Set in the 18th century, the show follows the Shogun Yoshimune, who likes to disguise himself as a low-ranking samurai and go into his capital of Edo to see the life of the common man, as well as to seek out and punish evildoers who would hurt his citizens. He is aided by Magistrate Oo'oka and a vivacious fireman, Tatsugoro, as well as a rotating cast of other recurring characters. Along with Zenigata Heiji and Mito Kōmon, it ranks among the longest-running series in the jidaigeki genre. Like so many other jidaigeki, it falls in the category of kanzen-chōaku, loosely, "rewarding good and punishing evil."

Cast

Ken Matsudaira

Tokugawa Yoshimune

Saburo Kitajima

Tatsugoro

Tadashi Yokouchi

Oo'oka Echizen-no-Kami Tadasuke

Reiko Takashima

Kozue

R

Ryuko

Ryuko

A

Asahi Kurizuka

Yamada Asaemon

H

Hidetoshi Ueno

Toshimatsu

A

Akihiko Osada

Senta

M

Misaki Uchibori

Momo

K

Kyosnosuke Masago

Sekimae Asanosuke

Hideo Nakano

Mineji

Yoko Ishino

Okyo

Ryo Tamura

O'oka Tadasuke

Seasons

834 episodes

Season 11978 · 207 episodes

Season 21983 · 191 episodes

Season 31988 · 129 episodes

Season 41991 · 74 episodes

Season 544 episodes

Season 61994 · 51 episodes

Season 71996 · 18 episodes

Season 81997 · 24 episodes

Season 938 episodes

Season 1026 episodes