science

Reach Beyond the Blue Sky

Reach Beyond the Blue Sky is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Reach Beyond the Blue Sky rather than just read about it. In short: Reach Beyond the Blue Sky (青天を衝け; Seiten o Tsuke) is a Japanese historical drama television series starring Ryo Yoshizawa as Shibusawa Eiichi, a Japanese industrialist widely known today as the "father of Japanese capitalism". The series is the 60th NHK taiga drama, premiered on February 14, 2021.

Key takeaways

Reach Beyond the Blue Sky belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Reach Beyond the Blue Sky to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Reach Beyond the Blue Sky from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Reach Beyond the Blue Sky (青天を衝け; Seiten o Tsuke) is a Japanese historical drama television series starring Ryo Yoshizawa as Shibusawa Eiichi, a Japanese industrialist widely known today as the "father of Japanese capitalism". The series is the 60th NHK taiga drama, premiered on February 14, 2021.

Cast

People of Chiaraijima village

Shibusawa family Ryo Yoshizawa as Shibusawa Eiichi (also known as Eijirō, Eiichirō, Tokudayū, Tokutarō) Masahito Kobayashi as young Eiichi Kaoru Kobayashi as Shibusawa Ichirōemon, Eiichi's father Emi Wakui as Shibusawa Ei, Eiichi's mother Eri Murakawa as Shibusawa Naka, Eiichi's older sister Nanoha Oda as young Naka Ryōko Fujino as Shibusawa Tei, Eiichi's younger sister Honoka Yoshida as young Tei Kengo Kora as Shibusawa Kisaku (later known as Shibusawa Seiichirō), Eiichi's cousin Shūto Ishikawa as young Kisaku Riko Narumi as Shibusawa Yoshi, Kisaku's wife Sei Hiraizumi as Shibusawa Sōsuke, Eiichi's uncle Mayumi Asaka as Shibusawa Masa, Eiichi's aunt Rina Ono as Shibusawa Uta, Eiichi's daughter Chisato Yamasaki as young Uta Sawa Nimura as Ōuchi Kuni Yūki Izumisawa as Shibusawa Tokuji Show Kasamatsu as Shibusawa Keizo Kentarō Tamura as Hozumi Nobushige Kenta Uchino as Sakatani Yoshirō Akana Ikeda as Shibusawa Kotoko Yuko Oshima as Itō Kaneko, Eiichi's second wife Yūki Yagi as Shibusawa Fumiko

Odaka family Seiichi Tanabe as Odaka Junchū, Chiyo's older brother Shinnosuke Mitsushima as Odaka Chōshichirō Kōsei Sutō as young Chōshichirō Ai Hashimoto as Odaka Chiyo, Eiichi's first wife Aiko Iwasaki as young Chiyo Kenshi Okada as Odaka Heikurō (later known as Shibusawa Heikurō), Eiichi's cousin Haru Takagi as young Heikurō Satomi Tezuka as Odaka Yahe, Odaka family's mother Mai Tezuka as Odaka Kise, Junchū's wife Mei Hata as Odaka Yū, Junchū's daughter

Mito Domain Naoto Takenaka as Tokugawa Nariaki, Yoshinobu's father and the 9th Lord of Mito Hideko Hara as Yoshiko, Yoshinobu's mother Ayumu Nakajima as Tokugawa Yoshiatsu, Nariaki's eldest son and the 10th Lord of Mito Rihito Itagaki as Tokugawa Akitake, Yoshiatsu and Yoshinobu's half-brother Ikkei Watanabe as Fujita Tōko, Nariaki's confidant Kanji Tsuda as Takeda Kōunsai, Nariaki's confidant Kisetsu Fujiwara as Fujita Koshirō, Tōko's son

Hitotsubashi House Tsuyoshi Kusanagi as Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the last shogun Motoi Kasamatsu as Shichirōmaro (young Yoshinobu) Shinichi Tsutsumi as Hiraoka Enshirō, Yoshinobu's confidant Yoshino Kimura as Hiraoka Yasu, Enshirō's wife Rie Mimura as Tokushin-in, Yoshinobu's grandmother Rina Kawaei as Mika-gimi (Ichijō Mikako), Yoshinobu's wife Toshiya Tōyama as Ikai Katsusaburō, Hitotsubashi House's side servant Kazuki Namioka as Kawamura Ejūrō, Enshirō's subordinate Kimihiko Hasegawa as Nakane Chōjūrō Minosuke as Kurokawa Kahei Hiroyuki Onoue as Hara Ichinoshin

Tokugawa shogunate

Tokugawa family Yoshi Ikuzō as Tokugawa Ieyoshi, the 12th shogun Daichi Watanabe (Kuroneko Chelsea) as Tokugawa Iesada, the 13th shogun Mone Kamishiraishi as Tenshō-in Atsuhime, Iesada's wife Rie Minemura as Utahashi, Iesada's nanny Hayato Isomura as Tokugawa Iemochi, the 14th shogun Mai Fukagawa as Princess Kazu, Iemochi's wife and Emperor Kōmei's younger half-sister

Rōjū Gorō Kishitani as Ii Naosuke, the tairō Ryohei Otani as Abe Masahiro, member of Shogun's Council of Elders Kenta Satoi as Hotta Masayoshi, member of Shogun's Council of Elders Hiroyuki Sase as Kuze Hirochika Ryūnosuke Karasawa as Naitō Nobuchika Rikiya Koyama as Sakai Tadashige Takeshi Matsumura as Mizuno Tadakiyo

Hatamoto Mitsuru Hirata as Kawaji Toshiakira, Chief Financial Official Yasuhi Nakamura as Nagai Naoyuki, Coastal Defense Satoru Kawaguchi as Iwase Tadanari

Shinsengumi Keita Machida as Hijikata Toshizō

Others Jun Shison as Sugiura Aizō Mansaku Ikeuchi as Kurimoto Joun Sō Yamanaka as Tanabe Taichi Akira Okamori as Mukōyama Kazufumi Yoshihiko Hosoda as Dr. Takamatsu Ryōun Atsuhiro Inukai as Fukuchi Gen'ichirō Shinji Takeda as Oguri Kozukenosuke (Tadamasa) Miou Tanaka as Tanuma Okitaka Hiroshi Yamamoto as Yamataka Nobuakira

Aizu and Kuwana Domains Seiichi Kohinata as Matsudaira Katamori Shunpei Kohinata as Matsudaira Sadaaki

Fukui Domain Jun Kaname as Matsudaira Yoshinaga, a.k.a. Matsudaira Shungaku, Fukui feudal lord Teppei Koike as Hashimoto Sanai, Fukui feudal warrior

Satsuma Domain Shin'ya Niiro as Shimazu Nariakira, 28th Head of the Shimazu clan Narushi Ikeda as Shimazu Hisamitsu, Lord of Satsuma Domain and the guardian of Shigehisa Hanamaru Hakata as Saigō Takamori Kanji Ishimaru as Ōkubo Toshimichi, Hisamitsu's confidant Yu Tokui as Orita Yōzō Dean Fujioka as Godai Tomoatsu Ryūnosuke Matsumura as Mishima Michitsune Joe Hyūga as Kawamura Sumiyoshi

The imperial court Onoe Ukon II as Emperor Kōmei, 121st Emperor of Japan Naoki Inukai as Emperor Meiji, 122nd Emperor of Japan Suzuri Shibasaki as Prince Sachi Takaya Yamauchi as Iwakura Tomomi Yōhei Okuda as Prince Kuni Asahiko Yuta Kanai as Sanjō Sanetomi Keiichirō Mori as Nijō Nariyuki Mizuki Tsujimoto as Empress Eishō Ryōtarō Okiayu as Ōgimachisanjō Sanenaru Masami Horiuchi as Nakayama Tadayasu

Foreigners Morley Robertson as Matthew C. Perry, a commodore of the U.S. Navy Blake Crawford as Henry A. Adams Charles Glover as Townsend Harris Kyle Card as Ernest Mason Satow Ian Moore as Harry Parkes Alexandre Sagar as Alexander von Siebold Greg Dale as Paul Flury-Hérard Didier Carelock as Léon Roches Jeffrey Rowe as Charles de Montblanc Julien Jaulin as Napoleon III Marie Moilliet as Eugénie de Montijo Nozomi de Lencquesaing as Mermet de Cachon Arno Le Gall as Leopold II of Belgium Massimo Biondi as Paul Brunat Riccardo Balzarini as Alexander Allan Shand Frederic Benoliel as Ulysses S. Grant Michelle Take as Julia Grant Brent Olian as Jesse Grant Gaetano Totaro as Theodore Roosevelt Neil Garrison as William Howard Taft Dong Hao as Sun Yat-sen Ricky Anderson as Frank A. Vanderlip Jamie Schyy as George Eastman Don Johnson as Lyman J. Gage

… excerpt ends here. Continue reading the full article.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Reach Beyond the Blue Sky

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Reach Beyond the Blue Sky claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Reach Beyond the Blue Sky before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Reach Beyond the Blue Sky ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Reach Beyond the Blue Sky

In research: Reach Beyond the Blue Sky appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Reach Beyond the Blue Sky in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Reach Beyond the Blue Sky is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2021 Japanese television series debuts, Cultural depictions of Theodore Roosevelt, Cultural depictions of Tokugawa Ieyasu, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Reach Beyond the Blue Sky outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

Ask Teacher Smith questions about this articleOpens your AI tutor with a question about “Reach Beyond the Blue Sky” →

Affiliate

Preply — study more efficiently by working with a personal tutor. 50% off.

How to study Reach Beyond the Blue Sky in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Reach Beyond the Blue Sky means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Reach Beyond the Blue Sky out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Reach Beyond the Blue Sky in simple terms?

Why does Reach Beyond the Blue Sky matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Reach Beyond the Blue Sky?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Reach Beyond the Blue Sky.