A State of Emergency

Season 11, Episode 4: A State of Emergency
A portrait of Tokugawa Ietsuna, whose reign bore witness to many problems throughout the country. Source: Public Domain
A portrait of Hoshina Masayuki, one of the shogun’s advisors during Ietsuna’s reign. Source: Public Domain
A portrait of Inaba Masanori, another of Tokugawa Ietsuna’s advisors. Source: Public Domain
A portrait of Date Tsunamune, whose relatives within the Date Clan arranged for his removal as daimyo during Ietsuna’s reign. This resulted in a decade of factional strife among the Date Clan. Source: Public Domain
A statue of Shakushain, the leader of the Ainu Rebellion of the late 1660s. Source: Kakohamatugeniikou, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons