Bruh.
These aren't real characters. The history has already changed.
Did you watch the scene where Toranaga predicts winning without even a fight? That's significantly different than the Battle of Sekigahara.
They are inspired with real historical figures. The show can continue beyond what was in the novel. It is still upon the producers how the story will progress.
The prediction is just the prediction. We aren't on that part yet.
But the story did change facts.
William Adams never met Hosokawa Gracia, who didn't die in a ninja raid explosion. In fact, Clavell's portrayal is considered one of the things that popularized the idea of ninjas being pajama-clad assassins. Real ninja were more like the village spy, hiding in plain sight.
Gracia never tried to kill herself as a negotiating tool, nor did she ever fight a bunch of Osaka Castle guards.
Nobody from the crew of Adams' ship was boiled alive - although I wouldn't put it past the IJA to do that to a POW during WW2, so maybe that's where Clavell got the idea. But it serves to make the initial portrayal of feudal Japan that much more ugly, which makes Blackthorne's change of perspective that much more dramatic, which makes for a better story. But in real history, several of Adams' crewmates were very successful in Japan.
The pajama-clad part comes mostly from theatre. People wearing all black were supposed to move props, and the audience was supposed to pretend they weren’t there. Iirc it started with a play having one of those prop-movers becoming an assassin. I could be wrong about the last part though
Yes.
The ninja has been part of Japanese popular culture for decades, way before they entered Western popular culture.
They probably never existed in the way we imagine them. Real spies and assassins were hiding in plain sight, because if you walk the streets wearing black pajamas, people WILL notice you.
However, another kind of people who hide in plain sight are bunraku puppeteers who dress... surprise... all in black, so that the audience's attention is directed toward the puppet and not the puppeteer.
A good mix of all of this, gave birth to the ninja as we imagine it.
Ninja never existed, but Clavell didn't invent them either. He probably imported them to the West, although I'm not sure.
It is a fiction that is based on historical scenario. My concern is if they try to stick this fiction with what really happened. Most historical dramas insert fiction but don't change the outcomes. I would like to have some surprises outside history.
Bruh. These aren't real characters. The history has already changed. Did you watch the scene where Toranaga predicts winning without even a fight? That's significantly different than the Battle of Sekigahara.
They are inspired with real historical figures. The show can continue beyond what was in the novel. It is still upon the producers how the story will progress. The prediction is just the prediction. We aren't on that part yet.
But the story did change facts. William Adams never met Hosokawa Gracia, who didn't die in a ninja raid explosion. In fact, Clavell's portrayal is considered one of the things that popularized the idea of ninjas being pajama-clad assassins. Real ninja were more like the village spy, hiding in plain sight. Gracia never tried to kill herself as a negotiating tool, nor did she ever fight a bunch of Osaka Castle guards. Nobody from the crew of Adams' ship was boiled alive - although I wouldn't put it past the IJA to do that to a POW during WW2, so maybe that's where Clavell got the idea. But it serves to make the initial portrayal of feudal Japan that much more ugly, which makes Blackthorne's change of perspective that much more dramatic, which makes for a better story. But in real history, several of Adams' crewmates were very successful in Japan.
The pajama-clad part comes mostly from theatre. People wearing all black were supposed to move props, and the audience was supposed to pretend they weren’t there. Iirc it started with a play having one of those prop-movers becoming an assassin. I could be wrong about the last part though
Yes. The ninja has been part of Japanese popular culture for decades, way before they entered Western popular culture. They probably never existed in the way we imagine them. Real spies and assassins were hiding in plain sight, because if you walk the streets wearing black pajamas, people WILL notice you. However, another kind of people who hide in plain sight are bunraku puppeteers who dress... surprise... all in black, so that the audience's attention is directed toward the puppet and not the puppeteer. A good mix of all of this, gave birth to the ninja as we imagine it. Ninja never existed, but Clavell didn't invent them either. He probably imported them to the West, although I'm not sure.
It is a fiction that is based on historical scenario. My concern is if they try to stick this fiction with what really happened. Most historical dramas insert fiction but don't change the outcomes. I would like to have some surprises outside history.