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The Real History Behind Shōgun’s Final Sacrifice
While the arc of Mariko’s life reflects that of her historical counterpart, it is not an exact mirror.
Tama secretly visited a Jesuit church on Easter Sunday and began exchanging messages with the priests through her maid Kiyohara Ito (christened Maria), discussing theological points and requesting books. While Mariko has relative freedom of movement in Shōgun ’s present day, Gracia remained in Osaka for the rest of her life, never acting as an official translator (though she did learn Latin and Portuguese) or meeting a gruff English ship pilot. Some of those later versions identify Gozen as her lord’s lover or have her become a nun to pray for the souls of her male dead, among other changes; the shifts in narrative mirrored the erosion of women’s legal rights in an increasingly militarized society.
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