Atsuhime

A Letter from Mother (1x45)

Air date: Nov 09, 2008

Tatewaki's attempt to stop Saigo and Okubo from taking a hard-line approach against the shogunate was ignored. The two and Iwakura prepared for war. Concerned about the safety of Tenshoin, Tatewaki, asks Tenshoin's mother to write a letter to her daughter to convince her to return to Satsuma. However, Tenshoin turns down the request and reaffirms her determination to devote the rest of her life for protecting the shogunate and the people in "Ooku."