わが都、福原

After recovering from his illness, Kiyomori enters the Buddhist priesthood with his wife Tokiko. Kiyomori decides to move his base to Fukuhara to live closer to a port, which surprises the Taira family. In February 1168, Prince Norihito, the son of the retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa and Shigeko, ascends the throne and becomes Emperor Takakura--the first Emperor related to the Taira family. However, after Shigeko is granted the title of Empress Dowager, the power balance within the Taira family begins to change. Meanwhile in Izu, Yoritomo, who is driven to despair after his son was killed, meets Hojo Masako, the daughter of Hojo Tokimasa from a local powerful family.

仁安３年、病からよみがえった清盛（松山ケンイチ）は出家する。清盛は福原に住むことを表明し、一門を驚かせる。後白河上皇（松田翔太）は、清盛の動きを警戒しつつも、わが子・憲仁を即位させ、平家との結びつきを強める。一方、伊豆では北条時政（遠藤憲一）の娘・政子（杏）が、わが子を失って絶望する源頼朝（岡田将生）とついに出会い、歴史が大きく動き始めようとしていた。