NHK Taiga’s drama “Seiten wo Tsuketsu” (Sunday 8:00 pm) starring Ryo Yoshizawa (27) started on the 14th.

It depicts the life of Eiichi Shibusawa, who is also known as the face of the new 10,000 yen bill and is called the “father of modern Japanese capitalism.” From the end of the Edo period to the Meiji era, history is shaken by the great whirlwind of time, and while repeating frustrations, it opens up the future with great aspirations as if striking the blue sky.

The first “Eiichi, Awaken” is mainly about Eiichi (child actor, Yuhito Kobayashi), who was born as the eldest son of a farmer who raises silkworms and makes indigo balls in Musashi Kuni Blood Laving Island Village (now Fukaya City, Saitama Prefecture).

Eiichi learns that the sinner has been sent to the clan’s camp and plans to sneak in with his cousin Kisaku (child actor, Hiiragi Ishizawa) who lives nearby. On the other hand, in Edo, there was talk of welcoming feudal lord Mito’s son Tokugawa Nariaki (Naoto Takenaka), Maro Shichiro (child actor, Motoo Kasamatsu) to the Hitotsubashi family in order to become a candidate for the next . shogun.

It aired from 8:00 pm on terrestrial broadcast, but as it aired from 6:00 pm on NHK’s BS Premium, “Seiten wo Tsuketsu” was high on the Twitter trend even before the terrestrial broadcast. . At 8:05 pm, five minutes after the start of the broadcast, it jumped to the top of the trend.

On Twitter, there were many comments of praise such as “It is a good start to get to the blue sky” and “It is much more interesting than I imagined”.