Ep. 2: Tokuko faces marriage to Norihito while Biwa witnesses visions of future events and deaths.
Shigemori dismisses attackers of Lord Motofusa and sends Sukemori to Ise to apologize, but Kiyomori remains unrepentant. Tokuko explains to Biwa that Motofusa dislikes the Taira clan because her sister Moriko inherited Fujiwara lands after her husband’s death. Tokuko reveals she will marry Norihito, the young son of Emperor Go-Shirakawa. Kiyomori requests Shirabyoshi Lady Gio and her sister Lady Ginyo to keep Hotoke-Gozen company. Shigemori visits Emperor Go-Shirakawa to resign, suggesting Munemori as his replacement. The emperor notes that Kiyomori, though a monk, still engages in worldly affairs. Biwa befriends Gio but is saddened when the sisters become nuns to avoid being Kiyomori’s pawns. She is cheered by a vision of Hotoke-Gozen joining them later. When Tokuko departs for her marriage, Biwa desperately tries to stop her, disturbed by a vision of Tokuko’s death by drowning.
Episodes
- Ep. 1 · Biwa witnesses her father's death by Taira enforcers and enters Shigemori's household after predicting the clan's fall.
- Ep. 2 · Tokuko faces marriage to Norihito while Biwa witnesses visions of future events and deaths.
- Ep. 3 · Shigemori navigates family tensions and the Enryakuji temple conflict at Shishigatani.
- Ep. 4 · Tokuko's labor and Shigemori's death follow exile events and Moriko's passing.
- Ep. 5 · Taira forces defeat Genji at Uji Bridge and burn Onoji Temple in 1180
- Ep. 6 · Taira clan relocates to Fukuhara while Kiyomori mobilizes forces against Yorimoto's growing army.