NHK's program "Heroes' Choices," which focuses on heroes who made decisions that greatly changed history, will broadcast "Tanuma Okitsugu in Big Trouble! ~Ichi's Stabbing Incident in the Palace~" on NHK BS from 9:00 pm on June 23rd. Tanuma Okitsugu was a powerful man in the mid-Edo period, but things started to look bad after his son Ichi was stabbed to death... We will explore the background of Okitsugu big trouble.
Tanuma Okitsugu started out as a samurai with a stipend of 600 koku, but rose to become a feudal lord with a stipend of 57,000 koku. He stabilized the finances of the shogunate, which had been under pressure, through various economic reforms. However, there were many feudal lords who were opposed to Okitsugu's reforms, which were not bound by traditional values.
Following the stabbing of his son, Ichino Denchu, resentment towards Okitsugu grows. With the continued famine and riots, Okitsugu finds himself in a difficult position. What is Okitsugu's ultimate solution to this predicament?
