Atsuhime

Overview

The 47th NHK Taiga Drama is a life story of Princess Atsu, who was born in Kagoshima Prefecture, then called Satsuma, and became the wife of Tokugawa Iesada, the 13th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. She accedes to the highest rank in Ooku, the inner palace of the Edo castle where women related to the reigning shogun resided. Iesada dies soon after their marriage and Atsuhime assumes the name Tenshoin at the age of 23. She exerts herself for the Tokugawa clan and for the nation during the upheaval in the Meiji Restoration, headed by those from Satsuma.

Details

Status

Ended

First aired

January 6, 2008

Last aired

December 14, 2008

Episodes

50

Network

NHK BS1

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

NHK

Creator

Tomiko Miyao

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt1050377