The reign of the eighth shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune in the Edo period, was notable for the “Ooka Sabaki” which supported the Kyoho Reforms that Yoshimune advanced. Yoshimune goes beyond status and the position he has been thrust in, to join with Edo magistrate Ooka Tadasuke and the Western medicine doctor Sakakibara Iori in order to promote the creation of a world for the common people of Edo. These three men deepen exchanges with the magistrate’s office and the townsfolk, uphold justice and struggle to keep order in Edo…
Showing Season 1 of 7
Ooka Echizen
2013
Ooka Tadasuke was a magistrate of Ise Yamada (modern-day Ise City in Mie Prefecture). In 1712, he sentenced a thief who was causing a stir in the village. The culprit was a great-grandson of Tokugawa Ieyasu and the feudal lord of the Kishu domain, who would later become Tokugawa Yoshimune. In fact, previous magistrates had turned a blind eye to Yoshimune’s bad conduct.
01. Episode 1
2013-03-30
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02. Episode 2
2013-04-06
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03. Episode 3
2013-04-13
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04. Episode 4
2013-04-20
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05. Episode 5
2013-04-27
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06. Episode 6
2013-05-04
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07. Episode 7
2013-05-11
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08. Episode 8
2013-05-18
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09. Episode 9
2013-05-25
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