Ep. 5: Hideyoshi mengepung Kastil Tottori dan menguji Sasuke dengan artefak teh pada Agustus 1581

August 1581, Hideyoshi lays siege to Tottori Castle. Hashiba Hidenaga with Soeki secretly dressed in armor arrive to talk with Hideyoshi. Hideyoshi accepts to overthrow Nobunaga. Sasuke has two brothers-in-law: Nakagawa Kiyohide, brother of Osen (Sasuke's wife) and Takayama Ukon, who wedded Sasuke's sister. Ordered by Nobunaga, Takayama Ukon brings Ise steeds to Hideyoshi. Sasuke drinks with him while discussing the three tea jars Nitta, Hatsuhana, Narashiba. Later Hideyoshi displays eight masterpieces to Sasuke: he must pick the most modest one and give it to Mitsuhide. He chooses a teascoop made by Shutoku but replaces it with one he made. Hideyoshi delivers the teascoop while trying to sway Mitsuhide into rebellion. As a stratagem he wounds himself in order to cry in front of Mitsuhide. (Source: Wikipedia)
Episode
- Ep. 1 · Furuta Sasuke bernegosiasi untuk ketel teh Hiragumo sementara Nobunaga menguji kesetiaannya dengan kapal perang.
- Ep. 2 · Sasuke Meyakinkan Kiyohide untuk Menyerah di Tengah Kontroversi Mangkuk Teh
- Ep. 3 · Sasuke menjadi murid Soeki dan menyaksikan ambisi benua Nobunaga
- Ep. 4 · Cawan Teh Hitam Buatan Souki di Tengah Intrik Politik Nobunaga
- Ep. 5 · Hideyoshi mengepung Kastil Tottori dan menguji Sasuke dengan artefak teh pada Agustus 1581
- Ep. 6 · Sasuke mencoba merebut Kastil Fukuyou dengan menggunakan tembikar sederhana dan taktik penipuan.
- Ep. 7 · Soueki dan Sasuke mengamati keputusasaan Mitsuhide sementara Nobunaga merencanakan kenaikan tahtanya pada Januari 1582.
- Ep. 8 · Tokugawa Ieyasu menghadiri pesta Nobunaga sementara Mori Terumoto menargetkan kastil Takamatsu.
- Ep. 9 · 1582 Mei Sasuke menerima mangkuk berharga sementara Nobunaga merencanakan perang dan menolak gelar istana.