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Topic	The Shogun remake starts tomorrow
El_Marsh 02/27/24 6:49:37 AM #24:	ArsGoetia posted... never read/seen it, but i remember my japanese history professor taking any and every opportunity he could to shit on it for being american historical fantasy nonsense It's definitely a fiction, but the two most prominent European characters in the novel (Blackthorn, the main character, and Father Alvito, the primary Portuguese Jesuit) were based on historical figures that spent significant parts of their lives in Japan before/during the establishment of the Tokugawa regime. Hell, a major part of why Europeans have been able to have Japanese translations is because of said priest. Why not mention that instead? --- http://i.imgur.com/0APl48O.gifv <cite>El_Marsh posted [p:979067524] in The Shogun... [t:80706369]...</cite> <quote>ArsGoetia posted... </cite><quote>never read/seen it, but i remember my japanese history professor taking any and every opportunity he could to shit on it for being american historical fantasy nonsense</quote>It's definitely a fiction, but the two most prominent European characters in the novel (Blackthorn, the main character, and Father Alvito, the primary Portuguese Jesuit) were based on historical figures that spent significant parts of their lives in Japan before/during the establishment of the Tokugawa regime. Hell, a major part of why Europeans have been able to have Japanese translations is because of said priest.Why not mention that instead? --- http://i.imgur.com/0APl48O.gifv</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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