Sep. 20th, 2015 05:25 pm
Ichiro Ep7: Drama Notes
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earth_colorsEpisode 7: "An Invisible Enemy"
Episode Synopsis. The procession stops at the post town of Matsuida. Sakyonodainu (Watanabe Dai) is sick with a cold, and is told by the accompanying doctor Tsuji (Sakata Satoshi) to rest for a few days. Knowing the importance of arriving on time in Edo, Sakyonodaibu instructs Ichiro (Nagayama Kento) that they still depart the next morning. Worried about his condition, and perturbed by the recent troubles, Ichiro keeps watch by his liege's side the whole night... Meanwhile back in West Mino, Shogen's men wait for Shichizaemon to come for his daughter whom they abducted. They are not aware that the woman they actually abducted is not Kaoru but...
Drama Notes:
Matsuida [松井田]. It was the "sixteenth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the present-day city of Annaka, Gunma Prefecture, Japan", at the foot of Mount Myogi (pic above). In this episode, there are only 15 post stations left in Ichiro's Sankin-Kotai journey.
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Torikabuto [鳥兜]. A poisonous flowering plant called aconitum, also aconite, wolfsbane and monkshood. It has been mentioned in ancient tales, legends, and literature, often used as poison. It can be used for medicinal purposes too. Long ago, in Japan and other Asian countries, wolfsbane was applied on the tips of arrows used for hunting animals.
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Dokumi [毒味]. It means "poison tasting" or "foretaste". A dokumiyaku [毒見役] is a taster for poison. Noted incidents of poison testing during the Edo period was that of a Sendai clan's young lord, Date Tsunamura who was nearly poisoned in 1666 when he was 8 years old. He had escaped death by the action of the poison tester.
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Episode Synopsis. The procession stops at the post town of Matsuida. Sakyonodainu (Watanabe Dai) is sick with a cold, and is told by the accompanying doctor Tsuji (Sakata Satoshi) to rest for a few days. Knowing the importance of arriving on time in Edo, Sakyonodaibu instructs Ichiro (Nagayama Kento) that they still depart the next morning. Worried about his condition, and perturbed by the recent troubles, Ichiro keeps watch by his liege's side the whole night... Meanwhile back in West Mino, Shogen's men wait for Shichizaemon to come for his daughter whom they abducted. They are not aware that the woman they actually abducted is not Kaoru but...
Drama Notes:
Matsuida [松井田]. It was the "sixteenth of the sixty-nine stations of the Nakasendō. It is located in the present-day city of Annaka, Gunma Prefecture, Japan", at the foot of Mount Myogi (pic above). In this episode, there are only 15 post stations left in Ichiro's Sankin-Kotai journey.
(info/pic: wiki)
Torikabuto [鳥兜]. A poisonous flowering plant called aconitum, also aconite, wolfsbane and monkshood. It has been mentioned in ancient tales, legends, and literature, often used as poison. It can be used for medicinal purposes too. Long ago, in Japan and other Asian countries, wolfsbane was applied on the tips of arrows used for hunting animals.
(info/pic: wiki)
Dokumi [毒味]. It means "poison tasting" or "foretaste". A dokumiyaku [毒見役] is a taster for poison. Noted incidents of poison testing during the Edo period was that of a Sendai clan's young lord, Date Tsunamura who was nearly poisoned in 1666 when he was 8 years old. He had escaped death by the action of the poison tester.
(info: ja.wiki)
Broken sandal as a sign of bad luck. Breaking the strap of one's sandal (geta or straw sandal) is considered an ominous sign. That is why people avoid buying cheap sandals.
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