WPC   Vy4.u }0ݿLւw; 2sK䳜*[V YkraGl)o@5X WCu|7 [t`C 2X Xd?1_ˎ|1Ovɦs_J%P ?ie|g:n؅JĒWT,Fc[UҖȫ]#b4ѯoY3`gY*rv(쮾ӝ"iaNSdK|6E_ 1izBwVTr ^N-ݝd8d"y@=sܵqx˭32܇0"qK 0tT# ~t&x#UVZ&pU.d(( `49A~|b+ ; {EݺPqj8:f;WϚ aL- #!U. % 0( UN3w@4N^  mPrintzilla0<6X9`+CourierX($(@ Z 6Times New Roman Regular NOPbQRS[TUEVW+[l%3|xWz& U !  PHPXpXXXՠXXp   _ImagesofMeiji  XpXՠ (X(#(#(WavesofSpring p NHK  MAINCHARACTERS: 4  FukuzawaYukichi....youknowwhoheisFukuzawaFusako....FukuzawasdaughterIwasakiMomosuke...FusakosfianceSadaYakko....ageishaKawakamiOtojiro....anactorTHESTORYSOFAR:  Momosuke,astudentofFukuzawaYukichi,hasbeenstudyingabroad.HeisengagedtoFusako,butbeforeheleftJapan,hewaspassionatelyinlovewithSadaYakko,anapprenticegeisha.Now,however,heisdeterminedtoforgetthisyouthfulpassionandbuildagoodlifewithFusako.  Unfortunately,FusakofoundoutaboutSadaandnowbelievesMomosukeisonlymarryingheroutofasenseofobligationtoherfather.  SadaYakko,thegeisha,isnowtheconsortofItoHirobumi,butsecretlyshestilllovesMomosuke.  KawakamiOtojiroisanactorwholeftKabukitopromotethePopularRightsMovement.HeandMomosukewerestudentstogetheratKeioUniversity,butKawakamigotexpelledforstealingbooks.Actually,hetooktherapforMomosuke.Hehashadanearlysuccesswithaprotestsong, Oppekepe,andisnowtryingtodevelopanewformoftheaterforthenewJapan.[TherealKawakamiactuallydidcreateanewformoftheaterinthelate1890s,butatthe <-(. timeofthisepisode,heobviouslyhadntgottenitrightyet.]HeoncesavedYakkofromadifficultsituationO,ObuthehasntseenhersinceandhedoesntknowNaboutherloveforMomosuke.NQQR  RSSTATUTkaTUVKAGEVW:RedLion  4 5 WVSSV