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While the story is fictional, many of the characters are based on real-life figures drawn from Japanese history. ... “The model of Toranaga is based on the real shogun, Ieyasu, who created the ...
Through his conquests, Nobunaga gained many allies, including Tokugawa Ieyasu (Toranaga in Shōgun), Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Taikō), Hosokawa Fujitaka (Toda Hiromatsu), and Akechi Mitsuhide (Mariko ...
Blackthorne leaves Osaka with Yabushige and Toranaga's consorts, having learned from Alvito that Mariko persuaded the Church to spare his life. Upon arriving in Ajiro, they discover that the Erasmus has been burned and Yabushige is arrested while Toranaga's men ruthlessly hunt for suspected traitors, as Omi has correctly deduced he was responsible.
Toranaga’s real-life counterpart, Tokugawa, was still victorious. He was officially named shōgun by Emperor Go-Yōzei—yes, there was an emperor as well—and his family ruled the country for ...
Shōgun is a 1975 historical novel by author James Clavell that chronicles the end of Japan’s Azuchi-Momoyama period (1568-1600) and the dawn of the Edo period (1603-1868). ). Loosely based on actual events and figures, Shōgun narrates how European interests and internal conflicts within Japan brought about the Shogunate restorat
Toranaga refuses, understanding that this will most likely make him the new shōgun. When news of Sugiyama's death reaches Ajiro, Toranaga realizes that his impeachment is inevitable and invokes Crimson Sky to protect Yaechiyo and limit future bloodshed. Toranaga's decision is supported by the villagers of Ajiro.
Toranaga’s looming showdown with the other lords on FX’s Shōgun led to a new alliance this week — but that alliance rotted quicker than a dead pheasant. We open to a flashback to Toranga ...
Toranaga honors Mizoguchi's wishes, and the latter commits seppuku by stabbing himself in the stomach before Toranaga beheads him. In 1600, Toranaga meets with his estranged half-brother, Saeki Nobutatsu. Toranaga wants to unite their armies to invade Osaka as part of Crimson Sky, and Saeki agrees to help his brother.