7.0/107 votes#1 - Would You Die for a Teakettle!?
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/7/2011
Matsunaga Hisahide has risen in rebellion against warlord Nobunaga Oda. The aesthete Furuta Sasuke is ordered to negotiate for peace.
Director: Koichi Mashimo, Koji Sawai
Writer: Hiroyuki Kawasaki
NaN/100 votes#2 - Fantasy of the Tea Room
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/14/2011
Araki Murashige rises in rebellion against Nobunaga. Sasuke plots to exploit his marriage to the sister of Araki's most trusted vassal.
Director: Yutaka Hirata
Writer: Hiroyuki Kawasaki
NaN/100 votes#3 - Stairway to the Heaven
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/21/2011
Sasuke becomes a pupil of the tea master Sen-no Sôeki. Nobunaga reveals his ambition to unify Japan and then wage war on the continent.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#4 - Kind of Black
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/28/2011
Sôeki invites Sasuke and Hideyoshi for a tea ceremony. During Sasuke's absence, Sôeki approaches Hideyoshi with a terrifying plot.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#5 - Strategic Incitation
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/5/2011
Nobunaga bestows the loot from Tottori Castle upon Hideyoshi. Sasuke bonds with the general and secretly replaces a valuable teascoop from the collection with one of his own fabrication.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#6 - Let's Spend The Takeda
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/12/2011
As Nobunaga goes through with his unification attempts, Sasuke tries to distinguish himself by participating in the sieges on various castles.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#7 - Mt. Fuji Skyline
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 5/19/2011
Mitsuhide Akechi is manipulated by Sôeki and Hideyoshi, planting the seeds of rebellion against Nobunaga.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#8 - Dining in Hell
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 5/26/2011
Ieyasu Tokugawa visits Azuchi Castle to celebrate Lord Nobunaga's recent victory. Sasuke is tasked to lure him into throwing a fit at the party.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#9 - Ruthless License
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 6/2/2011
Nobunaga travels to the imperial court at Kyoto with a small guard. He is lodged in the Honno-ji temple complex, which Sasuke has always dreamed of visiting.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#10 - God of Sorrow
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 6/9/2011
On the night of June 2, 1582, Sasuke has an ominous feeling and hurries to Kyoto, in time to witness the end of an era.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#11 - Orphan Message
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 6/16/2011
The late Oda's vassals are forced to take sides as a civil war looms.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#12 - White Castle Blues
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 6/23/2011
Azuchi Castle is put under Akechi's command. When Sôeki visits the place, he finds it quite different.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#13 - Aesthete's Roast
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 6/30/2011
Both Akechi and Sasuke learn who assassinated Nobunaga, and are faced with the biggest moral conflict of their lives.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#14 - Midnight Purple Sorrow
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 7/7/2011
Akechi, after being crushingly defeat by the Hashiba force, has his final supper with his closest vassals. There, he experiences the essence of "Wabi".
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#15 - The Times, They Are A-Changin'
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 7/14/2011
Sôeki advises the new government to burn down Azuchi Castle, tainted by the late Akechi's aesthetic, whilst Sasuke meets Hideyoshi, who now reigns supreme.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#16 - Tweets of Separation
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 7/21/2011
Sasuke is assigned by Hideyoshi to reconcile with Ieyasu.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#17 - Changing Man
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 7/28/2011
Hideyoshi is named chief advisor to the Emperor. Sasuke is promoted as well, receiving the name of "Oribe Furuta". Oribe begins to focus seriously on the production of Mino pottery.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#18 - Only One Flower in the World
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 8/4/2011
Hideyoshi gives Sôeki the honorable name of "Sen-no Rikyû". Rikyû once again invites Hideyoshi to a bold plot.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#19 - Woman from Nagoya
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 8/25/2011
Friction between Rikyû and Hideyoshi increases. Meanwhile, Oribe aspires to master the way of tea, but lacks the confidence to succeed.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#20 - The Deep Hole of Imperfection
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 9/1/2011
Oribe visits the tea master Hechikan, once a fellow student of Rikyû, to deepen his understanding of wabi aesthetics.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#21 - First Love
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 9/8/2011
Oribe has trouble financing an army to keep up with Hideyoshi's endeavors. However, when he is tasked to show Ieyasu around Kyoto, he smells a chance.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#22 - The Devil's Whisper
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 9/15/2011
The Kyushu conquest begins. In the battle against the Akizuki troops, Oribe gets help from Nobushige Sanada, and sneaks into Kosyozan Castle.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#23 - Come On, My Juraku
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 9/22/2011
Hideyoshi announces a great tea gathering to commemorate the subjugation of Kyushu and the erection of Jurakudai Castle.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#24 - Take Me to Kitano
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 9/29/2011
Tea masters from all over Japan gather in Kyoto for Hideyoshi's great tea gathering. Oribe has an elaborate plan to outdo them all.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
NaN/100 votes#25 - Start From the Beginning Again
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 10/6/2011
Hechikan's simplistic tea ceremony wins him the first place in Hideyoshi's competition. Inspired by his success, Oribe makes a misguided attempt to refine his wabi.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Hyouge Mono Season 1
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Would You Die for a Teakettle!?" is the best rated episode of "Hyouge Mono" season 1. It scored 7/10 based on 7 votes. Directed by Koichi Mashimo, Koji Sawai and written by Hiroyuki Kawasaki, it aired on 4/7/2011. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Fantasy of the Tea Room".