Shogun (FX/Hulu) - February 2024 :ohhh:

[Ziggiy]

I was looking around on the Wikipedia page for the real-life Tokugawa, and a reference to New Spain put me into a little bit of a wikipedia link rabbit hole.
Anyway, after reading some links I'm picking up on what might be a pretty big historical inaccuracy that would throw off the shows plot.

Apparently, in 1583 (almost 20 years before the show is set), Japanese ambassadors had already gone on a major multi-country tour of Europe:

Tenshō embassy - Wikipedia


It's pretty important to the plot that the Japanese leadership thinks that "Portugal = Europe", but apparently in real life that was not the case at all.
Of course, for THE SHOW it doesn't matter all that much, since its a TV show and not an actual history lesson.

Basically, James Clavell needed to come up with a plot point to make Blackthorne more important than he would have been in real life

The show is based on a book that itself was historical fiction.

Its not meant to be 100% accurate to the time period

 

[Trav]

Cant tell who cheeks dat foo clapped in dem quarters

 

[Silver Surfer]

Cant tell who cheeks dat foo clapped in dem quarters

It was Mariko...a blind man could see that

 

[Trav]

It was Mariko...a blind man could see that

That's what I thought but lighting was a bit dark whether way da tube set up ova here (plus a nicca had to answer the door right fast) or whatever den she was playin' dem games.

 

[Silver Surfer]

That's what I thought but lighting was a bit dark whether way da tube set up ova here (plus a nicca had to answer the door right fast) or whatever den she was playin' dem games.

It was meant to be dark...they didn't want to show her nipples for some reason

 

[Trav]

Cuh son on that tryna make a name for himself type shyt. Whole time, watch pops light his ass up.

 

[Warren Peace]

Which subreddit?

I peep Asian Masculinity alot and they stay mad about being cucked by cacs.

that's the one. bunch of insecure fakkits

 

[Majestyx]

The show is based on a book that itself was historical fiction.

Its not meant to be 100% accurate to the time period

yeah. i never watched the OG shogun, that shyt was before that time, but i always thought it was some historical fiction type thing.

 

[Paper Boi]

binged this last night

all the way in FX got another one

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

Edit:This cracka really bossing up on everybody
And the way they portraying Japrehs vs Him
Ones the savage with a heart while the others are staunch in tradition, women oppressors

And this what y’all call good writing
Ain’t no fukkin way boy

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

We byke yet? I'm watching tonight, I'm fiending

 

[BonafideDefacto]

Last Episode, 5, was fire

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

Loved the episode. They need to speed along things a bit though, because it's getting very slow.

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

Does Japan really have this many earthquakes??

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

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