7th Apr 2011

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

14th Apr 2011

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

21st Apr 2011

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.

28th Apr 2011

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

5th May 2011

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.

12th May 2011

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

19th May 2011

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

26th May 2011

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.

2nd Jun 2011

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.

9th Jun 2011

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.

16th Jun 2011

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

23rd Jun 2011

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

30th Jun 2011

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

7th Jul 2011

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

14th Jul 2011

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.

21st Jul 2011

Sasuke is assigned by Hideyoshi to reconcile with Ieyasu.

28th Jul 2011

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.

4th Aug 2011

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

25th Aug 2011

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

1st Sep 2011

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

8th Sep 2011

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.

15th Sep 2011

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

22nd Sep 2011

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

29th Sep 2011

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

6th Oct 2011

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.

13th Oct 2011

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

20th Oct 2011

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

27th Oct 2011

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

3rd Nov 2011

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

10th Nov 2011

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

17th Nov 2011

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

24th Nov 2011

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

1st Dec 2011

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

8th Dec 2011

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

15th Dec 2011

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

5th Jan 2012

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

12th Jan 2012

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

19th Jan 2012

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

26th Jan 2012

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