Ep. 2: Tokuko steht vor der Ehe mit Norihito, während Biwa Visionen zukünftiger Ereignisse und Todesfälle erlebt.

Shigemori dismisses the men who attacked Lord Motofusa and sends Sukemori to Ise to apologize for his disrespect, however Kiyomori is unrepentant for his impetuous actions. Tokuko explains to Biwa that Motofusa dislikes the Taira clan because her younger sister Moriko was married off into the Fujiwara clan and inherited the Fujiwara lands when her husband died soon after. Tokuko reveals that she is soon to be married off to Norihito, the young son of Emperor Go-Shirakawa. The Shirabyoshi, Lady Gio and her younger sister Lady Ginyo arrive at Kiyomori's request to keep her replacement, Hotoke-Gozen, company. Shigemori visits Emperor Go-Shirakawa and offers to resign, having his brother Munemori replace him. The emperor observes that although Kiyomori has entered the monastic life, he has not rejected involvement in worldly affairs. Biwa takes a liking to Gio, but is saddened to find that she and her sister leave and become nuns to avoid being pawns of Kiyomori. Biwa is cheered however by a vision that in the future, Hotoke-Gozen joins them. later, when Tokuko leaves to marry Norihito, Biwa desperately tries to stop her, disturbed by her vision of Tokuko's death by drowning. (Source: Wikipedia)
Episoden
- Ep. 1 · Biwa ist Zeugin des Todes ihres Vaters durch Taira-Angehörige und tritt in Shigemoris Haushalt ein, nachdem sie den Fall des Clans vorhergesagt hat.
- Ep. 2 · Tokuko steht vor der Ehe mit Norihito, während Biwa Visionen zukünftiger Ereignisse und Todesfälle erlebt.
- Ep. 3 · Shigemori navigiert familiäre Spannungen und den Konflikt um den Enryakuji-Tempel in Shishigatani.
- Ep. 4 · Tokukos Wehen und Shigemoris Tod folgen auf die Ereignisse des Exils und Morikos Tod.
- Ep. 5 · Taira zwingen die Genji zur Niederlage an der Uji-Brücke und verbrennen den Onoji-Tempel im Jahr 1180
- Ep. 6 · Der Taira-Klan verlegt seinen Sitz nach Fukuhara, während Kiyomori seine Truppen gegen die wachsende Armee von Yorimoto mobilisiert.