Ep. 17: Sasuke receives promotion and adopts the Oribe name after tea ceremony disputes

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In March 1585, Sasuke hosts a tea ceremony for Soueki and Souji in Ibaraki using the Hatsuhana. Soueki criticizes Sasuke for imitating his Taian tea room. Hideyoshi becomes chief advisor to the emperor, and Sasuke anticipates a promotion. By July, Sasuke is elevated to daimyo status at Oozaka castle, gaining control of the west hills of Yamashiro province and 35,000 koku. He selects the title Oribe, inspired by olive-dyed clothes shown by Ukon. Sasuke marries his daughter Sen to Furuta Shigetsugu to manage the Nakagawa house. Traveling to Mino, he meets Ueda Sataro, who presents an Imayaki Seto black tea bowl made by Choujirou. Sasuke instructs Hanshichi from Muta no Boraga to create a Shinoyaki with a red mark. Honoring the Six Works of Seto of Nobunaga, he orders his artisans to produce the Ten works of Oribe.