Air date: 2011-04-07

Runtime: 25 min

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

Air date: 2011-04-14

Runtime: 25 min

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

Air date: 2011-04-21

Runtime: 25 min

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.

Air date: 2011-04-28

Runtime: 25 min

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

Air date: 2011-05-05

Runtime: 25 min

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.

Air date: 2011-05-12

Runtime: 25 min

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

Air date: 2011-05-19

Runtime: 25 min

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

Air date: 2011-05-26

Runtime: 25 min

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.

Air date: 2011-06-02

Runtime: 25 min

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.

Air date: 2011-06-09

Runtime: 25 min

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.

Air date: 2011-06-16

Runtime: 25 min

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

Air date: 2011-06-23

Runtime: 25 min

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

Air date: 2011-06-30

Runtime: 25 min

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

Air date: 2011-07-07

Runtime: 25 min

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

Air date: 2011-07-14

Runtime: 25 min

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.

Air date: 2011-07-21

Runtime: 25 min

Sasuke is assigned by Hideyoshi to reconcile with Ieyasu.

Air date: 2011-07-28

Runtime: 25 min

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.

Air date: 2011-08-04

Runtime: 25 min

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

Air date: 2011-08-25

Runtime: 25 min

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

Air date: 2011-09-01

Runtime: 25 min

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

Air date: 2011-09-08

Runtime: 25 min

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.

Air date: 2011-09-15

Runtime: 25 min

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

Air date: 2011-09-22

Runtime: 25 min

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

Air date: 2011-09-29

Runtime: 25 min

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

Air date: 2011-10-06

Runtime: 25 min

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.

Air date: 2011-10-13

Runtime: 25 min

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

Air date: 2011-10-20

Runtime: 25 min

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

Air date: 2011-10-27

Runtime: 25 min

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

Air date: 2011-11-03

Runtime: 25 min

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

Air date: 2011-11-10

Runtime: 25 min

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

Air date: 2011-11-17

Runtime: 25 min

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

Air date: 2011-11-24

Runtime: 25 min

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

Air date: 2011-12-01

Runtime: 25 min

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

Air date: 2011-12-08

Runtime: 25 min

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

Air date: 2011-12-15

Runtime: 25 min

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

Air date: 2012-01-05

Runtime: 25 min

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

Air date: 2012-01-12

Runtime: 25 min

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

Air date: 2012-01-19

Runtime: 25 min

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

Air date: 2012-01-26

Runtime: 25 min

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