She'll soon learn Toranaga's scenario, after the daimyo sent her the Portugeuse priest Alvito with a message. The most critical question in this arc of Shogun is whether Lord Toranaga truly ...

Some of the characteristics of the Edo period were a very strict class system that put a military overlord known as the shogun and his clan on top, landed lords called daimyo underneath them ...

With the help of his half-brother, Toranaga plans to assault Osaka Castle, eliminating the other daimyo in one fell swoop and installing himself as Shogun. When news of Sugiyama's death reaches ...