Choshichiro Edo Nikki (長七郎江戸日記) (Choshichiro's Edo Diaries) was a long-running prime-time television series in
Japan. The title character was
Matsudaira Choshichiro Nagayori,[1] the son of
Tokugawa Tadanaga. The premise of the show focuses on Tadanaga's death as a result of an alleged plot to overthrow his elder brother, the third shōgun
Tokugawa Iemitsu. Choshichiro lives among the commoners in the shogunal capital city of
Edo.
Kōtarō Satomi portrayed Choshichiro throughout the series.[2]
Plot
During the reign of the third
shōgunTokugawa Iemitsu, an exalted personage who was his nephew disobeyed the shōgun's wish and left
shogunate services. His name was Choshichiro Nagayori Matsudaira. He was the son of
Tadanaga Tokugawa,
Suruga's chief councilor who lost his life vying for the shōgun's position with Iemitsu.
Broadcast
The show ran from 1983 to 1991 on the
Nippon Television network. It occupied the Tuesday evening 8:00–8:54 time slot.
The first series began on October 18, 1983 and continued to December 23, 1986. It consisted of 125 episodes. The second series, 68 episodes long, ran from January 5, 1988 to September 26, 1989. The third (and last) series consisted of 40 episodes broadcast between October 16, 1990 and September 24, 1991.
Affiliates of the Nippon Television network have regularly rebroadcast the show. Most recently, the Jidaigeki Senmon Channel has carried the series on the
Sky Perfect satellite. Some other stations also include it on their daytime schedules.
Selected episodes are available in boxed sets of DVDs.