SHOGUN: The Historical Events That Followed The Ending Of The Show

I review, breakdown and explain Shogun on FX. I discuss the ending of the show and the real history that followed where we left Toranaga as he was about to become Shogun. I react to The Battle of Sekigahara, the outcome of it, Ishido's Death, John Blackthorne staying in Japan and not being permitted to leave and the siege of Osaka. I compare the show to the real events with Ieyasu Tokugawa and William Adams. I also give my theories and predictions on if there will be a spin off that covers any of the events.

00:00 Intro
00:43 The Battle Of Sekigahara And Ishido's Fate
02:58 What Happened To The Real Life John Blackthorne?
05:21 What Happened To Toranaga?
07:10 Yabushige's Death Didn't Happen
08:04 Conclusion
08:50 Outro

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Music: Emmit Fenn - Allegro

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[BrainPilot]

Do you think Shogun is the best limited series to be released in recent times? Let me know your thoughts below!

[vocwigk]

The guy not only achieved the Shogunate, he actually set the bases for one of the longest periods of relative peace of any human culture, not bad for a warlord, not bad at all.

[chriswhitehouse]

Adams was allowed to leave Japan for trade missions to South East Asia. He visited Ayutthaya, in Siam, on two occasions. But never returned to England.
That scene as an old man in England was a dream sequence, since Blackthorne was holding Mariko's cross, which he had dropped in the sea.

[JacobJohnson-lhgx]

Toranaga played us like a damn fiddle.

[nont]

6:32 Tokugawa Ieyasu retired from the position of shogun and gave it to his son mainly because he saw the mistakes that his predecessors made. Many great clans fell apart quickly once the patriarch died without appointing his heir (like Oda Nobunaga) or having an heir too young that gave the older regent a chance to take advantage of his youth and usurp the throne (like what Ieyasu himself did after Toyotomi Hideyoshi died).

Retiring when he’s still alive and well would comfortably prevent the aforementioned cases of succession crisis and help prolong the dynasty. This is Ieyasu’s contingency plan and it became an unwritten rule for the shogun throughout 265 years of the shogunate.

[nont]

What happened next?
1603 - Establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate
1609 - Japan’s colonization of Ryukyu Kingdom (which turned into Okinawa islands today)
1615 - Siege of Osaka
1616 - Death of Tokugawa Ieyasu (Toranaga)
1620 - Death of William Adams (Blackthorne)
1637 - Shimabara rebellion and sakoku (Japan’s isolationism from Western influence which led to the event of the movie “Silence” directed by Martin Scorsese)

[douglasmacmartin]

I read Shogun (the novel) 4 times after it first came out, having worn out one book, and I watched and have for years owned the original Shogun miniseries. James Clavell did such a great job of describing the Japanese culture and psyche. I went to Japan as a little boy a few years after WWII, and started school there and fell in love with the Japanese culture even though many of the Japanese did not like the Americans. I can understand Adams' affinity for the culture, and this is probably why I connect so strongly with the book and the two miniseries. I love the book most of all but I thought that both miniseries did an admirable job of bringing the novel to the screen. To me the first miniseries was definitely from Blackthorne's perspective, while the second was from the Japanese side, especially Toranaga's. I hope that they do not stop here, and someone picks up the sword and continues to peel back the layers of this wonderful story.

[grandmufftwerkin]

I hope that this series will encourage a new generation to read Clavell's novel Shogun.

[clmk]

John could never leave Japan, if Toranga was successful he could not possibly let a foreigner that was close to him leave alive and inform European courts about the new leader of Japan. Earlier in the show Lady Mariko told John he was the prisoner, I think many people missed that discussion.

[travelwithchopsticks]

Yabushigey and Toranaga both played in the movie 47 Ronin. Their hatred and mistrust for each other built up for many years. 😂

[grandmufftwerkin]

One of rhe scenes that was not depicted in the novel but was changed for the FX Shogun series was Blackthorne and Fuji burying their loved ones at sea. Earlier in the series Blackthorne expressed the idea of being at sea being tied to freedom, and it was a nice callback.

[MatTeague]

I was happy with the ending of this fantastic show, but after your video I now really want a season 2 and see John Blackthorn get that family and become a translator. Great video, thank you for posting

[grandmufftwerkin]

I really wish that the FX series has been given more episodes to tell the story. Unfortunately because of the time available a lot of character development and plot points had to be truncated, or eliminated altogether.

Clavell's novel has s lot pf beauty to it, and a lot of exploration and reflection upon human motivations.

[rapidzbreeze]

Appreciate this brother just finished shogun and felt kind of empty this has saved me a bit 😅

[nont]

Sometimes reality is more exciting than fiction

Sekigahara in Shogun: Everything went according to Toranaga’s plan. This battle is his autopilot because he already won ever since Mariko died and caused the Christian lords and Ochiba to switch sides.

Actual Sekigahara: Hosokawa Gracia’s death, while important, still wasn’t enough to shift to momentum to Tokugawa’s favor. He still had to make secret deal with some of Ishida’s lords but he still couldn’t take the chance so he sent 2 armies to fight Ishida at Sekigahara. One led by him, another led by his son. However, the plan went super wrong when his son defied his orders and attacked a castle that he’s not supposed to, causing him to be late for his father’s battle and almost ruined everything. Luckily Tokugawa’s plan of subverting Ishida’s army paid off when Kobayakawa Hideaki betrayed Ishida but not without a cost because one of Tokugawa’s best generals, Ii Naomasa, got mortally wounded in this battle and died two years later.

[TheMMDASH]

The show was brilliant, and amazingly good. My wife who hates reading subtitles actually got hooked on the first episode and could actually pay attention instead of dead scrolling on tiktok like she does for all other shows she's interested in.

[JoffreyKimbotay]

I'd like to see a prequel. They mentioned war stories when they were in Korea several times. The Imjin wars had armies of Samurai fighting the Koreans and Ming China. It was also when the first ironclad warships were used (turtle ships). This could be really epic.

[Ghetto_Bird]

You're a real one for making this epilogue, thanks!

[tphan]

Thank you for the history lesson! I recently visited the Legion of Honor in San Francisco where there is currently an exhibit of Japanese wood block prints, an art form that became popular during the Edo era. The exhibit also features historical information on the Edo era itself. A timely tie-in with my watching the Shōgun series!

[timbell]

Fascinating stuff BrainPilot. I binged the entire season yesterday and loved it as much as the first and second time 🤣. Enjoyed the video thanks!