The new shogun begins a series of much needed reforms and his enemies formulate their strategy of taking him, and the entire bakufu, down.

The following is a list of some of the Japanese names and terms that are used in this episode: Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Tokugawa Nariaki, Satsuma, Shimazu Hisamitsu, Saigo Takamori, Okubo Toshimichi, Choshu, Tosa, Yamauchi Yodo, Hyogo, Ii Naosuke, Ando Nobumasa.

Sources: The Meiji Restoration by W.G. Beasley, The Making of Modern Japan by Marius B. Jansen, A Modern History of Japan by Andrew Gordon.