ベイカー寮221B／Baker House 221B

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She was a wife of SANADA Yukitaka (Yukitsuna), mother of Masayuki and grandmother of Matsu (Muramatsu Dono), Nobuyuki and Nobushige (Yukimura). She is the same woman as Shinome in "Furin Kazan".

She was a younger sister of KAWAHARA Takamasa who served Yukitaka. He is said to have married her in the early 1530s. They had five sons include Masayuki. In 1582, ten years after the death of her husband, the Takeda clan collapsed. In the confusion after that, she became a hostage of some daimyos as TAKIGAWA Kazumasa, KISO Yoshimasa and TOKUGAWA Ieyasu. Around 1585, she could return to her family. She died in 1592 or 1593.

In this series, she is described as a woman of strong character. She enjoys her life as hostage as she pleases. She is also an influential woman in the Sanada clan and values family ties to survive. Her idea is handed down to Masayuki, Nobuyuki and Nobushige. Though being severe to Kaoru (Yamate Dono), wife of Masayuki, she is a playful personality.

The image shows Mitsuko Kusabue as Tori.
(From the DVD series of "Sanada Maru")

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She was a daughter of SANADA Nobutsuna, heir of Yukitaka and the eldest brother of Masayuki. She was a wife and became to a concubine of Sanada Nobuyuki and a mother of Nobuyoshi.

She married Nobuyuki after her father was killed in the Battle of Nagashino. It is thought that Masayuki, new heir of the Sanada clan took leaving offspring of Nobutsuna into account. Later she became a concubine by the marriage of Nobuyuki and Ina (Komatsu hime) to strengthen the relationship between the Sanadas and the Tokugawas. She died in 1619.

In this series, she is of a delicate health but becomes to be healthy later (*). After the marriage of Nobuyuki and Ina, she serves her former husband and understands Ina. She gives birth to Nobuyoshi one month earlier than the birth of Nobumasa, son of Nobuyuki and Ina.

(*) The change of her appearance attracted the viewers of "Sanada Maru".

The image shows Satomi Nagano as Ko
(From the DVD series of "Sanada Maru")

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Hatsu

She was born in 1570 as a daughter of AZAI Nagamasa and Ichi. She was a younger sister of Chacha and an elder sister of Go. As Nagamasa was killed by her uncle ODA Nobunaga and she and her sisters were brought up by Nobunaga, then SHIBATA katsuie, second husband of their mother Ichi. After Katsuie committed suicide with Ichi at the Battle of Shizugatake.

They went to live with HASHIBA (Later TOYOTOMI) Hideyoshi. Though Chacha became a concubine of Hideyoshi, she married KYOGOKU Takatsugu in 1587. At the Battle of Sekigahara, Takatsugu took the side of TOKUGAWA Ieyasu. After his death, she became a nun and called herself Jokoin. She made an effort for the reconciliation after the winter campaign of the Siege of Osaka. Later she was baptised a Catholic.

In this series, she tries to mediate between the Toyotomis and Ieyasu but was ignored by Acha no Tsubone and Okurakyo no Tsubone. And she tells SANADA Nobushige (Yukimura) to encourage Chacha.

The image shows Shoko Haida as Hatsu


Go

She was the youngest of the Azai sisters. Like Chacha and Hatsu, she was brought up by her uncle Oda Nobunaga and Shibata Katsuie after her father death. She is thought to have been born in 1573. She married SAJI Kazunari but was divorced and then remarried Toyotomi Hidekatsu, adopted son of Hideyoshi but he died of a disease soon.

After that she became a wife of Tokugawa Hidetada, heir of Ieyasu and had five children. Their eldest son Iemitsu became the third shogun and their eldest daughter Sen was a wife of Toyotomi Hideyori. Their youngest daughter Matsu, later Kazuko married the Emperor Gomizunoo, and so Go is related to the Imperial Family by blood.

In this series, she is described as a strong-willed woman and often frightens her husband Hidetada. However she worries about Sen and Chacha during the Siege of Osaka.

The image shows Seiko Niizuma as Go

 

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Chobei is a fictional figure. He is a village headman of Kudoyama.

In this series, he suspects SANADA Masayuki, Nobushige and their family members and vassals when they are exiled to Kudoyama. But he and the villagers become friendly with them and are taught how to make Sanada himo, a kind of braid and its proceeds supports the finance of the village. He cooperates with them when they escape from there.

The image shows Ryo Kinomoto as Chobei
(From the DVD series of "Sanada Maru")

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Daisuke

For the details of him, please click SANADA Daisuke.

Ume

She was the third daughter of SANADA Nobushige. In the summer campaign of the Siege of Osaka, she escaped from Osaka Castle and captured by KATAKURA Shigenaga, vassal of DATE Masamune. Then she was adopted by the Takigawas or the Oyamadas and married Shigenaga.

In this series, she is the only daughter of Nobushge and Haru. She is born in Kudoyama and named Ume after Nobushige's first concubine. She stays in Osaka Castle with Haru, her younger brother Daihachi, TAKANASHI Naiki, HOTTA Sakubei and Kiri. But when the castle is in danger, she escaped there with Haru and Daihachi and sheltered by Date Masamune.

The image shows Nanako Ode as Ume


Daihachi

He was the second son of Nobushige and Haru. He is said to have died after having left Osaka Castle but was alive and departed for Sendai ruled by Date Masamune. Then he served the Dates and changed his family name into Katakura. He was succeeded by his son Tatsunobu and his descendant Yukiyoshi changed the family name into Sanada again. His line remains until now as the Sendai Sanada family.

In this series, he is still an infant. Like his mother and sister, he escaped from Osaka and sheltered by Masamune.

The image shows Shoma Aida as Daihachi


Sue

She was born between Nobushige and his concubine Ume, younger sister of Hotta Sakubei. She didn't live in Kudoyama and married ISHIAI Juzo, a son of shoya (*) who ran honjin, inn for daimyo in Chiisagata, Shinano.

In this series, she is the only daughter of Nobushige and Ume and brought up by her uncle Sakubei after her mother's death. She doesn't take to her father Nobushige easily but loves Sakubei as father. She once visits Nobuyuki in Edo and marries Juzo later.

The image shows Yuri Tsunematsu as Sue


（*）Shoya means farm owner or headman of village. 

The images are from the DVD series of "Sanada Maru".

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She was a daughter of TOYOTOMI Hidetsugu and a concubine of SANADA Nobushige. Though her father Hidetsugu, his concubines and children were executed in 1595, she could evade it and became a concubine of Nobushige. Her real name is unknown but it is true that she was officially called Ryuseiin.

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She is said have been a daughter of a smith in Izumo and became a shrine maiden of Izumo Shrine. Later she toured the whole country to solicit contributions for the shrine.

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TOKUGAWA Hidetada was a second shogun of Tokugawa shogunate, heir of Tokugawa Ieyasu and father of Tokugawa Iemitsu, Tadanaga and Sen. He was born in Hamamatsu, Totomi and married O hime, adopted daughter of TOYOTOMI Hideyoshi. But he was forced to divorce her and remarried Go, daughter of AZAI Nagamasa, adopted daughter of Hideyoshi and the youngest sister of Yodo Dono (Chacha).

He became a shogun in 1605. It made Yodo Dono who thought her son Hideyori would succeed Ieyasu angry and then the relationship between the Tokugawas and the Toyotomis became unstable. It caused the Siege of Osaka at last. After the war, his father Ieyasu died and he laid the foundation of the shogunate.

Moreover, he tried to control the Imperial court and temples and shrines. He prohibited priest wear purple garb, the one for highest-ranking priest without the permission of shogun and opposed against the Emperor Gomizunoo in this respect. However, he made his daughter Masako marry him and their daughter Princess Okiko became the Empress Meisho later.

The Battle of Sekigahara was supposed to be his first battle. But on the way he suffered from bad weather and the schemes of SANADA Masayuki, lord of Ueda Castle and couldn't participate in the battle. It made his father Ieyasu angry. Then he learned from it and hurried to Osaka when the winter campaign of the siege of Osaka occurred. But it incurred the displeasure of Ieyasu again. He told his son that a shogun should not behave hastily.

He died in 1632 and was buried at the Taitoku-in Mausoleum.

In this series, he is described as a rather rash man who is advised ironically by HONDA Masanobu, one of senior vassals of Ieyasu. He usually feels small in his father's presence and has sympathy for SANADA Nobuyuki in this respect.

The images shows Gen Hoshino as Tokugawa Hidetada
(From the official website of "Sanada Maru")

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She was a daughter of TAKANASHI Naiki and became a concubine of SANADA Nobushige. They had a daughter later.


In this series, she is described as one of his friends and acts with him as long as he lives. She is a cheerful, talkative and tends to interrupt people while they are talking. She becomes to serve the Sanadas as maid and knows that Ume becomes a concubine of Nobushige. Though she is her friend also but when she feels jealous with her.

After the death of Ume in the Battle of Ueda in 1585, she accompanies Nobushige who visits Osaka with UESUGI Kagekatsu. Then he becomes one of the guards (Umamawari-yaku) of TOYOTOMI Hideyoshi and tells her to return to Ueda and serve the Sanadas again. But she serves Nei, wife of Hideyoshi and is taken into the confidence of Toyotomi Hidenaga, nephew of Hideyoshi. It makes Nobushige feel uneasy.


However Hidenaga is made to commit suicide because of his scandal. And Nobushige marries Haru, daughter of OTANI Gyobu Yoshitsugu. But their relationship doesn't change so much. After the death of Hideyoshi, Nei decides to become a nun and discharges many of her maids. Then she serves the Hosokawas though the outbreak of the battles that result in the Battle of Sekigahara make her, Kaoru and Haru be sheltered in the residence of Yoshitsugu.

After the Battle of Sekigahara, she and Haru accompany SANADA Masayuki, Nobushige and Naiki and live in Kudoyama. Though they are exiled, she enjoys the life there that reminds her of the life in Ueda. And she encourages Nobushige who does't know what he should do after being invited to participate in a war (the Siege of Osaka) against the Tokugawas.


Then she accompanies Nobushige and his family and serves Chacha (Yodo Dono) in Osaka Castle. On the night before the final battle, Nobushige hugs her for the first time but she says to him,
"It's too late".

On the following day, she is told to send Sen to the headquarter of TOKUGAWA Ieyasu and sees Nobushige fight against the army of the Tokugawas. After making Sen meet her grandfather Ieyasu and her father Hidetada, she disappears.

The images are from the DVD series of "Sanada Maru"

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