Atsuhime - Season 1 Episode 12 : Farewell, Sakurajima
The 47th NHK Taiga Drama is a life story of Princess Atsu, who was born in Kagoshima Prefecture, then called Satsuma, and became the wife of Tokugawa Iesada, the 13th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate. She accedes to the highest rank in Ooku, the inner palace of the Edo castle where women related to the reigning shogun resided. Iesada dies soon after their marriage and Atsuhime assumes the name Tenshoin at the age of 23. She exerts herself for the Tokugawa clan and for the nation during the upheaval in the Meiji Restoration, headed by those from Satsuma.
First Air Date : Jan 06, 2008
Last Air Date : Dec 14, 2008
Runtime : 45 min.
Genre : Drama
Stars : Aoi Miyazaki, Eita Nagayama, Maki Horikita, Rie Tomosaka, Ikki Sawamura, Hideki Takahashi, Taizo Harada, Kimiko Yo, Hiroshi Tamaki, Kanako Higuchi, Atsuko Takahata
Quality : 
- Eps. 1 : Child of Destiny2008-01-06
- Eps. 2 : Vow at Sakurajima2008-01-13
- Eps. 3 : Satsuma Divide2008-01-20
- Eps. 4 : A Wise Lord Angered2008-01-27
- Eps. 5 : Japan's Best Man2008-02-03
- Eps. 6 : A Woman's Destiny2008-02-10
- Eps. 7 : The Father's Tears2008-02-17
- Eps. 8 : How to be a Princess2008-02-24
- Eps. 9 : Atsuhime is Born2008-03-02
- Eps. 11 : Reunion on the Tanabata2008-03-16
- Eps. 12 : Farewell, Sakurajima2008-03-23
- Eps. 13 : The Mother in Edo2008-03-30
- Eps. 14 : The Father's Wish2008-04-06
- Eps. 15 : The Princess Goes to Battle2008-04-13
- Eps. 16 : Cherry Blossoms Amidst Tumult2008-04-20
- Eps. 17 : An Unexpected Marriage2008-04-27
- Eps. 18 : Nariakira's Secret Orders2008-05-04
- Eps. 19 : Ascend to the Ooku2008-05-11
- Eps. 20 : The Wedding Night2008-05-18
- Eps. 21 : Battle of the Wives2008-05-25
- Eps. 22 : The Shogun's Secret2008-06-01
- Eps. 23 : The Better Man2008-06-08
- Eps. 24 : It's Unforgivable, Atsu-hime2008-06-15
- Eps. 25 : A Mother's Love and Hate2008-06-22
- Eps. 26 : A Hell-Raising Petition2008-06-29
- Eps. 27 : Wife of the Tokugawa2008-07-06
- Eps. 28 : Two Wills2008-07-13
- Eps. 29 : Tenshoin Atsu-hime2008-07-20
- Eps. 30 : The Shogun's Mother2008-07-27
- Eps. 31 : Farewell, Ikushima2008-08-03
- Eps. 33 : Princess Kazu2008-08-17
- Eps. 35 : Dagger of Doubt2008-08-31
- Eps. 36 : Satsuma or Tokugawa2008-09-07
- Eps. 37 : Friendship and Parting2008-09-14
- Eps. 39 : Satsuma Burns2008-09-28
- Eps. 40 : Son Taking the Field2008-10-05
- Eps. 41 : Satcho Alliance2008-10-12
- Eps. 42 : The Death of the Son2008-10-19
- Eps. 43 : The Determination of the Wife2008-10-26
- Eps. 44 : Ryoma Dies2008-11-02
- Eps. 45 : A Letter from Mother2008-11-09
- Eps. 46 : Yoshinobu Rescued2008-11-16
- Eps. 47 : Ooku's Messenger2008-11-23
- Eps. 48 : Bloodless Surrender2008-11-30
- Eps. 49 : Reunion on the Eve of Meiji2008-12-07
- Eps. 50 : One Path2008-12-14
