Tien jaar zijn verstreken sinds het einde van Bakumatsu, een tijdperk van oorlog waarin burgers in opstand kwamen tegen het Tokugawa-shogunaat. De revolutionairen wilden een tijd van vrede creëren, en een bloeiend land vrij van onderdrukking. Het nieuwe tijdperk van Meiji is aangebroken, maar de vrede is nog niet bereikt. Zwaarden zijn verboden, maar er worden nog steeds mensen op straat vermoord. Weeskinderen van oorlogsveteranen kunnen nergens heen, terwijl de regering tevreden lijkt te zijn met het vullen van hun zakken met geld.
Saigo Takamori, the hero of the Meiji Restoration, was born to a poor, low-ranking samurai family in the Satsuma domain (present day Kagoshima Prefecture). His simple honesty caught the attention of its charismatic feudal lord of Satsuma, Shimazu Nariakira. Nariakira’s assertion that the love of people is what will enrich and strengthen the nation captivated Saigo who took on Nariakira’s secret mission and eventually became a key person for Satsuma. Not a portrait of him survives today and much of his life is a mystery. He is a man who was twice exiled and thrice married. He overthrew the Tokugawa Shogunate with exceptional bravery and action. Although he accomplished the restoration, he lost his life in a fight with the new Meiji government.
Het Meiji-tijdperk was er een van grote vernieuwing voor Japan, waar zwaarden en moord verboden waren. Veel overlevenden uit de tijd van de Revolutie leven echter nog steeds, op de loer in de schaduw en wachtend op een kans om hun moordzwaarden opnieuw te gebruiken. Alleen Kenshin Himura, voorheen een van de meest brutale moordenaars, hoopt de eer als zwaardvechter te behouden en in het nieuwe tijdperk te leven.
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.
Fumi becomes Genzui Kusaka’s wife. During the turbulent times of the closing days for the Tokugawa shogunate, she lives positively and tries to keep up Shoin Yoshida's will. Shoin Yoshida is her older brother and intellectual.
Yae no Sakura is a 2013 Japanese television series. It is the 52nd NHK taiga drama. The story focuses on Niijima Yae, who is portrayed by Haruka Ayase.
The Story is about three daughters of a "Hatamoto" during the end of the Edo period and the Meiji Restoration.
Ryōmaden is the 49th NHK Taiga drama. It was shown on NHK from January 3 to November 28, 2010 spanning 48 episodes. The story centers on the life of 19th-century Japanese historical figures Iwasaki Yatarō and Sakamoto Ryōma. It has been announced that the series will be aired in several other countries, for example Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.
The Shogunate is in its final years, and war is fast approaching. When Yojiro Akizuki, a dark and mysterious mercenary, nears something supernatural with some kind of importance to him, the ornament on the end of his sword hilt waves in its direction, his eyes glow mysteriously, and he is driven to go after it. He comes across a traveling theater group who is out for revenge for the killing of the parents of the group's leader, and whose mysterious playwright likes to secretly help along events of history. Yojiro joins them to lend them his skill against their enemies, while dark conspiracy continues to follow behind him.
It depicts how the winner, the Satsuma Clan, and the loser, the Aizu Clan, survive through the Edo period and the Meiji Restoration in their respective ways of life.