Asadora: Kaze, Kaoru Part 1 (NHK Drama Guide)

[Machine Translation] This is a story of the adventures of two "trained nurses" who ventured into the world of nursing during the turbulent Meiji era. At the beginning of the Meiji era (1868-1912), when the sounds of civilization and enlightenment echoed throughout Japan, Rin Ichinose was born into a family of a former family patriarch in Tochigi, and grew up in a loving environment with an innocent spirit. However, due to a series of unfortunate events, she became a single mother at a young age. She then moved to Tokyo to start her life anew. On the other hand, Naomi Oie was abandoned by her parents as soon as she was born and was sheltered in a church. Believing only in her own strength and luck, she tried to make her way in the world. In 1885, the first training school for nurses was established in Japan. Fate led Rin and Naomi to one of these schools. The classmates who gathered at the training school also had their own complicated circumstances. As they begin their nursing education, they are left to wonder what nursing is and what it means to deal with patients. and "What does it mean to deal with patients? Rin and Naomi are the first two students to be accepted into Kanarei. Rin and Naomi meet Sutematsu Oyama, the flower of Rokumeikan, and Unasaburo Shimizu, a merchant with progressive ideas, and while feeling the new winds of the Meiji era, they learn about "society" in which the strong and the weak coexist, and seek to "live their own lives" in a society that continues to change from moment to moment. The film is about the search for "what it means to be oneself" in a society that is constantly changing. This book contains articles to enjoy the drama, such as photogravures and interviews with Ai Mikami & Juri Uesaka, the stars of the drama, interviews with the cast, photogravures and special interviews with Shoya Sano & Toranosuke Kobayashi, a special feature on the art of the civilized era including Rokumeikan, introduction of the setting (Ootawara City, Nasushiobara City, Nasu Town), history of nursing in modern Japan, and more. and other articles to help you enjoy the drama.

激動の明治、看護の世界に飛び込んだ二人の"トレインドナース"の冒険物語。 明治の世が始まり、文明開化の音が日本中に響き渡るころーー栃木の元家老の家に生まれた一ノ瀬りんは、愛情豊かな環境で天真爛漫に育った。しかし、不運が重なり若くしてシングルマザーに。そして上京して人生をやり直そうとしていた。一方、生まれてすぐに親に捨てられ、教会で保護された大家直美は、家族と呼べる存在を持たずに育った。自分の力と運だけを信じ、道を切り拓こうとしていた。 明治18(1885)年、日本で初めて看護婦の養成所が誕生したのを皮切りに、次々と養成所が生まれた。そのうちの1つに、りんと直美は運命に誘われるように入所する。養成所に集った同級生たちも、それぞれに複雑な事情を抱えていた。手探りで始まった看護教育を受けながら、彼女たちは「看護とは何か?」「患者と向き合うとはどういうことか?」という問題に向き合っていく。 りんと直美は、鹿鳴館の華と言われた大山捨松や、先進的な考えをもつ商人・清水卯三郎らと出会い、明治の新しい風を感じながら、強き者と弱き者が混在する“社会”を知り、刻々と変わり続けている社会の中で、"自分らしく生きること"を模索していく。 本書では、W主演・見上愛&上坂樹里の撮りおろしグラビア&対談をはじめ、豪華出演者のインタビュー、佐野晶哉&小林虎之介の撮りおろしグラビア&スペシャルインタビュー、鹿鳴館など文明開化期の美術特集、舞台地(大田原市、那須塩原市、那須町)紹介、近代日本の看護の歴史など、ドラマを楽しむための記事をたっぷり掲載する。