3화: 시게모리가 시시가타니에서 가족 간 갈등과 엔랴쿠지 사찰 분쟁을 해결하다

Shigemori sails with Biwa and others of his family to the Itsukushima shrine where Kiyomori has made his seat of power. On their return, Biwa meets Tokuko who is yet to have a child, but Tokuko is unconcerned about it or the fact that Norihito appears to have taken a lover, Lady Kogo. Meanwhile Shigemori must deal with a matter involving the Enryakuji. Lord Morotsune of the Fujiwara who governs Kaga province with his brother Lord Morotaka, demanded to use the bath at a temple affiliated with the Enryakuji. When they were refused, they burned the temple, and the Enryakuji head priest Meiun demands retribution. Their father Lord Saiko who serves Emperor Go-Shirakawa seeks leniency on their behalf, but thousands of Enryakuji warrior monks march on the palace and the emperor orders it to be forcefully defended. Many Enryakuji are slain and wounded, and their portable shrines desecrated. In retribution the Enryakuji set fire to the court's estates, including that of Shigemori. In administrator Shunkan's villa at Shishigatani, Lord Saiko suggests to the emperor that the Heike are becoming too powerful. He proposes and alliance with the Genji and other nobles and clans with grievances against the Heike. However, when Kiyomori learns of the plot, he seizes Shukan and Saiko and prepares to march against the emperor. Shigemori pleads for Kiyomori to stop as they owe their prosperity to the emperor and he is faced with the dilemma of loyalty to the emperor and filial piety to his father. (Source: Wikipedia)
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- 1화 · 비와가 타이라 가의 집행관들에게 아버지가 죽는 것을 목격하고 가문의 몰락을 예언한 후 시게모리의 가문에 들어간다.
- 2화 · 도쿠코는 노리히토와의 결혼을 앞두고, 비와는 미래의 사건들과 죽음에 대한 환상을 목격한다.
- 3화 · 시게모리가 시시가타니에서 가족 간 갈등과 엔랴쿠지 사찰 분쟁을 해결하다
- 4화 · 도쿠코의 분만과 시게모리의 죽음은 유배 사건과 모리코의 사망 이후에 이어진다.
- 5화 · 1180년, 타이라 세력이 우지 다리에서 겐지 세력을 격파하고 오노지 사찰을 불태움
- 6화 · 타이라 가문이 후쿠하라로 거처를 옮기고 기요모리가 요리모토의 군대 증가에 맞서 병력을 동원한다.
- 7화 · 정치적 혼란과 고후쿠지 사원 소각 후 키요모리가 사망함