Episodes
The Star of Edo
January 7, 1978
Roughhousing daimyo Tokugawa Yoshimune of Kishu reluctantly becomes the Shogun so that he may bring prosperity to everyone in the country. On his procession to Edo Palace, he runs into his old friend Tatsugoro, and a little girl begging for a pardon for her father on death row. Yoshimune decides to sneak out of Edo Palace and do a little detective work.
The Remarkable Charlatan
January 14, 1978
Ogyu Shosen is called a quack doctor, but Yoshimune thinks he should be made surgeon-general.
The First Fireman Banner
January 21, 1978
Hatamoto firemen are causing a nuisance and thieving in town, so fiery Tatsugoro and his gang of construction workers aim to take them down.
Mother From Long Past
January 28, 1978
A hatamoto's spoiled brat daughter is in the habit of thieving and blaming it on commoners. Meanwhile, Yoshimune becomes preternaturally obsessed with a den-den taiko (a type of child's toy).
Spring in the O'oku
February 4, 1978
The Splendid Potato Samurai
February 11, 1978
The Man of River Styx
February 25, 1978
The Befouled Truncheon
March 4, 1978
The Chivalrous Thief
March 11, 1978
The Blossoming Meyasubako
March 18, 1978
The Finest Kiyari Song
March 25, 1978
The Amazing Kishu Woman
April 1, 1978
Yoshimune's old friend from Kishu, a female lumberjack, comes to Edo to engage in lumber trade, but gets in trouble.
The Perilous Souvenir Gift
April 8, 1978
Yoshimune's old friends from Kishu, Sakichi and Onatsu of the lumber store, are leaving town, so Yoshimune comes to bring them a present. He ends up getting in the way of a drug bust and is mistaken for a drug dealer.
The Golden Crow Charms
April 15, 1978
Fireman Genzo wins the lottery, but is then reported to the police for having a forged ticket.
The Quack Who Calls Forth Spring
April 22, 1978
Even though he has been made surgeon-general, nobody trusts Ogawa Shosen or Yoshimune's city hospital. Yoshimune decides to get himself admitted as Shin-san to investigate from within.
Showdown at Beautiful Yoshiwara
April 29, 1978
Love and the Guardian Deity
May 6, 1978
Satsuma domain bully a store that is in their debt by trying to steal the storekeeper's girlfriend, and by framing them for theft. Only a man of stone can save Tamba-ya from destruction!
The Beat of a Taiko Drum in Edo
May 13, 1978
Yoshimune really wants to attend a festival in Edo, but he has important business to attend to in the palace. Jii says he can go out as long as he is back by 4 PM. This doesn't seem likely, since Yoshimune gets involved in a big fistfight and village drama.
A Ballad of a Fireman
May 20, 1978
Tatsugoro's family is indebted to a samurai family, so Tatsugoro gives the samurai family his very best fireman to adopt, since the samurai have no heir of their own. The other samurai do not like him.
Iris and Sympathy
May 27, 1978
Fireman's Standard was Watching
June 3, 1978
Friendships Support the World
June 17, 1978
Rage of the Fishmonger
June 24, 1978
The Dreadful Shichi-ri Messengers
July 1, 1978
Heavens! Great Trouble in Edo
July 8, 1978
The Drunken Man Who was Promoted
July 15, 1978
The Woman Who Challenged the Yagyu Family
July 22, 1978
A Flower Blooms in the Dark
July 29, 1978
The Goofiest Pickpocket in Edo
August 19, 1978
The Misjudged Betrayer
September 9, 1978
The Woman Who Disappeared from the Hunting Ground
September 16, 1978
The Best Announcement of the Winner in Japan
September 23, 1978
Ryuko and Isonokaze were sumo wrestlers for a clan who tried to make them throw a match. Ryuko hides out at the fire house and meets Shin-san, who is very excitable and really, really wants to wrestle him. Eventually Shin-san learns of the wrestling drama that is unfolding...
A Daimyo's Famed Shiruko Restaurant
September 30, 1978
A certain han ruled by a child lord is having money trouble, so one of the han's samurai starts a sweet bean soup restaurant to try and raise funds. The samurai has some trouble getting customers...
The Women Who Dance in a Tempest
October 7, 1978
The Bride with an Explosive
October 14, 1978
A land reclamation project is taking place largely with Shogunate funds, carried out by contract with 2 companies (which are marrying their kids together as the ultimate symbol of the contract). One of the companies invents a bomb with a long fuse, to blow up a mountainous area in the reclamation zone. The other company decides to assassinate the first company, and steals the bomb...
The Deceiving Mole Under a Woman's Eye
October 21, 1978
Feel Her Heart
October 28, 1978
The Woman Who Challenged Her Master
November 4, 1978
A Sweet Snare from RyuKyu
November 11, 1978
Go! The Prodogy of the Commoners
November 18, 1978
Hara-Kiri! The Drunkard Magistrate
December 2, 1978
A Hot Man and a Brazen Hussy
December 9, 1978
The Shogun's Secret Ninja
December 16, 1978
Female ninja Osono's dad Seiemon comes to town. He is now a cotton-farming country samurai. Needs dried sardines for fertilizer. The hatamoto of sardineland is driving the fishermens' prices down so all the farmers secretly sell to Seiemon. The merchant tries to assassinate Seiemon and fails, since Seiemon is a ninja. Seiemon stays at the firehouse and plans to secretly assassinate the criminals, then kill himself, because he's depressed.
Fresh Blood on the Bestowed Sword
December 23, 1978
The Counterfeit Coins and the Candy Man
December 30, 1978
A man makes little pretty sugar candies for kids and tells funny stories. He used to be a counterfeiter because of his great manual dexterity, but vowed to turn his life around. Shin-san becomes interested in candy just when the guy's old friends force him to counterfeit again...
A Grand New Year's Gift
January 6, 1979
The Female Doctor with a Fist
January 13, 1979
Edo is invigorated by an unusually aggressive and outspoken female doctor, Oshino, who physically beats her patients if they do not obey her.
Hell in the Heavenly Bath
January 20, 1979
The Pen is Mightier Than The Sword
January 27, 1979
The Great Packed Lunch of a Woman
February 3, 1979
The Bride of the Fish Market
February 10, 1979
The Downfall of Ooka Echizen No Kami
February 17, 1979
A bad gang leader kidnaps Tadasuke's wife (who never appeared before or since), as she went to the shrine to pray for a baby. Tadasuke decides that justice outweighs his bride and prepares to prosecute the gang leader anyway, so Shin-san lets the prisoner go secretly to try and follow him to Tadasuke's bride...
The Best Dry Sake for Mother and Son
February 24, 1979
Clannish Edoite sake sellers turn against a travelling Osakan female sake seller to force her out of the market; only her long-lost son, an Edoite sake seller, can save her.
The Female Doctor Who Loves Money
March 3, 1979
Oshino, the female doctor with a fist, is in charge of a temple that gives free medical service to orphans, but it is reputed that she is stealing all the money instead.
This Small Incident Occured Ten Years Ago
March 10, 1979
Shoheiko, the official Shogunate college, has an admissions scandal where the bureaucrats turn out to have been accepting bribes for admissions. Yoshimune suggests opening it to commoners and calls up some obscure scholars; the vicious bureaucrats attack and kill one. Shin-san absolutely loses his mind, but Tatsugoro is there to give him a helping hand.
The Man Who Died in the Light Snowfalls in Spring
March 17, 1979
Ryuko's friend is killed by a rice wholesaler. Shin-san investigates this and discovers a whole sordid rice-based drama, including collective punishment, famine, and assassination.
Eliminations of Black Sheep
March 24, 1979
The Best Cherry Blossom Dance in Edo
March 31, 1979
The Firemen's Standard is the Firemen's Heart and Soul
April 7, 1979
Only the Sun Knew
April 14, 1979
The Perished Love in a Spring Storm
April 21, 1979
A Single Flower in the Dark
April 28, 1979
The Fallen Flower in the Game of Chance
May 5, 1979
Holding a Fire Standard for a Spear
May 12, 1979
The Troublesome Tea Urn Trip
May 19, 1979
Daruma Smiled on Joshu Road
May 26, 1979
Commissioner Ooka Committs Hara-Kiri!
June 2, 1979
A Bogus Complaint
June 9, 1979
Very Proud of the Celebrated Sword
June 16, 1979
An unbalanced ronin wants to become the sword teacher to a daimyo, so he can get enough money to buy back his really sexy sword from the pawn shop. However, a competitor attacks him, crippling the ronin's hand. Shin-san is really mad about this, even though the ronin attacked him earlier.
A Loach Pot Rather Than A Domain
June 23, 1979
The Best Godfather in Japan
June 30, 1979
Revenge Colored with Safflowers
July 7, 1979
A pregnant safflower farmer's husband is run over by the local lord's horse. She's lured to the daikan's office to get compensated but is raped and turned into the lord's concubine instead. She schemes to have herself murdered so Ooka Echizen will enter the manor and discover these great crimes.
A Man Passionate About the Snow on Mount Fuji
July 14, 1979
A kind but untalented kitchen-supervisor samurai is assigned to accompany his domain's gift to the Shogun: big blocks of ice. Shin-san, tramping around Shinjuku, accidentally discovers this delivery and starts accompanying it too, and discovers a rival domain is trying to kill the ice to humiliate the first domain.
Kick the Edo Illness Out!
July 21, 1979
A mysterious illness (beriberi) becomes common and Yoshimune calls his doctor to find out what the cause is. His doctor says only his own special blend of medicine (very expensive) can cure it. Oshino, the female doctor with a fist, however, believes the solution is more simple (and involves punching people).
Gorozaemon Kano's Disappearance
August 11, 1979
Kano Gorozaemon, who is practically Yoshimune's adoptive father, goes out into Edo to get a surprise present for the Shogun, and is kidnapped by a nutter who wants to frame him for murder to steal his job.
Suspicion Begets Idle Fears
August 18, 1979
A lord lets 3 master ghost actresses into his house as maids, somehow doesn't connect this with supernatural happenings in his house.
The Bride That Came From Kishu
August 25, 1979
Kikue, the daughter of a potter, comes to Edo and meets her old friend Shin-san, who she recognizes as the Shogun. She came to marry Kano Gorozaemon, who proposed to her when she was eight (??!) but Kano backed out.
A Man Hunting the Whole Country
September 8, 1979
The Ogobanshu (kind of like a guild of hatamotos) want to hunt, but in setting the borders of the hunting area they recklessly steal the corner of a VERY sensitive farmer's farm.
Peerless! The Taste of Momma
September 15, 1979
Matsumae domain officials and the store Ebisu-ya are conspiring to give predatory loans to alcohol shops. Lady merchant Omasa from Osaka wants to get a better deal, and her son unfortunately took the debt from his main sake supplier, so now she needs to get money to save both their skins.
The Direct Retainers of the Shogun Run Wild
September 22, 1979
Hatamotos, a domain, a runaway killer samurai from the domain, the firemen, and jii for some reason, all end up in a gigantic free for all fight.
Heroes in the Darkness
September 29, 1979
Angelic Neighborhood Bully
October 13, 1979
Thief Targeting the Nation
October 20, 1979
O-sai Flies!
October 27, 1979
Mount Fuji Saw The Wild Spear
November 3, 1979
The Shogun Permitted a Thief
November 10, 1979
Bullet Aiming At 8 Million Koku
November 17, 1979
Burn! Even If You Must Die
November 24, 1979
Embarrased To Recieve Flowers in Congratulation
December 1, 1979
Beast Battle! Master Tatsugoro
December 8, 1979
Duel! In the Stormy Castle
December 15, 1979
Cheers! Quack Doctor
December 22, 1979
The Will of the Raging Samurai
December 29, 1979
The Lanterns of Early Spring and Noon Emerge
January 5, 1980
I Saw a Rainbow in the Sea of Flames
January 12, 1980
Get the Vermin Out of the Castle!
January 19, 1980
I Don't Need a Mother!
January 26, 1980
The Girl From the Wolf Village
February 2, 1980
A Dohyori of Fire!
February 9, 1980
The Fake Shogun
February 16, 1980
The Eight Million Koku Porter
February 23, 1980
The Collector Who Collected the Villain's Head
March 1, 1980
Catastrophe! We Shouldn't Have Gotten Out of the Way!
March 8, 1980
Japan's Most Wanted Bride
March 22, 1980
Stop! Uncontrolled Official Carriage
March 29, 1980
What is a Shogun?
April 5, 1980
Watch Out! A Female Spy
April 12, 1980
The Man Who Gives Orders to the Shogun!
April 19, 1980
Snacks Delight on a Sunny Day
April 26, 1980
Youth of Edo, Stand Up!
May 3, 1980
Love Blossoms in Ubasuteyama!
May 10, 1980
The Proud and Naive Samurai
May 17, 1980
The Man Who Didn't Stop
May 24, 1980
I Saw the Real One! The Hayabusa Brat
May 31, 1980
Beware of the Quick Bucks
June 7, 1980
The Man Who Died and Flourished
June 14, 1980
Courage in the Face of Injustice
June 21, 1980
Thief Training
June 28, 1980
The Fox Woman Cries, the Banner of Empathy
July 5, 1980
The Princess Take - Tears from a Wedding Procession
July 12, 1980
The Flourishing of the Female Bushido
July 19, 1980
The Sad Song of the South
July 26, 1980
The New Boss! - Osai, of the Fire Extinguisher
August 2, 1980
The One Who Stood Out After Being at Risk of Drowning
August 9, 1980
Floating Lanterns That Mark a New Beginning in a Man's Life
August 16, 1980
Love Sold for 20,000 Ryu
August 23, 1980
The Trap in the Wolf Village
August 30, 1980
Melancholy Ninja Love
September 6, 1980
Dad, You Used to Be Someone
September 13, 1980
My Childhood Friend is an Oku Woman
September 27, 1980
There was a Bullet in the Clam Chowder!
October 4, 1980
Run! The Shogun's Horse!
October 11, 1980
Listen! The Chronicles of the Old Man and the Young Master
October 18, 1980
A Silly Dance in an Oily Hell
October 25, 1980
Duel on the Steam of Hell
November 1, 1980
The Woman Who Bet on the Mountain of Fire
November 8, 1980
Edo's Female Chief
November 15, 1980
Hakone's Melancholic Drizzle
November 22, 1980
The One Who Flirted Was to Blame
November 29, 1980
The Wild Spear Everyone Fears
December 6, 1980
The Bandit Harusame's Mother
December 20, 1980
Munenryu Shintoism and Confucianism According to the Hayashi Clan
December 27, 1980
I Am the Most Unpleasant Person in the World
January 10, 1981
Shin-san accidentally gets involved with two low-class thieving morons, to Tatsugoro's horror. Tatsugoro finally manages to get rid of them, and one of them is promptly killed by evil ninjas for having seen something he should not have. Yoshimune learns they were raising a bunch of orphans in an awful shack with their scammed money, and decides he must avenge the dead criminal.
One Life For One Isshou of Shochu
January 17, 1981
The Silent Man's Divorce Letter
January 24, 1981
Ah! Justice Has Tears!
January 31, 1981
Megumi Clan's Love Bridge
February 7, 1981
Japan's Number One Little Thief
February 14, 1981
Tops Spinning Beneath a False Union
February 21, 1981
The White Waves That Shame the Flowers
February 28, 1981
Sado, the Shining Yellow
March 7, 1981
The Shogun, the Horse Thief, and the Brat
March 14, 1981
When a Man Sparks
March 21, 1981
The Love That Blooms Inside a Coffin
March 28, 1981
I Don't Want to Be the Shogun's Bride
April 11, 1981
Jongara with a Munen-Ryu Kid
April 18, 1981
The Cursed Box of 1000 Ryos
April 25, 1981
Hell's Bells Ring at 6.00 p.m
May 2, 1981
Rest in Peace, Onaka - The Flowing Lanterns
May 9, 1981
The Flowers That Fall Without Waiting for Spring
May 16, 1981
The One Who Smiled in the End
May 23, 1981
The Blooming Ginseng Flower That the Firefighter's Matoi Made Flourish
May 30, 1981
The Cowardly Samurai Who Made a Demon Woman Cry
June 6, 1981
Break the Chains of the Heart With Human Kindness
June 13, 1981
Whose Ungrateful Son is it
June 20, 1981
Promise of the Bell the Girl With Bangs and a Sword
June 27, 1981
The Decisive Duel of the Lantern Samurai
July 4, 1981
Legitimate Marital Fight
July 11, 1981
Clear Sky - The Hungry Lancer
July 18, 1981
The Duel! Blood in the Fuefuki River of Koshu
August 1, 1981
Burning Tears of the Traitor
August 8, 1981
The Flower in the Shadow That Made a Man Bloom
August 15, 1981
Waves of the Seto Maiden
August 22, 1981
Onomichi - Sunset of Revenge
August 29, 1981
The Million Kokus Dependent
September 5, 1981
The Bond of Hatred Between Father and Daughter
September 12, 1981
The Morning When Demons Wept
September 19, 1981
The Bet For the Dance Fan in the Sumo Ring
September 26, 1981
The Samurai Tanuki Performs a Great Feat
October 3, 1981
The Man Who Steals While Preaching
October 10, 1981
Oath of Brothers
October 17, 1981
The One Who Eats From the Table and the One Who Doesn't
October 24, 1981
The Night Flower That Blooms Once
October 31, 1981
The Man Who Danced in the Shadows
November 7, 1981
The Man Who Danced in the Shadows
November 14, 1981
The Love Story of a Man and His Taiko Drum
November 21, 1981
Sorry, Shogun! The Change of a Monk
November 28, 1981
Call of the Storm! The Bride From Megumi
December 5, 1981
The Heart of a Mother That Made Demons Cry
December 12, 1981
The Number One Rain Man in Japan
December 19, 1981
Cold Wind of Yoshiwara, Tears of a Woman
December 26, 1981
Laughter and Tears, The Dramatic Life of the People of Kawachi
January 9, 1982
The First Snow is the Make-Up of the Dead of a Sad Woman
January 16, 1982
The Poor and Nameless Grass
January 23, 1982
The Fragrance of the Sea, Tastes Like Mama
January 30, 1982
Why Sadness in Sharing an Umbrella?
February 6, 1982
A Remora That is More Frightening Than a Pufferfish
February 13, 1982
Sadness. Fallen Flowers of Those Who Stay
February 20, 1982
The Villain Who Laughed Last
February 27, 1982
Laughter and Tears, Three Girls From Edo
March 6, 1982
The Greatest Achievement of a Drunken Jitte
March 13, 1982
The Tale of the Fame of the Fool Kanpachi
March 20, 1982
The Flower That Disappeared in an Avalanche
March 27, 1982
Farewell Flower, Night Gust
April 10, 1982
Spring Has Come Again! Spouses' Kanzashi
April 17, 1982
You're a Child. Don't Cry, Torokichi!
April 24, 1982
The Farewell of the 808 Towns
May 1, 1982
