15 - The Virtue of Otani Yoshitsugu

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[00:03] Suibara
    Faster!
[00:06] Suibara
    Have we got enough arrows?
[00:09] Suibara
    Swords, armors...
    Bring them all out! Hurry!
[00:12] Suibara
    Remember Tanegashima!
[00:16] Suibara
    Don't forget our supplies, either!
[00:22] Fujita
    Suibara-dono is fired up
    for the coming battle.
[00:27] Kagekatsu
    Yes, he did have to sit out
     the attack on Sado.
[00:32] Kagekatsu
    He must be itching for battle.
[00:34] Suibara
    Whoops! Over there!
SIGN    Suibara Chikanori
[00:38] Nar
    Suibara Chikanori.
[00:40] Nar
    During the legendary
    fourth battle of Kawanakajima,
[00:45] Nar
    though it was his first campaign,
    he demonstrated outstanding prowess in battle,
[00:48] Nar
    and Kenshin promoted him to the high rank
     of chief vassal of the Uesugi clan.
[00:53] Fujita
    Hm... I don't see Naoe-dono around.
[00:59] Kagekatsu
    Knowing Kanetsugu before combat,
    he's probably at...
[01:04] Keiji VO
    Unto-an?
[01:06] Keiji
    Isn't that...
[01:08] Kanetsugu
    Yes.
[01:10] Kanetsugu
    It was the temple where Kagekatsu and
    I trained, by command of Lord Kenshin,
[01:15] Kanetsugu
    back during the days of my youth,
    when I was still called Yoroku.
[01:19] Kanetsugu
    I met a man there who
    I'll never forget as long as I live.
[01:25] Keiji
    A man you'll never forget?
[01:28] Kanetsugu
    A sworn friend to Ishida-dono,
    his best vassal, second to none.
[01:31] Keiji
    The one who died at Sekigahara,
[01:35] Keiji VO
    The Justice Minister
    Otani Yoshitsugu?
[01:39] Kanetsugu VO
    Yes.
[01:41] Kanetsugu
    He sought nothing for himself,
    and died selflessly for his friend.
[01:46] Kanetsugu VO
    That man.
SIGN    The Virtue of Otani Yoshitsugu
[03:27] Mosuke
    Brings back memories.
[03:29] Mosuke
    The temple hasn't changed a bit.
[03:32] Mosuke
    You know when I was very young,
[03:35] Mosuke
    I was sent here from another
    province to do training.
[03:38] Kanetsugu
    Oh?
[03:39] Mosuke
    The training was so rigid
    I fled in the middle of the night.
[03:45] Mosuke
    I've been wandering ever since.
[03:47] Mosuke
    Huh?
[03:54] Mosuke
    Yeah, yeah.
    I remember this stone floor.
[03:57] Mosuke
    I remember this...
[04:02] Boy Mosuke
    C-Cold... It's so c-cold...
[04:07] Boy Mosuke
    At least I don't have to do
    that training anymore.
[04:12] Boy Mosuke
    Hm? Huh?
[04:15] Boy Mosuke
    Wh-What the...
[04:18] Boy Mosuke VO
    Hey, you!
[04:20] Boy Mosuke
    What are you doing?
[04:24] Boy Yoroku
    What am I doing?
[04:25] Boy Yoroku
    I heard there's a stone engraving
[04:26] Boy Yoroku
    of the Dharma Flower Sutra
    buried under this stone floor...
[04:29] Boy Yoroku
    That's why they say it's meritorious
    to walk the grounds of this Unto-an Temple.
[04:33] Boy Yoroku
    I'm going to find out if it's really here.
[04:35] Boy Mosuke
    Stop it! You'll get yourself cursed!
[04:37] Boy Yoroku
    I'm not going to get cursed!
[04:39] Boy Mosuke
    Huh?
[04:40] Boy Yoroku
    Look.
[04:41] Boy Yoroku
    You don't know fire's hot till you touch it.
[04:44] Boy Yoroku
    And you can't tell the truth from a lie
    until you see it with your own eyes.
[04:49] Boy Mosuke
    Yeah, right.
[04:49] Boy Mosuke
    Keep it up, and you'll go to Hell for it.
[04:53] Boy Yoroku
    You can't call yourself a warrior
     and be afraid of Hell.
[04:56] Boy Yoroku
    And if I wind up there,
    I'll just have to behead the king of Hell!
[04:58] Boy Mosuke
    Huh?
[05:03] Mosuke
    That's what he said...
    That brat was out of control.
[05:07] Mosuke
    What was his name...
[05:09] Kanetsugu
    It was Yoroku.
[05:10] Mosuke
    Right, right! Yoroku!
[05:12] Mosuke
    The brat's name was Yoroku!
[05:15] Mosuke
    Huh?
[05:16] Mosuke
    Wasn't Yoroku...
[05:18] Kanetsugu
    That was me.
[05:20] Kanetsugu
    You're talking about me.
[05:22] Mosuke
    What?!
[05:29] Mosuke
    You and I've known each other since then?
[05:33] Kanetsugu
    So what?
[05:34] Kanetsugu
    I've always known that
    was you from way back then.
[05:37] Mosuke
    No way.
[05:40] Mosuke
    Whoops?
[05:44] Boy
    May I receive merit.
[05:45] Boy
    May I receive merit.
[05:52] Mosuke
    What was that all about?
[06:12] Yoshitsugu VO
    You...
[06:14] Yoshitsugu
    What was your wish for?
[06:16] Yoshitsugu
    Was it for food?
[06:18] Yoshitsugu
    For clothing?
[06:20] Boy
    No.
[06:21] Boy
    My mother's sick
    and has become blind.
[06:25] Boy
    I feel sorry for her.
[06:28] Boy
    So I wished for her to be cured.
[06:30] Boy
    So she can see again.
[06:34] Yoshitsugu
    I see.
[06:37] Boy
    Mister...
[06:40] Boy
    Mister, are you blind, too?
[06:43] Boy
    Want me to make a wish for you, too, Mister?
[06:45] Yoshitsugu
    I just have a wart on my eye. That's all.
[06:49] Boy
    Oh...
[06:50] Yoshitsugu
    But you are very kind.
[06:54] Yoshitsugu
    You think of others instead of yourself.
[06:58] Yoshitsugu
    You possess the heart of benevolence.
[07:01] Boy
    Benevolence?
[07:04] Yoshitsugu
    Kannon-sama, must have brought us together.
[07:08] Yoshitsugu
    If you ever get the chance,
[07:11] Yoshitsugu
    bring this coat with you,
    and come visit me at Tsuruga Castle.
[07:15] Boy
    Who are you, Mister?
[07:17] Yoshitsugu
    Just ask for the man
    with the wart on his eye.
[07:20] Boy
    I will.
[07:21] Boy
    Thanks!
[07:38] Kanetsugu
    My name is Naoe Kanetsugu.
[07:44] Kanetsugu
    I saw your family crest,
    the butterflies of Tsuruga Castle.
[07:47] Kanetsugu
    Do you work with Magistrate Toyotomi?
[07:50] Yoshitsugu
    I am the Justice Minister,
    Otani Yoshitsugu.
SIGN    Otani Yoshitsugu
[07:54] Nar
    In that very same year,
[07:57] Nar
    Otani Yoshitsugu had become
    the lord of Tsuruga Castle.
[08:02] Nar
    He received a stipend of 500 koku.
[08:05] Nar
    Along with Ishida Mitsunari,
    he was Hideyoshi's beloved retainer.
[08:08] Nar
    Although young,
[08:09] Nar
    he was placed in charge
    of the Toyotomi government's
[08:12] Nar
    important magistrate duties.
[08:14] Kanetsugu
    But what are you doing at a place like this?
[08:18] Yoshitsugu
    I was...
[08:21] Yoshitsugu
    waiting for you to arrive.
[08:25] Yoshitsugu
    I went to Uesugi's residence first,
    but you had already left.
[08:31] Yoshitsugu
    And that's where I was told...
[08:34] Yoshitsugu
    that before a battle, Naoe-dono always
[08:37] Yoshitsugu
    visits his boyhood temple of Unto-an.
[08:42] Kanetsugu
    So you rode your horse
    all the way here, just to see me...
[08:46] Kanetsugu
    but for someone of your rank to come
    see me, there must be official business.
[08:51] Yoshitsugu
    It concerns Odawara.
SIGN    Odawara Castle
[08:58] Nar
    Fourth generation lord
    of the Hojo clan, Ujimasa.
SIGN    Ujimasa
[09:03] Nar
    Fifth generation lord, Ujinao ...
SIGN    Ujinao
[09:07] Nar
    and Ujinao's uncle, Ujinori.
SIGN    Ujinori
[09:11] Nar
    Ujinori once lived with Tokugawa Ieyasu,
     a fellow hostage, at Imagawa.
[09:20] Nar
    Because he was a superior diplomat,
[09:23] Nar
    he had an objective and clear
    understanding of Toyotomi's abilities.
[09:27] Nar
    This is how it all began.
[09:32] Nar
    Hojo led a minor skirmish
    against the territory of the Sanada clan.
[09:38] Nar
    Due to Hideyoshi's mediation,
    the battle was stalled.
[09:43] Nar
    Shortly thereafter,
    Hojo invaded Nagurumi Castle.
SIGN    Nagurumi Castle
[09:49] Nar
    This was in violation of the edict forbidding
[09:53] Nar
    personal infighting among the daimyos.
[09:55] Nar
    As such, Hideyoshi decided
    to attack Odawara Castle.
[10:00] Nar
    And...
[10:02] Ujinori
    Why?!
[10:04] Ujinori
    Why did you attack
    Sanada's Nagurumi Castle?
[10:07] Ujinao
    Because I wanted all their rice fields.
[10:11] Ujinori
    Idiocy!
[10:13] Ujinori
    Both of you were supposed
    to go to the capital,
[10:15] Ujinori
    and render your service
    to Hideyoshi as vassals!
[10:17] Ujinori
    That was the condition
    of Hideyoshi's promise:
[10:20] Ujinori
    to persuade Sanada to hand over
    their rice fields to Hojo.
[10:22] Ujinori VO
    He promised to leave
    Nagurumi Castle untouched,
[10:25] Ujinori VO
    because it stands on
    Sanada's ancestral land!
[10:29] Ujinori
    That's why Sanada was going to comply!
[10:32] Ujinori
    But look what you've done!
[10:35] Ujinori
    It's because of this that Hideyoshi will...
[10:37] Ujimasa VO
    Huh?
[10:39] Ujimasa
    Huh?
[10:41] Ujimasa
    Ujinori.
[10:42] Ujimasa
    Hey, Ujinori.
[10:44] Ujimasa
    Don't worry about it.
[10:47] Ujimasa
    We are fully prepared.
[10:51] Ujimasa
    Our Odawara Castle is protected
    by many solid fortresses.
[10:58] Ujimasa VO
    Even if Hideyoshi storms us
    with 50,000 or even 100,000 troops...
[11:05] Ujimasa
    our castle will never be overtaken.
[11:08] Ujimasa
    Remember Kenshin?
[11:11] Ujimasa
    Even he had to retreat
    with his tail between his legs.
[11:15] Ujinori
    But Hideyoshi is...
[11:19] Ujimasa
    Ujinori.
[11:21] Ujimasa
    You worry too much.
[11:26] Ujinao
    Uncle, you're more cowardly than I thought.
[11:56] Yoshitsugu
    Naoe-dono.
[11:59] Kanetsugu
    Yes.
[12:00] Yoshitsugu
    Depending on Uesugi's move,
    this next battle could shake the nation.
[12:08] Yoshitsugu
    Which is why...
[12:10] Yoshitsugu
    I want to know Uesugi's
    position on the matter.
[12:15] Kanetsugu
    Our... position?
[12:17] Yoshitsugu
    Indeed.
[12:18] Yoshitsugu
    The Senior Regent intends to subjugate
    Hojo with an army of unprecedented size.
[12:26] Yoshitsugu (back turned)
    However, even with a large
    army of the finest troops,
[12:30] Yoshitsugu (back turned)
    Odawara is unaccustomed
    to the battlefield...
[12:33] Yoshitsugu
    In order to attack the Kanto area,
[12:36] Yoshitsugu
    we need the aid of Tokugawa and Uesugi
[12:40] Yoshitsugu
    and Date of Oshu who know the terrain.
[12:43] Yoshitsugu
    But we have not heard back from Date,
     if he'll agree to battle.
[12:49] Yoshitsugu
    If worse comes to worse,
[12:52] Yoshitsugu
    we must ask Lord Uesugi
    to confront both Hojo and Date.
[12:59] Kanetsugu
    In other words...
[13:01] Nar
    Kanetsugu understood Otani's implication.
[13:07] Nar
    In other words, if Date
    would not agree to battle...
[13:10] Nar
    and if Uesugi also decided to revolt,
[13:15] Nar
    a major civil war could break
    out between east and west,
[13:20] Nar
    against Uesugi first, then Hojo, and Date.
[13:24] Nar
    And because the battle would
    take place in the Kanto area,
[13:28] Nar
    his army would be at a disadvantage.
[13:31] Nar
    Due to these circumstances,
[13:32] Nar
    the impending situation could hinder
    Hideyoshi's plan for national unification.
[13:37] Nar
    Therefore, depending on his answer,
[13:38] Nar
    Uesugi might well be considered an enemy...
[13:43] Nar
    This was the implication.
[13:56] Kanetsugu
    Otani-dono.
[13:58] Kanetsugu
    Your eye...
[14:05] Kanetsugu VO
    A sword wound.
[14:07] Kanetsugu
    A fresh wound.
[14:11] Yoshitsugu
    Naoe-dono.
[14:12] Yoshitsugu
    I ask you again.
[14:14] Yoshitsugu
    And I implore you to speak truthfully.
[14:19] Yoshitsugu
    My right eye only sees
    outward appearances...
[14:25] Yoshitsugu
    but my left eye can see
    into the depth of your soul.
[14:35] Keiji VO
    Well...
[14:36] Keiji (back turned)
    the eye that sees into the depth of the soul.
[14:42] Kanetsugu
    Everything was explained
    in the letter from Mitsunari-dono.
[14:46] Mitsunari VO
    Yoshitsugu will probably
    hesitate to tell you himself
[14:50] Mitsunari VO
    about what happened to his eye ...
[14:53] Mitsunari VO
    but he and I are on a first-name basis:
    Heima and Sakichi.
[15:00] Mitsunari VO
    There are no secrets between us,
    just like you and I, Kanetsugu-dono.
[15:03] Mitsunari VO
    Therefore, I'll also let you know...
[15:08] Kanetsugu VO
    According to the letter, Otani-dono
[15:12] Kanetsugu
    gouged out his own left eye,
    and gave it to Tokugawa Ieyasu.
[15:18] Keiji
    To Ieyasu?
[15:20] Kanetsugu
    Before coming to see me at Echigo,
    Otani went to Sunpu,
[15:25] Kanetsugu
    to inform Lord Tokugawa
    of the orders to attack Hojo.
[15:30] Keiji
    Now that would be a vexing duty.
[15:34] Kanetsugu VO
    Yes... Ieyasu-dono was ordered by Lord
    Nobunaga to execute his own wife and son.
[15:42] Kanetsugu VO
    It was a merciless measure to protect Mikawa.
[15:48] Kanetsugu
    As if that weren't enough,
    the bastard took his daughter...
[15:53] Kanetsugu
    Lord Ieyasu's daughter, Princess Toku...
[15:56] Kanetsugu VO
    became the wife of Ujinao, the Hojo lord.
[16:05] Ieyasu
    Princess Toku... has two daughters.
[16:19] Yoshitsugu
    Tokugawa-dono.
[16:28] Ieyasu
    Ah...
[16:31] Ieyasu
    You have beautiful eyes.
[16:35] Yoshitsugu
    Pardon?
[16:37] Ieysasu
    They are your treasures.
[16:43] Ieyasu
    Treasures beyond a doubt.
[16:47] Ieyasu VO
    You...
[16:50] Ieyasu
    Could you destroy them
    with your own hands?
[16:58] Ieyasu
    I... have destroyed
    my own wife and son.
[17:15] Ieyasu
    Whose command did I obey?
[17:19] Ieyasu
    A man's?
[17:21] Ieyasu
    Heaven's?
[17:25] Ieyasu
    Or was it simply my fate?
[17:30] Yoshitsugu (back turned)
    In that case...
[17:33] Honda
    Otani-dono!
[17:41] Ieyasu
    Wh-What have you done?
[17:44] Yoshitsugu
    It is merely my eye I give you.
[17:47] Yoshitsugu
    But if I can allay your grief...
[17:50] Yoshitsugu
    even if only a little...
[17:55] Ieyasu
    Otani-dono.
[18:03] Honda (background)
    Lord!
[18:21] Yoshitsugu
    Tokugawa-dono.
[18:25] Ieyasu
    The attack on Odawara...
    how many troops are there?
[18:32] Yoshitsugu
    They will exceed 200,000.
[18:40] Ieyasu
    Hojo thinks they'll number
    50,000 or 100,000, at most.
[18:46] Ieyasu VO
    And he brags he could gather
    that many at any time.
[18:52] Ieyasu (back turned)
    However, even if he could rally them...
[18:57] Ieyasu VO
    half of them would be farmers
    and townsfolk, useless in battle.
[19:05] Ieyasu
    But you say Toyotomi will have 200,000.
[19:09] Ieyasu
    And all of them will be seasoned warriors.
[19:15] Ieyasu VO
    I am certain that would be
    beyond Hojo's expectations.
[19:22] Ieyasu
    Hojo is a simple rube.
[19:24] Ieyasu
    Therefore, his demise would be Heaven's will.
[19:29] Ieyasu
    So I now must obey Heaven's will.
[19:36] Ieyasu
    Inform your lord.
[19:39] Ieyasu
    That I, Ieyasu, will be
    at the front line to attack Hojo.
[19:47] Yoshitsugu
    Tokugawa-dono.
[19:56] Mitsunari VO
    Indeed, that Heima is such a fool.
[20:01] Mitsunari VO
    He lost his left eye for this cause...
[20:04] Mitsunari VO
    and says, "It's only for benevolence,"
     and laughs it off.
[20:10] Yoshitsugu
    Don't say it, Sakichi.
[20:14] Yoshitsugu
    Naoe-dono...
[20:17] Yoshitsugu
    Please keep this matter to yourself.
[20:21] Yoshitsugu
    If anyone finds out...
[20:24] Yoshitsugu (back turned)
    It would bring shame to Tokugawa-dono.
[20:29] Yoshitsugu
    I plan to keep this eye hidden
    and say I have a wart.
[20:41] Kanetsugu
    Now that I know
[20:43] Kanetsugu
    the kind of man you are,
    I couldn't deceive you, even if I tried.
[20:49] Kanetsugu
    Unto-an Temple's Thousand-Armed,
    Thousand-Eyed Kannon...
[20:52] Kanetsugu VO
    sees using a thousand hands
    as a thousand eyes.
[20:59] Kanetsugu
    But your left eye is sufficient for you.
[21:05] Yoshitsugu
    You mean...
[21:06] Kanetsugu
    Uesugi will come to your aid,
    with all our might.
[21:10] Yoshitsugu
    Yes!
[21:13] Keiji
    So that's Otani Yoshitsugu,
    the benevolent man.
[21:16] Kanetsugu
    He then told me...
[21:19] Kanetsugu
    of Hideyoshi Toyotomi's true fearsomeness.
[21:23] Kanetsugu VO
    Ieyasu-dono wasn't fearful
    of the 200,000 troops ...
[21:27] Kanetsugu
    He was more afraid of Toyotomi's ability
[21:29] Kanetsugu
    to effortlessly marshal great armies.
[21:33] Kanetsugu VO
    Ishida Mitsunari...
[21:35] Kanetsugu VO
    Otani Yoshitsugu...
[21:37] Kanetsugu (back turned)
    the young vassals of Toyotomi...
[21:40] Kanetsugu (back turned)
    those outstanding warriors
    earnestly cultivated by Hideyoshi himself...
[21:44] Kanetsugu
    How deeply they loved Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
[21:52] Keiji
    Yes... but when all is said and done...
[21:58] Keiji
    even in spite of the depth of their love...
[22:02] Keiji
    they lost their lives at Sekigahara.
SIGN    Episode 16 The Flute General
[23:41] ---
    Next time on Gifuu Doudou:
    Kanetsugu and Keiji:
SIGN    Episode 16 "The Flute General."
[23:48] ---
    Let us discuss the path
    of righteousness next time, as well.