashi Yoshinobu-sama as successor are silent about Nariaki-sama's foreigner exclusion idea as excessively radical" "Surrounded by enemies, isn't he!" "That the clan and Nariaki-sama were praised and even popular in Edo is now an old story" "What should we do?" "..." "What?" "... 1857 (Ansei 4) July 1857 (Ansei 4) July" "Nariaki resigned as the Bakufu councilor" "In October that year American Counsel Harris was admitted to Edo Castle and presented a sovereign message to the 13th shogun, Iesada" "North District Magistrate Office" "Nomura-sama ct Magistrate Office- orth District Magistrate Office" "Seki-san, what is it?" "Ii Naosuke has become Tairō" "His intention is to isolate Nariaki-sama completely" "The snow seems to have gotten completely stopped, hasn't it" "How about sake, won't you have some?" "Thats alright" "Let's go" "Oyaji-san..." "Sorry, will you get me a courier for this letter" "Sure" "Thanks for the help" "Ah..." "Take care" "3rd month 4th day (March 25, 1860)" "Welcome" "I think that Yoshinoya Sosuke is staying here" "Yes, he's here... please" "Welcome" "The Bakufu even now is pretending that Ii-Tairō... received only a light wound" "There's talk that sympathy gifts from Ue-sama were delivered to the mansion that evening" "These are sympathy gifts?" "When the Bakufu's most powerful man was attacked by ronin and so on there's no way to make that public, isn't there?" "Inada-dono was killed in battle, but were any other comrades?" "Arimura... and..." "Hiroka, Koibuchi, Yamaguchi  the four... committed suicide as they withdrew" "Satsuma Han retainer Arimura Jisaemon suicide age 21" "Assist me..." "I'm done for too...so together" "Yamaguchi Tatsunosuke suicide age 29 itachi-no-kuni Jinja Koibuchi Kaname suicide age 51" "Hirōka Nenojirō suicide age 20" "Saitō, Sano..." "Kurosawa, Hasuda, those four surrendered themselves at the Wakasaka Nakatsuka Taifu mansion, but..." "What's this business in front of the gate!" "This is our manifesto for the assassination!" "This is for the Bakufu" "Sano..." "I heard, died from a deep wound" "I heard, died from a deep wound s age 20" ""----Takenosuke!" "?" "" of wounds age 20" ""----Takenosuke!" "" d of wounds age 20- ano Takenosuke died of wounds age 20" ""----Takenosuke!" "" d of wounds age 20" ""----Takenosuke!" "" d of wounds age 20" "Mori, Ōseki, Moriyama, Sugiyama...the four" ""----I'm----"" "Mori, Ōseki, Moriyama, Sugiyama...the four" ""----a former Mito Han retainer----"" ""----a former Mito Han retainer----" -had minor wounds and committed suicide" "had minor wounds and committed suicide" ""----I've declared we killed Ii-Tairo just now!" "" -had minor wounds and committed suicide" ""----I've declared we killed him----"" "Other than Seki and I, three escaped..." "Hirogi, Kaigo, and Mashiko, those three..." "I haven't heard that they were arrested" "But why haven't they come here..." "The number of Hikone dead?" "Excluding Ii Naosuke, there were four killed" "I heard that three who were carried back to the mansion died" "Seki..." "Okabe..." "According to the plan we too will head for Kyoto tomorrow morning" "We'll follow after Takahashi-sama and Kaneko-sama" "3rd month 5th day (March 26) night-8th hour (2:00 AM)" "I am Takeda Kōunsai" "My apologies, but there is an urgent situation" "Kōunsai?" "Enter" "A special express messenger from Edo" "the lamp..." "Ii Naosuke..." "The Bakufu is announcing that Ii-dono is undergoing treatment of his injuries" "Kōunsai..." "Summon all the retainers" "Yes" "Mito is a Tokugawa branch family" "This, however, is brazen" "The assassination of the Tairō is an act defying the Bakufu" "For the honor of the clan, arrest the men involved in the attack without exception" "Punish this heinous crime" "2 Years Earlier" "Mito-sama is in attendance!" "Years Earlier" "This attendance is uninvited!" "Years Earlier" "Mito-sama..." "Mito-sama is in attendance!" "This attendance is uninvited!" "I state my objections... to the ratification on the nineteenth of the Japan-American commerce treaty" "You gave in to Harris's stubborn attitude without waiting for the Imperial Court's permission to willfully sign this... is the most reckless act since the Bakufu began" "For a Tairō this is an inexcusable major offense" "The situation is extremely urgent" "We cannot wait for the Court's permission" "This urgent situation... is what?" "The Anglo-French armada that was victorious in the Opium War against the Qing is pressing their advantage, and facing off against our country" "The reason is to demand that we open the country" "If we refuse this and fight the foreign countries," "Our country will certainly lose" "It will be more obvious than seeing a fire that we will be the next Qing" "If we sign the treat, Harris has promised to take responsibility to persuade the foreign countries to avoid war" "Do you take Harris at his word?" "Whether I believe him or not..." "If we refuse the demand and have war the country will face the danger of ruin" "Even committing the crime of signing without the Court's permission to save the country as the Bakufu entrusted with governing, also" "I consider to be a Tairō's obligation" "The Bakufu is the Court's retainer!" "Without obtaining the lord's permission to ignore the national law for over 200 years of isolation - didn't you consider the enormity of this crime?" "For this crime" "I, Naosuke, am resigned to assume responsibility" "Everything is for the future of our country" "In that case..." "Let me ask about the issue of the shogun's successor" "Let me ask about the issue of the shogun's successor" "(Owari Han Lord Tokugawa Yoshikatsu)" "Yes i Han Lord Tokugawa Yoshikatsu) wari Han Lord Tokugawa Yoshikatsu)" "For the shogun successor oshikatsu) wari Han Lord Tokugawa Yoshikatsu)" "I heard that Kishū-dono is in line, but since Kishū-dono is still a child" "Next, after all, by seniority, should not the brilliant" "Hitotsubashi-dono stand in line?" "No..." "For the Bakufu the importance is the" "Tokugawa blood line more than brilliance" "May I ask, will we get through this difficult situation by a blood line?" "For the rest... we will come together to counsel the Shogun" "There is no option other than to get through this" "We are busy with official duties" "At this juncture, please excuse us" "On the following 6th month 25th day (August 4, 1858) was announcement of the decision that Tokugawa Yoshitomi of the Kishū family to be shogun Iesada's successor later to be Iemochi" "Subsequently on the 7th month 5th day (August 13, 1858), in the name of the shogun" "Nariaki and his son Yoshiatsu, and Owari Han Lord Tokugawa Yoshikatsu's punishment of home confinement was handed down for their unauthorized appearance at the castle" "The shogun Iesada, however, died the very day that the punishments were announced" "Both the signing of the treaty and the punishment of Nariaki, the chosen successor, were the dictatorial decisions of Naosuke who usurped the name of the terminally ill shogun" "Naosuke muzzled the court physician and Ō-oku and the shogun's death was kept secret until the 8th month 8th day (September 14, 1858)" "Kyoto Go-sho" "Then on same 8th month 8th day..." "Then on the same 8th month 8th day..." "Mito Han Kyoto Superintendent..." "Mito Han Kyoto Superintendent..." "kufu Madenokōji Naofusa)" "(Imperial representative to the Bakufu Madenokōji Naofusa)" "Ugai Kichizaemon..." "ive to the Bakufu Madenokōji Naofusa)" "His Highness has bestowed an Imperial Writ on Mito" "Please deliver it to Mito as quickly as possible ito Han Kyoto Superintendent Ugai Kichizaemon)" "I gratefully accept this dent Ugai Kichizaemon)" "That the Bakufu signed the treaty to open the country without permission and punished Lord Mito and his and Lord Owari for remonstrating them" "His Highness is angered" "We also think the same" "I am indebted for your words..." "Let Mito be the center to recruit the strength of many Han to reform the attitude of this despotic Bakufu" "His Highness's grand spirit is in this writ" "What absurdity is this" "Giving an imperial writ directly to Mito and bypassing the Bakufu" "It's unheard of!" "And furthermore this copy is given to the Bakufu three days late" "Isn't this putting the Bakufu completely below Mito!" "And what is more this writ doesn't bear the signature of Kujō Kanpaku-dono" "This not a proper Imperial Writ!" "Issue an order to Mito to return it to the Bakufu immediately" "We assert our concurrence" "Not only that..." "Manabe-dono..." "Immediately go to Kyoto and collaborate with the Kyoto Governor General" "Make inquiries and search out the group that contrived the ploy to issue a fake writ" "I want to have them punished severely" "Rōjū Manabe Akikatsu" "This has shaken the Bakufu to its core Rōjū Manabe Akikatsu" "Rōjū Manabe Akikatsu and we will deal with it thoroughly exactly as you say Rōjū Manabe Akikatsu" "Around this time Seki Tetsunosuke was staying at Fujino Kisaburō's home in Echigo" "This is a serious affair for the clan" "An imperial writ was given directly to Mito Han" "The Bakufu, however, regards this as a counterfeit writ" "has pushed for its return" "In the clan, there are those who say there's no need to return it" "Some say if it's to be returned it must be returned to the Imperial Court" "The third opinion is that it must be returned to the Bakufu" "This division is causing chaos" "Seki-sama!" "The date has been set for the Emishi trip that you've been waiting for" "What's wrong?" "I have been pushed so hard to make the Emishi trip sooner" "Sorry, Kisaburō-dono, I'm not going to the Emishi..." "I'm going to Edo" "But I heard that the Emishi trip was an order from the Han..." "A survey to reclaim the Emishi land is certainly Nariaki-sama's direct order, but... the situation has changed, I must hurry back to Edo" "The money from the Han that was loaned to you should be returned later." "I'll leave for Suibara Village immediately" "Come Immediately to Takahashi-sama's hiding place in Kasai-Shinjuku" "Looks like Mito" "Yeah, a Mito samurai" "What's the Mito samurai done?" "Ahead on the highway in Kogane-Juku a thousand Mito samurai gathered, and there's a commotion from a battle or something with the Bakufu" "This samurai is one that was caught, wasn't he" "Seki-sama!" "Sōsaemon, water!" "Yes" "Are you alright?" "Just from Echigo?" "Tetsunosuke!" "Are you all right?" "Idayū, there's a battle with the Bakufu!" "With the Bakufu?" "The uproar at Kogane-Juku has settled for the time being" "In the postscript of the imperial writ... it was stated that contents should be conveyed from Mito to various daimyo." "This was prohibited by the Bakufu" "Then a stern order came to turn the writ over to the Bakufu" "Over a thousand retainers and inhabitants were enraged at this and assembled at Kogane-Juku to try to protest to the Bakufu" "With Nariaki-sama and Yoshiatsu-sama's persuasion somehow the commotion settled down" "I don't know the number of men who cut open their bellies in protest of the order to turn it over" "Still Ii persistently demanded its return" "On the demand that the Imperial Writ be turned over to the Bakufu..." "I, Nariaki, completely understand the thinking of those who raise objections" "Be that as it may, if this demand of the Bakufu is refused" "They are threatening us that they must even consider abolishing the Mito Han" "For now, endure this..." "Kaneko..." "Takahashi..." "But... if we give up the writ out of fear of Ii" "Ii Tairō's arrogant despotism... will get even stronger" "Don't you understand!" "It's not that I'm afraid of abolishing Mito Han" "What I'm afraid of is the situation of the retainers and inhabitants in the case that the Han is abolished" "There'll be another Kogane-Juku uprising" "There seems to be no way you'll leave silently, but... during the height of the Opium War with the Qing believers in Christianity staged a rebellion (Taiping Rebellion) and established a country called "The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom"" "Because of troubles at home and aboard, the Qing had to accept a humiliating treaty with England and France" "Should a fight between the Bakufu and Mito occur" "The happiest will be America, England, France, Russia, and so on" "Aren't the foreign countries targeting this country watching us hungrily?" "These were Nariakira-sama's words" "These were Nariakira-sama's words osuke) atsuma Han Retainer Saigō Kichinosuke)" "Removing Ii Naosuke and that clique uke) to put the Bakufu's politics back on the right track we consider the way to protect our country..." "Our Lord Nariakira-sama will personally lead 3000 troops to Kyoto" "There's a resolution to compel the Bakufu to obey the Mikado's wishes" "Is this true?" "If so we will dispatch a messenger to every Han to show the Imperial edict that was handed down to Mito Han and in concert with Satsuma" "Let us persuade them to assemble troops in Kyoto for Ii Naosuke's impeachment" "I beg you" "I've selected four of you as messengers to persuade every Han" "To Echizen, Totori, Chōshū..." "Seki Tetsunosuke..." "Kurosawa Chūsaburō" "To Tosa, Uwajima, Satsuma..." "Mashiko Kinpachi..." "Sugiyama Yaichirō" "We will go and complete this important mission without fail" "Totori Castle town" "Seki-san otori Han Retainer Adachi Seiichirō)" "Welcome to Totoriainer Adachi Seiichirō) otori Han Retainer Adachi Seiichirō)" "Here, first a cup r Adachi Seiichirō)" "Whatever can I do for you?" "Your father, Adachi Tatsusaburō-sama... and the Han's chamberlain, Tamura Jinzaemon-sama..." "I would like to speak with them" "With Tamura-sama?" "What I heard from my son" "I have relayed verbatim to Tamura-sama" "Tamura-sama completely agrees with Mito Han's plan" "These are extraordinary measures, but besides this... he said there is no way to save the country" "Is this true!" "Seki-san, it's too soon to be happy" "I heard that Tamura-sama relayed the conversation to the Han Lord" "To Lord Yoshinori?" "Yes" "Tono and Mito-sama are father and son" "This, however, is unrelated to that family connection" "He said that for the sake of this land, our Han will support it with all its might" "Lord Yoshinori..." "All of our Totori Han will bet our lives, and stand together with you" "Truly..." "Truly, I am grateful for your words" "Thank you!" "Together let's take a hand in reforming the way for this country" "Is that so...." "Only the Totori clan agrees with us?" "Then, Mashiko-dono's efforts too?" "I heard that Sakamoto Ryoma-dono came all the way to the Tosa Han border to meet with Mashiko" "He said that now is not the time..." "I am Chinone Iyonosuke" "Ah..." "Tetsunosuke, have you been alright?" "What is it, Iyonosuke?" "The Kyoto superintendent, Ugai-dono, and his son have been arrested" "As well as Umeda Unpin-dono too...." "What!" "The notorious Ansei Purge had begun" "Chōshū Han Retainer Yoshida Shōin executed age 29" "Chōshū Han Retainer Yoshida Shōin executed age 29- Ii Naosuke and Manabe Akikatsu" "Ii Naosuke and Manabe Akikatsu" "chizen Han Retainer Hashimoto Sanai executed age 25- Ii Naosuke and Manabe Akikatsu had" "Echizen Han Retainer Hashimoto Sanai executed age 25" "Echizen Han Retainer Hashimoto Sanai executed age 25- those involved with the Imperial Writ and Shogun successor problems those involved with the Imperial Writ and Shogun successor problems" "Kyoto Confucianist Rai Mikisaburō executed age 35- those involved with the Imperial Writ and Shogun successor problems" "Kyoto Confucianist Rai Mikisaburō executed age 35" "Kyoto Confucianist Rai Mikisaburō executed age 35- crushed relentlessly" "Kyoto Confucianist Rai Mikisaburō executed age 35" "Kyoto Confucianist Rai Mikisaburō executed age 35- 11 were executed, and over a 100 were banished or confined 11 were executed, and over a 100 were banished or confined" "former Obama Han Retainer Umeda Unpin died in jail age 44- 11 were executed, and over a 100 were banished or confined" "former Obama Han Retainer Umeda Unpin died in jail age 44" "Mito Han Chief Retainer Anjima Tatewaki executed age 48" "Mito Han Chief Retainer Anjima Tatewaki executed age 48- Open it" "Mito Han Chief Retainer Anjima Tatewaki executed age 48" "Kyoto superintendent Ugai Kichizaemon executed age 62" "Ugai Kōchi prison sentence age 32" "Chinone  get out!" "Chinone!" "Head Secretary Chinone Iyonosuke executed age 36" "Finance Commissioner Ayusawa Idayū Remote Island (Exile)" "Tokugawa Nariaki Ordered to permanent confinement in Mito" "A sentence of confinement has been handed to us, and we've been ordered to return to Mito" "I'm afraid that the same judgment probably will be handed down to you too" "Yes" "Ii Naosuke is trying to punish everyone who raised an objection" "If we dont eradicate Ii's tyranny, theres no way to save the country" "Yes" "When the time comes, we too will leave the Han" "For the sake of the nation" "We will kill Ii" "I'm with you absolutely!" "Well, no, no, no, not all..." "No, no, not all, no, not all..." "The Sakurada riot's outrageous..." "There somehow he's headless..." "Even though they took his head, there no pursuers at all... 1860 3rd month 13th day (April 3, 1860)" "Kaneko, Satō, and Arimura rushed to Kyoto" "Tokaido Yokkaichi" "Welcome Tokaido Yokkaichi" "Tokaido Yokkaichi" "You're under arrest!" "What!" "You!" "Let me go!" "Mito-sama, you're not in your Han" "That's right" "I'm Sakaguchi Yūuemon from Satsuma Han" "If that's so there's no reason to arrest us" "I'd like to have the rope untied and both swords returned immediately" "Can't do that" "I have received orders only to bring you two and Arimura to the Satsuma Han mansion in Kyoto-Fushimi" "For the present I will take you two to Fushimi" "Kyoto Fushimi Satsuma Han Mansion" "Kaneko-sama..." "I'm extremely sorry!" "The Satsuma troops we promised still have not left Kagoshima" "They haven't left?" "Yes" "The issue of the Kyoto expedition the fact is Saigo Saa got permission from Nariakira-sama" "But Nariakira-sama passed away two years ago" "I heard his successor, Tadayoshi-sama's father Hisamitsu-sama, halted the dispatch of troops... since you two are wanted by the Bakufu" "Get out of Kyoto quickly and go an ally's place in Chōshū ..." "Now what are you saying" "Our Mito comrades believed Satsuma Han's promises and acted on them" "I'm sorry!" "Sorry!" "So you're sorry!" "Tetsusaburō!" "Will you stop it" "Understood" "Let's accept Arimura's remarks" "I am extremely sorry" "Don't blame Arimura-dono" "In Satsuma even the Han lord changed and the situation changed" "We... misjudged this!" "Yes..." "Already this may be the end" "Kaneko-sama!" "Tetsusaburō" "Sneak away from here right away" "It'll be hard for me to escape with this old body" "No" "I won't be separated from you, Kaneko-sama" "If I don't protect you, I'll be reprimanded by Inada-dono in the next world" "By your side to the very end...." "I beg you!" "3rd month 15th day (April 5, 1860)" "Kaneko Magojirō-dono..." "Satō Tetsusaburō-dono" "Arrest them!" "Kaneko-sama!" "3rd month 18th day (April 8, 1860)" "Mother h 18th day (April 8, 1860) 3rd month 18th day (April 8, 1860)" "How do you read this character?" "My  that's a difficult book." "Father said I should read it" "It's the the Kōdōkan Records" "Is that so." "Still, it's embarrassing, but I was born into a farm family so" "I can't read such difficult kanji" "Excuse me" "Uncle Ishikawa-sama" "Mito rōnin attacked the Tairō in Edo" "It seems that Tetsunosuke is one of the ringleaders" "Tetsunosuke-sama?" "By Han order they will now meticuluously search the residence" "Get going!" "Turn over the tatami!" "Search, search... search it thoroughly!" "Search more, thoroughly!" "Seiichirō" "It's father's thinking" "Even though we're being searched by government officials" "Say "We don't know anything'...." "Seiichirō" "Come" "Yes" "Will it bear fruit or not?" "It will!" "It will!" "Will it bear fruit or not?" "It will!" "It will!" "Search!" "Mother..." "You mustn't cry" "It's father's thinking" "3rd month 23rd day (April 13, 1860)" "They've found us, we'll run" "Yes" "Break into it!" "Leave our things!" "Yes" "Around to the back!" "Hurry!" "Hurry!" "Father!" "My leg's hurt..." "Oh, father..." "It's impossible to get to Satsuma" "There they are!" "Father, please escape" "This is it now" "Father!" "Our store will get bloody..." "Your forebearance, your forebearance" "Be respectful!" "Father..." "You're under arrest!" "Don't let them take refuge in the temple!" "Come out!" "Hear me!" "Hear me!" "Get out quickly!" "I am a ringleader of the earlier Sakurada uprising" "I am Takahashi Taichirō, a Mito Han deserter ronin" "I didn't succeed in raising an army here, and I intend to attempt suicide..." "I am sorry for the trouble, but out of compassion for a warrior may I not ask to use your room?" "I understand..." "Please feel free to use the room" "I am grateful" "Takahashi Taichirō Age 47" "Takahashi Taichirō age 47" "Takahashi Sōsaemon age 19" "3rd month 26th day (April 16, 1860)" "Nara Highway Tamazukuri" "Oyaji-san, you know about that trouble in Edo?" "Ah..." "Ii Naosuke Tairō-sama was attacked by Mito ronin and was badly wounded or died or something" "Um, that's it" "They say that one conspirator, a certain Kaneko or some such Mito person, was arrested in Kyoto" "Around here the talk is that Miko ronin have infiltrated the neighborhood" "The investigations are extremely harsh and dangerous" "It's frightening" "They say that three days ago a rōnin named Takahashi and his son performed seppuku at Tennoji in Osaka, and there was a commotion" "Really frightening" "It must have hurt" "It's a fact" "On the fifteenth Kaneko-sama was arrested in Kyoto together with Tetsusaburō" "On the twenty third Takahashi-sama together with Sōsaemon died at Tennoji in Osaka..." "The three thousand troops from Satsuma?" "Such idiots!" "Satsuma betrayed us?" "Truly..." "Takahashi-sama and..." "To think how they felt...." "Out of the way..." "Out of the way!" "3rd month 28th day (April 18, 1860)" "You're in the way!" "April 18, 1860)" "You're under arrest!" "What is it?" "Be quiet!" "We're taking you to the magistrate's office for interrogation" "I don't know anything..." "Please stop" "Spit it out!" "I don't know..." "I really don't know anything!" "It's hardly likely you don't know..." "You're Tetsunosuke's lover" "Come on... talk" "Where is Seki?" "Do it" "3rd month 29th day (April 19, 1860)" "Osaka is teeming with Bakufu investigators 3rd month 29th day (April 19, 1860)" "If you say only that you're a person from Mito, you're arrested and subjected to rigorous interrogation" "Our wanted posters seem to be all over" "At any rate we must leave Osaka quickly" "At this point where would we go..." "Gentlemen..." "We too will manfully cut open our stomachs" "The expeditionary force of 3000 Satsuma troops has become an illusion now" "There is no place for us to go" "Yes" "I have no regrets" "We have done what we had to do" "Please wait..." "I am Moriyama" "Moriyama?" "Toshinosuke!" "Yes" "I am Sakuraoka Genjiemon's nephew Ishii Jūemon" "Sakuraoka left this in my keeping" "Sakuraoka-dono is handing this to us?" "Yes, but we didn't know where you were" "I was at a loss, then a voice like Nomura-sama's came from the room nextdoor" "This was truly good luck" "Please return to Mito" "Both in Fukuroda and villages in that vicinity preparations have been made to shelter you anytime" "This...may be a good plan" "In Mito there are still allies" "Rather than continue a dangerous journey, regroup" "It would be good to plan a resurgence" "I think this is good too" "No" "I will head to Totori" "There are allies in Totori too" "together let's take a hand in reforming the ways of this country" "As far as I know there are Han that support us" "I for one... cannot give up the idea of raisng an army" "If possible, please let me go with Seki-sama" "Unlike all of you there are no wanted posters for me circulating" "Understood" "Seki..." "Don't die" "Right" "You too, Nomura-sama" "You too, Okabe-sama" "Never" "Ah..." "I won't die 4th month 3rd day (May 23, 1860) Totori" "It's in Adachi-sama's letter that he can't see you, but..." "I'll see him no matter what..." "I'll come and see him" "Seki-san!" "Seiichirō-dono" "This way" "You wrote in your letter that you wouldn't meet me" "Why?" "A year ago when I visited you didn't we exchange promises to stand together?" "!" "I ask you once more convey our thinking to Tamura-sama" "Tamura-sama is retired" "The fact is that he tried to participate in Mitos plan..." "It's the same for both my father and me." "Everyday the magistrate's office keeps a sharp watch" "I beg you!" "Don't drag us and the Han into this" "Look at this!" "Your wanted posters have begun to circulated even around Totori from both the Bakufu and from Mito" "Even Lord Nariaki has abandoned you" "Don't say it!" "Seki-san!" "Was the attack on the Tairō really right?" "Were you able to change anything?" "Didn't you make a mistake?" "Please wait" "I am employed as the swordsmanship instructor for this Han" "I am Inaba Kazunori" "Inaba-dono, overlook this" "Adachi-dono, I'd like to borrow your sword" "What for?" "When I passed by, I could not help but overhear your conversation" "Seki Tetsunosuke-dono" "As someone receiving a stipend from this Han" "I express my heartfelt sympathy for your regrets" "Nonetheless, time passes" "Now, had I left you at liberty" "The Han and the lord would be entangled in trouble to a degree that would be immeasurable" "But to capture you unarmed is a disgrace for a warrior" "I know I want to play fair" "I gratefully accept your cordial gesture" "Seiichirō-dono" "Please lend me your sword" "Inaba-dono is our Han's best master..." "If it's that person I'll have no regrets even If I'm defeated" "Seki-san, seriously, will you travel to Satsuma?" "As I promised, I'm headed for Kyoto to get troops sent out" "If they say no, Saigō, Arimura, and I will stab each other to death" "Return to Mito and report my situation" "Satsuma, however, closed all the barriers, and" "Individuals from other clans were forbidden from coming and going" "7th month 9th day (August 25, 1860) 7h month 9th day (August 25, 1860) Hitachi-no-kuni Northern District Fukuroda Village" "It's me...it's Seki" "Seki-sama" "Go and quietly wake Genjiemon-dono" "(Village Headman Sakuraoka Genjiemon)" "Seki-sama..." "(Village Headman Sakuraoka Genjiemon)" "(Village Headman Sakuraoka Genjiemon)" "How wonderful... you are well" "Genjiemon-dono" "Well...this way" "Yoichi, the tatami" "Yoichi, you may go" "Seki-sama..." "Your dearest wish... you have achieved..." "Are the Bakufu's investigators here?" "After the incident, people we weren't accustomed to seeing disguised as merchants and alike, were staying at inns, and wandering around the neighborhood" "There are wanted posters from the clan circulating to report the deserters deserters when spotted" "Is that so" "But now it's becoming far more loose" "Both Nomura-sama and Okabe-sama are safe..." "We're hiding them in a new person's house" "We have been waiting for you" "Kōunsai" "Yes" "This is the flow of the time in which we cannot stop the commerce with foreign countries" "But with the current treaty the profits are taken one way to the foreign countries" "The price of goods is even rapidly rising for that reason..." "We need the power to amend the treaty" "The first thing is to make cannon out of iron" "Bronze cannons can't reach the black ships off shore" "The black ships' cannon reach ten times farther than Japanese cannon" "Can't we use the Nakaminto reverberatory furnace yet?" "Ah...unfortunately, not yet..." "The Han is showing an inclination for an allegiance with the Bakufu" "Even about the Imperial edict, I heard that Nariaki himself ordered" "Yoshiatsu-sama to return it to the Bakufu without delay" "Without even knowing that ..." "I set out for Satsuma" "To Satsuma is it!" "But in the end I couldn't enter the Han" "There's a rumor that Arimura Yūsuke was ordered to perform seppuku" "Nothing's been heard of Saigo-dono whether he's alive and safe or not" "In the end... there was not even one Han that sympathized with our thinking" "But since trade with foreign countries started rice, silk, gold, silver and so on, everything has gone up terribly" "And Ii Naosuke Tairō's error is the reason ... that the people are bitter" "Among the people of Mito, you" "Sakurada Patriots..." "Sakurada Patriots..." "Seiichirō... father was saying that" "when you use a hoe, your swordmanship will get strong too" "Is it true?" "farmers are the country's treasure too" "What's wrong?" "Tono!" "Somebody!" "Somebody!" "8th month 15th day (September 29, 1860)" "Tokugawa Nariaki died suddenly from a myocardial infarct age 60" "This is Genjiemon" "Yes" "Seki-sama, an express courier from Mito" "He said that the old lord died suddenly" "Nariaki-sama?" "Mito's that way?" "Well..." "You look well..." "I'm relieved" "You're safe and sound too" "Ah, somehow I'm staying alive" "Fusa-dono also received a harsh investigation, but there were no suspicions, and she was released" "Because Fusa's from a farm family" "It was good I didn't submit the registration that she's my wife" "To change the subject" "The Mikado's younger sister will be married into the shogun's family" "The Mikado's younger sister?" "A marital union..." "The Imperial Court and the Bakufu have become relatives" "The Mikado was opposed at first, but because the Bakufu said it will break the treaty it signed with the various foreign countries he gave approval" "Break the treaty?" "Already the Bakufu's influence has plummeted to the ground" "The fact is that they have no choice but to accept the Court's request" "At last...." "The purpose of our action has borne fruit" "The death of the Sakurada-mongai comrades was not pointless" "I heard that in Hikone Han all of the samurai except for the ashigaru accompanying Ii that day" "were condemned for not protecting their lord, and had to cut open their stomachs" "What the..." "One more thing" "It's difficult to tell you but..." "Ino-dono, who you were keeping in Kyōhashi, was arrested" "I heard that she was tortured and died" "Ino?" "Speak!" "Where is Tetsunosuke  say it!" "Let me go..." "I don't know so I can't tell you..." "Obstinate woman  increase the rocks!" "No!" "..." "No!" "Let me go!" "Let me go!" "I don't know!" "Ino..." "I'm sorry!" "My sympathy..." "I offer you" "We... to take one head, Ii Naosuke's," "have dragged how many lives into this?" "You're under arrest!" "..." "You're under arrest!" "You're under arrest!" "..." "Youre under arrest!" "You're under arrest!" "Seize him!" "Seki-sama, I will come in" "What does Nomura-sama write?" "He heard that Okabe-dono has been arrested" "I, Seki Tetsunosuke, remain... the only one..." "Seki-sama" "Do not weaken" "I don't understand anymore" "Must I ... still run away?" "Seki-sama... for us you are our pride" "For this nation, for this great cause you gave up everything" "Now, without exception, the day for all of us to be of service is coming" "Until then, we will gamble our lives too" "We will shelter you" "The large number of people involved as conspirators..." "1861 August 31" "1861 August 31 on the occasion of an important government official's castle attendance..." "1861 August 31" "1861 August 31 in a revered official site, without hesitation... perpetrated a plot culminating in violence..." "Because of the resprehensible indifference to authority ... the death penalty shall be imposed" "Stand!" " Kaneko Magojirō beheaded age 58" "Take him away!" "Kaneko Magojirō beheaded age 58" "Kaneko Magojirō beheaded age 58" "Stand!" "Ōzeki Washichirō beheaded age 28" "Take him away!" "Ōzeki Washichirō beheaded age 28" "Ōzeki Washichirō beheaded age 28" "Stand!" "Hasuda Ichigorō beheaded age 29" "Take him away!" "Hasuda Ichigorō beheaded age 29" "Stand!" "Moriyama Shigenosuke beheaded age 27" "Take him away!" "Stand!" "Sugiyama Yaichirō beheaded age 38" "Take him away!" "Sugiyama Yaichirō beheaded age 38" "Sugiyama Yaichirō beheaded age 38" "Stand!" "Mori Gorokurō beheaded age 24" "Take him away!" "Mori Gorokurō beheaded age 24" "Mori Gorokurō beheaded age 24" "Stand!" "Okabe Sanjūrō beheaded age 44" "Take him away!" "Okabe Sanjūrō beheaded age 44" "Okabe Sanjūrō beheaded age 44" "Kurosawa Chūsaburō died of injuries age 30;" "Saitō Kenmutsu died of injuries age 38;" "Satō Tetsusaburō exiled" "Arrest him!" "..." "Search that shed over there!" "Sakuraoka-dono" "We are very well aware of your relationship with Seki Tetsunosuke" "It is now futile to protect him any more" "For us to arrest someone who served the same Han ... is painful" "I don't know anything about Seki-sama" "If this is a lie you too will have to be punished" "I don't know anything" "Andō-sama!" "I report that" "Seki Tetsunosuke is not to be found anywhere..." "Only this man remains" "Search... this is a search" "We know about the hide-out in Fukuroda Village Go and find it without fail!" "Go!" "Yoichi" "I'm depending on you." "Yes..." "Seki-sama, let's go" "Seki-sama, we should hurry, in all the villages around here an official notice is out that not a single person who hides you will be left unpunished" "Sorry" "I've caused trouble for you too" "No, it's my duty for you to escape safely" "What is it?" "I remembered...there's a place I'll go to" "It's Suibara Village in Echigo" "Suibara Village?" "Ah... a merchant named Kisaburō is there" "The money lent to that man for the Emishi trip is still there" "I'll go and have it returned" "And with that money, what?" "I'll go across to the Emishi and send for allies" "Even Nariaki-sama was talking about it" "If we reclaim the Emishi country, this country will be more wealthy" "Tomorrow, you return to the village..." "Tell my comrades this plan" "Wait!" "..." "Wait!" ", wait!" "Chase him!" "Chase him!" "You're under arrest!" "Unfasten the rope" "You helped Seki Tetsunosuke's escape..." "I respect your noble-minded spirit, but for this you too have become a wanted man" "If you cover up anymore, there's no mistake you will imprisoned" "For Sakuraoka-sama too, you don't even know the trouble he'll suffer" "Think of your family, and cooperate with the search" "If you do, you won't be charged with a crime" "Seems like a reward will be offered too" "The business with Kisaburō, I remember too" "He was the man who came to the Han with talk about an Emishi land reclamation" "At that time, Seki-san was ordered to research the Emishi land reclamation" "Is that so." "A man who definitely looked like the one in the wanted poster visited two days ago" "But since Kisaburō had been away to go to the Emishi" "The man insisted that when Kisaburō returned he contact the Taya Ryokan in Yuzawa" "They said he left this letter" "Without a doubt it's Seki-san's handwriting.... no mistake" "Let's go to Yuzawa" "Is that it?" "Second floor on the far right..." "He's on the second floor in the room on the far right" "Understood..." "Arrest him" "Go!" "You're under arrest!" "Is this Seki Tetsunosuke?" "Arrest him!" "We have arrested Seki Tetsunosuke!" "Well... if it isn't Andō and Ōuchi" "This was unexpected" "I was thinking that Suibara Village magistrate's gang would come to arrest me" "Are these Mito people?" "If so, I would have waved a sword and run away" "Ah-no...." "Some sake?" "Ando ..." "Ōuchi" "The Bakufu won't last" "Just like the Kamakura Bakufu ... the Ashikaga Bakufu" "Sooner or later it will be overthrown by the might of the allies of the Imperial courtu" "At that time, what will Mito do?" "I too want to help overthrow the Bakufu, but" "this is a dream that won't come true" "1862 June 8" "2 years after the Sakuradamon Incident" "Seki Tetsunosuke beheaded age 38" "Mito Han Retainer Hiroki Matsunosuke 3 years after attack seppuku at Jōgyōji, Kamakura age 25" "Mito Han Retainer Mashiko Kinpachi Meiji 14 died of natural causes age 60" "Hitachi-no-kuni Shinkan Kaigo Sakinosuke, employed in Metropolitan Police Meiji 36 died of natural causes age 78" "8 years after the Sakuradamon Incident" "1868 (Meiji 1st year)" "Saigo Saa?" "This is the Sakurada Gait" "It started here" "It happened in an instant"