Rikyu Page #2

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About Masamune Date...

I have sent him many letters, urging him to join us.

But, no reply.

You're still too young.

I shall behead him!

Soji happens to be in Odawara.

Is he?

Yes, sire.

I believe Rikyu knows about it, too.

They were like master and disciple.

Soji is in Odawara.

Do you know what that means?

You'll use Rikyu?

Exactly.

To get to Lord Hojo.

How do you get in touch with Soji?

We'll use a spy to send him a letter from Rikyu.

I don't think Rikyu will cooperate with us.

We must avoid unnecessary wars.

I'm trying to say that Soji is stubborn.

He won't do what we want.

Maybe Rikyu has some ideas.

I wish he were a warlord.

If he were with the enemy,

he'd be a man to fear.

About Soji, too...

Rikyu may already be exchanging letters with him.

Rikyu knows better than to do that.

It's Mitsumari's idea, not mine.

I must fight Lord Hojo while still uncertain of unsure Date.

Reconciliation first.

Tell my mother that I and Koichiro are here.

Yes.

Mother.

Today, I came with Koichiro.

Fine

Long time no see

Busy recently

what with politics, what with the tea ceremony.

And that Masamune Date bother, too.

Mother you look great

You eat more

Brother's been neglecting that,

Feel ill again

Look pale

No

Are you OK?

Anyway, son,

I'm alright

Heaven will punish me if I complain.

But...

I feel mighty sad for my girls.

They went and married those warlords,

just cause you said to.

I feel real sorry for them.

Remember,

you served the Emperor, right?

So behave now.

What are you saying?

I was just the wife of a poor peasant.

Mother.

You served the Emperor.

Forget it

It happens that way...

I am sure

I never deserved that honor.

Just make people believe it.

Why?

You look nice in those clothes,

don't you think?

Is that right?

Onene, Let me rest here.

Politics can be tiring, can't they.

They make me hungry.

Let me eat here.

What would you like?

Anything. Soup and some dried fish will be enough.

Only that again?

I always eat too much of everything else.

I'm so very tired.

It was embarrassing.

Mother cried again.

She still wants those daughters I married off.

I'm afraid she's getting senile.

Mustn't speak ill of your mother.

Whatever you may think,

times have changed.

She can't go see those married girls so easily.

You're resigned to change because you succeeded all by yourself.

But your mother is different.

Are you blaming me?

No. Not at all.

Your mother has no greed

She remains a humble woman.

That just enchants people.

Then...

are you saying I'm a picture of world greed?

You are her son. You're the picture of humbleness.

Some woman!

You never stop talking back.

And when I'm so tired.

The lord will soon be here.

It pleases me...

that you're pregnant, Lady Ochacha.

We're eagerly waiting for the birth of the lord's son and heir.

Is the lord's wife well?

Yes. And she's studying the tea-ceremony.

Rikyu's wife Riki meets with her at times.

To instruct her?

She may be Rikyu's wife,

but a woman instructor would be too much.

My uncle is teaching me the tea-ceremony.

Nothing wrong with women studying it.

But the art was developed for samurai.

But now even merchants are practicing it.

I hate such a lowering of standards.

My uncle much admires Rikyu's tea ceremony.

He abuses the lord's favor.

And he's collaborating with a most suspicious potter.

One who sells junk at incredibly high prices.

The lord ordered Rikyu to hold a tea party

to persuade Date to be more obedient.

We're facing the risk that

more power may fall in the hands of Rikyu.

I'd like to see Rikyu when he's making tea.

The lord is arrived.

How are you?

Fine?

Yes, thank you, my lord.

Your stomach's XXX?

The baby often kicks.

The baby kicks?

Now!

It kicked just now!

It kicked now?

It kicked! It kicked!

Seen the new main gate?

Yes, I have.

I'm glad it's was finished so beautifully.

It's such a wonderful gift.

Don't thank me.

Here is one place

I can get a bit of peace.

I heard that Kokei was pardoned.

That's because Lord Hidenaga intervened.

I'm glad.

Tohaku Hasegawa happens to be here.

The painter?

I just finished it.

It's to celebrate my pardon.

The best gift I've ever seen.

He has such a talent.

Only he could point it.

You're only embarrassing me.

By the way, will you do us a favor?

Please go ahead

The main gate is now completed.

But...

it lacks something important.

Do you know what that is?

What do you mean?

A statue of yourself.

No. That way...

Every such gate has it's donor's image.

I heard that too.

That would be going too far.

We'll have Tohaku design one

and ask Ankei to carve it.

No. I'm serious.

Let's do it.

For the sake of the temple.

Let us hurry on horseback to our destination.

Let us hurry on horseback to our destination.

Our hearts are soaring high above the clouds.

I am the Lord Hideyoshi Hashiba,

Lord of the Chikuzen Province...

I feel better.

Your tea is a true medicine.

Recently...

you have had a great deal to worry about.

My brother has become so selfish, so arrogant.

He's reached the top of the mountain.

And now he's Ionely.

Masamune has become your disciple, right?

He's charmed by you.

My brother is delighted, too.

Thank you, sire.

Delighted, but...

he has some doubts.

Geni Maeda is speaking ill of you.

Has something wrong happened?

Maybe just my expert opinion.

Meaning...?

Merely a trifle.

You refused to give it?

That's it.

And now Mistunari Ishida and the other magistrates

are denouncing you as a nuisance.

It's problem!

This assault on the Hojos...

and then the attack on China.

Will you find me a nice tea bowl?

You prefer any particular kind?

Whatever you think best.

A new one...

Something colorful,

a red one would be best.

As you desire, sir.

Good.

They're very good.

Excuse me.

Give us a few bamboos.

Any ones you like.

Yes

Cut that one.

Yes

Many warlords have pitched their camps near here.

Will they really fight?

The Hojo force is boxed in. They're almost finished.

I wonder how Soji is doing.

Will you go around to the rear?

Master!

Soji!

Yes

I'm so glad to see you.

Yes

Come in.

Master

I believed I was a full-fledged tea-ceremony master.

Then I came to realize I was thinking in the wrong way.

I've dwelled too much on trifles.

For example?

If I have to consider the worth of

old and valuable utensils while making tea,

only an obstacle to the ceremony.

I'm ashamed.

Then you were...

still thinking about such utensils?

Maybe the endless path to true tea-ceremony

is to forget for value of the utensils.

You are absolutely right.

Now I can return to Odawara without regrets.

Will you return there?

I made a promise.

To whom?

Genan Hojo.

I was under the impression that he had released you.

Yes, but...

Remember, this is a battlefield.

It's impossible to go back through it.

I shall go back no matter what happens!

Is Genan so important?

Yes

You never change.

Why not enjoy the chance to stay here a little more?

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