miniseries<\/a> adaptation 1980 helped make Japanese culture popular in the West, even making sushi more popular. At the heart of it all is John Blackthorne, a character whose adventures in Japan are exaggerated but still show what politics and life were like back then.<\/p>\nFact Versus Fiction in FX’s Adaptation<\/b><\/h2>\n
FX’s “Shogun” stars Hiroyuki Sanada as Lord Toranaga and Cosmo Jarvis as John Blackthorne, showing a story about how the Tokugawa government started. The show keeps the real history of Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s death<\/b> and the fight for control that followed among Japan’s big leaders. But, it makes Blackthorne’s part in helping Tokugawa Ieyasu (who’s called Yoshii Toranaga in the show) become the main leader a lot bigger than it was.<\/p>\nThe Historical Tokugawa Ieyasu<\/b><\/h2>\n
Tokugawa Ieyasu’s climb to the top, sealed with his win in the Sekigahara battle, is a big deal in Japan’s past<\/b>. The series shows his meeting with William Adams, the first Englishman to land in Japan, pointing out Adams’s skills in shipbuilding and navigation. However, the show makes Adams’s role in Tokugawa’s rise to power seem bigger than it probably was.<\/p>\nThe Role of John Blackthorne<\/b><\/h2>\n
“Shogun” puts its own twist on the connection between Tokugawa and Adams by showing how Blackthorne cleverly gets involved in the political games of that era<\/b>. Including a fictional relationship between Blackthorne and Toda Mariko adds a personal dimension to the historical narrative, further blending fact with fiction.<\/p>\nEnduring Legacy<\/b><\/h2>\n
The lasting friendship between Tokugawa and Adams, seen in their letters to each other, shows how much they respected and were interested in each other<\/b>, going beyond any cultural differences. Tokugawa’s time in charge set up a long era of peace and wealth in Japan. His impact lasted through the building of Edo Castle and the 250 years that the Tokugawa government was in power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10028,"featured_media":170538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3384],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-and-tv"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170536"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10028"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}