Season 1

1978–1982

Jan 7, 1978 · 45m

Roughhousing daimyo Tokugawa Yoshimune of Kishu reluctantly becomes the Shogun so that he may bring prosperity to everyone in the country. On his procession to Edo Palace, he runs into his old friend Tatsugoro, and a little girl begging for a pardon for her father on death row. Yoshimune decides to sneak out of Edo Palace and do a little detective work.

E2. The Remarkable Charlatan

Jan 14, 1978 · 45m

Ogyu Shosen is called a quack doctor, but Yoshimune thinks he should be made surgeon-general.

E3. The First Fireman Banner

Jan 21, 1978 · 45m

Hatamoto firemen are causing a nuisance and thieving in town, so fiery Tatsugoro and his gang of construction workers aim to take them down.

E4. Mother From Long Past

Jan 28, 1978 · 45m

A hatamoto's spoiled brat daughter is in the habit of thieving and blaming it on commoners. Meanwhile, Yoshimune becomes preternaturally obsessed with a den-den taiko (a type of child's toy).

E5. Spring in the O'oku

Feb 4, 1978 · 45m

E6. The Splendid Potato Samurai

Feb 11, 1978 · 45m

E7. The Man of River Styx

Feb 25, 1978 · 45m

E8. The Befouled Truncheon

Mar 4, 1978 · 45m

E9. The Chivalrous Thief

Mar 11, 1978 · 45m

E10. The Blossoming Meyasubako

Mar 18, 1978 · 45m

E11. The Finest Kiyari Song

Mar 25, 1978 · 45m

E12. The Amazing Kishu Woman

Apr 1, 1978 · 45m

Yoshimune's old friend from Kishu, a female lumberjack, comes to Edo to engage in lumber trade, but gets in trouble.

E13. The Perilous Souvenir Gift

Apr 8, 1978 · 45m

Yoshimune's old friends from Kishu, Sakichi and Onatsu of the lumber store, are leaving town, so Yoshimune comes to bring them a present. He ends up getting in the way of a drug bust and is mistaken for a drug dealer.

E14. The Golden Crow Charms

Apr 15, 1978 · 45m

Fireman Genzo wins the lottery, but is then reported to the police for having a forged ticket.

E15. The Quack Who Calls Forth Spring

Apr 22, 1978 · 45m

Even though he has been made surgeon-general, nobody trusts Ogawa Shosen or Yoshimune's city hospital. Yoshimune decides to get himself admitted as Shin-san to investigate from within.

E16. Showdown at Beautiful Yoshiwara

Apr 29, 1978 · 45m

E17. Love and the Guardian Deity

May 6, 1978 · 45m

Satsuma domain bully a store that is in their debt by trying to steal the storekeeper's girlfriend, and by framing them for theft. Only a man of stone can save Tamba-ya from destruction!

E18. The Beat of a Taiko Drum in Edo

May 13, 1978 · 45m

Yoshimune really wants to attend a festival in Edo, but he has important business to attend to in the palace. Jii says he can go out as long as he is back by 4 PM. This doesn't seem likely, since Yoshimune gets involved in a big fistfight and village drama.

E19. A Ballad of a Fireman

May 20, 1978 · 45m

Tatsugoro's family is indebted to a samurai family, so Tatsugoro gives the samurai family his very best fireman to adopt, since the samurai have no heir of their own. The other samurai do not like him.

E20. Iris and Sympathy

May 27, 1978 · 45m

E21. Fireman's Standard was Watching

Jun 3, 1978 · 45m

E22. Friendships Support the World

Jun 17, 1978 · 45m

E23. Rage of the Fishmonger

Jun 24, 1978 · 45m

E24. The Dreadful Shichi-ri Messengers

Jul 1, 1978 · 45m

E25. Heavens! Great Trouble in Edo

Jul 8, 1978 · 45m

E26. The Drunken Man Who was Promoted

Jul 15, 1978 · 45m

E27. The Woman Who Challenged the Yagyu Family

Jul 22, 1978 · 45m

E28. A Flower Blooms in the Dark

Jul 29, 1978 · 45m

E29. The Goofiest Pickpocket in Edo

Aug 19, 1978 · 45m

E30. The Misjudged Betrayer

Sep 9, 1978 · 45m