Shogun
WARNING : This clause contain despoiler for Shōgun episode 8 .
Summary
Lady Mariko is one of the most interestingShōguncharacters . The transcriber was conceal an incredibly tragical past times and has wanted to commit seppuku since her father was kill for treason . Lady Mariko ’s backstory inShōgunties into the current war between Toranaga and Ochiba because the heritor ’s mother believes the Lord of Kanto was the one behind Akechi Jinsai ’s revitalization . Toranaga has denied Mariko the rightfield to commit seppuku , noting that her father would have liked her to preserve his conflict .
Lord Toranaga’s Plan To Send Lady Mariko To Osaka Explained
Mariko is heading to Osaka before Toranaga
Lord Toranaga muster up Lady Mariko at the end ofShōgunepisode 8 and give her a key mission . The translator is to go to Osaka , most potential ahead of Toranaga and his men . It is ill-defined what exactly Mariko ’s full military mission will be , but it must be something passing important given how Toranaga had to expose his orphic first . Toda Hiromatsu ’s harikari means that Lord Toranaga ’s foeman will consider in his surrenderno matter what , which gives him enough room to put his plan against the Regents in question ahead ofShōgun ’s close .
Character
Actor
Real - Life Inspiration
Yoshii Toranaga
Hiroyuki Sanada
Custom image by Debanjana Chowdhury
Tokugawa Ieyasu
John Blackthorne
Cosmo Jarvis
Custom Image by Yeider Chacon
William Adams
Toda Mariko
Anna Sawai
Custom Image by Yeider Chacon
Hosokawa Gracia
Kashigi Yabushige
Tadanobu Asano
Honda Masanobu
Kashigi Omi
Hiroto Kanai
Honda Masazumi
Ishido Kazunari
Takehiro Hira
Ishida Mitsunari
Ochiba - no - kata
Fumi Nikaido
Yodo - dono
Part of Lady Mariko ’s mission include bringing a subject matter from Toranaga to Yabushige and Blackthorne , who were just about to sail aboard the Anjin ’s ship . Toranaga predicted that Blackthorne was expire to volunteer his services to Yabushige and that Yabushige was going to have it once he believed Toranaga was go to surrender . Toranaga ’s prediction were right , and now the Anjin ’s ship has been moved without causing suspicions . Lady Mariko , Yabushige , and Blackthorne are all where they are presuppose to be according to Lord Toranaga ’s design . The same can be said about the Englishman ’s ship and its weapon .
Is Lady Mariko The Key To Turning Lady Ochiba Into An Ally?
Mariko and Ochiba were once friends
in the beginning inShōgunepisode 8 , it was indicate that Toranaga could still change by reversal Ochiba - no - kata into an friend . When call for whether Ochiba would ever invent an alliance with them to protect the heir from a war , Mariko stated that Ochiba is doing what she is doing because of veneration . According to Mariko , Ochiba ’s handsome foeman is her fear rather than Toranaga himself . This suggests that Ochiba could be turn , especially if Toranaga establish that her Logos will be safe if Ishido and the regent are defeated . work Ochiba may be Mariko ’s mission in Osaka after all .
To make things more complicated , Ochiba trust that Lord Toranaga was the one behind the clew that caused her father ’s last .
Mariko and Ochiba were once friends inShōgun . This was when Ochiba was still called Ruri before she was brought into theTaikō ’s court at one of his concerts . However , once Mariko ’s male parent killed Ruri ’s founding father as part of a cue , their friendship fell aside . To make thing more complicated , Ochiba conceive that Lord Toranaga was the one behind the pool stick that caused her father ’s death . This is why Ochiba has been so adamant about defeating Toranaga to protect her boy , suggestingit will be very difficult for Mariko to change by reversal her into an friend .
How Lord Toranaga’s Plan Shows His Trust In Lady Mariko
No one else knows the truth about Hiromatsu’s death
Lord Toranaga has give Mariko a very frail mission , one that she did not hesitate to accept . Not only is Toranaga sending Mariko to Osaka out front of him and his man , but he has also revealed to her the truth about Hiromatu ’s harikari . Lady Mariko might be the only other person in the region who knows why Hiromatsu trust seppuku , further show how much Toranaga trusts her . In addition to Mariko ’s loyalty to her lord , she is also complete her father ’s mission that began all those old age ago .
Mariko ’s desperate postulation of Toranaga in Shōgun sequence 7 highlights the shame she ’s carried most of her life , which could be base on a monumental lie .
Assuming Toranaga was indeed somewhat involved with the resurgence that finish with Akechi Jinsai killing Kuroda , he must feel responsible for whatever happen to Mariko . This is why he has kept her in his courtroom and cover her as one of his most authoritative allies . Toranaga regrets not telling the whole truth about Akechi Jinsai to Mariko sooner , but she is now aware that her Father-God would have like her to carry on his conflict . What precisely Mariko , Yabushige , and Blackthorne must do in Osaka stay to be hear inShōgun ’s final two episodes .
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Shōgun , released in 2024 , is set in Japan during 1600 at the onset of a substantial civil war . It follows Lord Yoshii Toranaga as he battle political adversaries on the Council of Regents , while a European ship mysteriously appear in a nearby sportfishing village , complicating the lunar time period of baron .
