Aired: 4/7/2011
Matsunaga Hisahide has risen in rebellion against warlord Nobunaga Oda. The aesthete Furuta Sasuke is ordered to negotiate for peace.
Aired: 4/14/2011
Araki Murashige rises in rebellion against Nobunaga. Sasuke plots to exploit his marriage to the sister of Araki's most trusted vassal.
Aired: 4/21/2011
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.
Aired: 4/28/2011
Sôeki invites Sasuke and Hideyoshi for a tea ceremony. During Sasuke's absence, Sôeki approaches Hideyoshi with a terrifying plot.
Aired: 5/5/2011
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.
Aired: 5/12/2011
As Nobunaga goes through with his unification attempts, Sasuke tries to distinguish himself by participating in the sieges on various castles.
Aired: 5/19/2011
Mitsuhide Akechi is manipulated by Sôeki and Hideyoshi, planting the seeds of rebellion against Nobunaga.
Aired: 5/26/2011
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.
Aired: 6/2/2011
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.
Aired: 6/9/2011
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.
Aired: 6/16/2011
The late Oda's vassals are forced to take sides as a civil war looms.
Aired: 6/23/2011
Azuchi Castle is put under Akechi's command. When Sôeki visits the place, he finds it quite different.
Aired: 6/30/2011
Both Akechi and Sasuke learn who assassinated Nobunaga, and are faced with the biggest moral conflict of their lives.
Aired: 7/7/2011
Akechi, after being crushingly defeat by the Hashiba force, has his final supper with his closest vassals. There, he experiences the essence of "Wabi".
Aired: 7/14/2011
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.
Aired: 7/21/2011
Sasuke is assigned by Hideyoshi to reconcile with Ieyasu.
Aired: 7/28/2011
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.
Aired: 8/4/2011
Hideyoshi gives Sôeki the honorable name of "Sen-no Rikyû". Rikyû once again invites Hideyoshi to a bold plot.
Aired: 8/25/2011
Friction between Rikyû and Hideyoshi increases. Meanwhile, Oribe aspires to master the way of tea, but lacks the confidence to succeed.
Aired: 9/1/2011
Oribe visits the tea master Hechikan, once a fellow student of Rikyû, to deepen his understanding of wabi aesthetics.
Aired: 9/8/2011
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.
Aired: 9/15/2011
The Kyushu conquest begins. In the battle against the Akizuki troops, Oribe gets help from Nobushige Sanada, and sneaks into Kosyozan Castle.
Aired: 9/22/2011
Hideyoshi announces a great tea gathering to commemorate the subjugation of Kyushu and the erection of Jurakudai Castle.
Aired: 9/29/2011
Tea masters from all over Japan gather in Kyoto for Hideyoshi's great tea gathering. Oribe has an elaborate plan to outdo them all.
Aired: 10/6/2011
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.
Aired: 10/13/2011
Hechikan forces both Oribe and Rikyû to reflect on their rigid ways.
Aired: 10/20/2011
Rikyû and Oribe together undergo a maturation, as they rediscover the fun and freedom in wabi.
Aired: 10/27/2011
Rikyû's most promising disciple, Souji Yamanoue, finally finds his place in the Kanto region, just as Hideyoshi is preparing an invasion.
Aired: 11/3/2011
The Odawara conquest begins. Rikyû meets Souji again. They were pleased with each other's mental growth.
Aired: 11/10/2011
During Hideyoshi's feudal reforms, Ieyasu is granted a new domain: Edo.
Aired: 11/17/2011
Hideyoshi and Rikyû's relationship continues to deteriorate. Oribe is attacked by the impetuous Date Masamune.
Aired: 11/24/2011
To his dismay, Hideyoshi finds his courtiers will never support him to the fullest.
Aired: 12/1/2011
Oribe invites Rikyû to a hot spring with ocean view, and is motivated to change his course.
Aired: 12/8/2011
Rikyû is angered when Hideyoshi confiscates his greatest treasure and only daughter. Meanwhile, Oribe produces the first true piece of Oribe pottery.
Aired: 12/15/2011
The reception of Oribe's latest cup is highly positive. Josui Kuroda visits the gravely ill Hidenaga Toyotomi.
Aired: 1/5/2012
Aware that Hideyoshi's advisers are planning to dispose of him, Rikyû invites Ieyasu to a tea ceremony.
Aired: 1/12/2012
Masamune angered Hideyoshi again. He goes to Oribe and Takayama for advice on how to make up to his lord.
Aired: 1/19/2012
Rikyû is ordered by Hideyoshi to seclude himself at Sakai. Oribe and Tadaoki see him off at the Yodo river.
Aired: 1/26/2012
Hideyoshi orders Rikyû to commit seppuku, and appoints an executioner: Furuta Oribe.
