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SHOGUN
Prologue.
Storm and Reef.
Book One:
1. (p. 25)
Blackthorne wakes up in Anjiro. Blackthorne meets
Father Sebastio. Omi kills a peasant. Trying to get the
rutters. Meeting survivors. Mura forces Blackthorne to
take a bath.
2. (p. 53)
First meeting with Yabu, who snuck out of Yedo to meet
Blackthorne. Yabu interrogates Blackthorne. Blackthorne
intimidates Sebastio. Blackthorne defiles a crucifix.
Omi suggests to Yabu that the crew can be used.
Blackthorne and crew put in cellar. Blackthorne
remembers his bath. "You will begin to act like decent
human beings." One of the crew is to die, and they are
to choose.
3. (p. 67)
Yabu steals the muskets. How Yabu heard about the ship.
Background about the political situation. Yabu gets a
massage from Suwo. Suwo tells about the origin of Yabu's
Murasama blade. Suwo refrains from killing Yabu. The
crew draws straws, Vinck is the loser.
4. (p. 83)
Blackthorne defies the samurai, they capture one, but
take Pieterzoon. Yabu meditates while Pieterzoon is
tortured.
5. (p. 98)
Kiku's night with Yabu. Funeral pyre of Pieterzoon.
Blackthorne tries to give the prisoner water, but he
tries to suicide.
6. (p. 110)
Blackthorne is taken out of the pit. Blackthorne
confronts Omi and Fr. Sebastio. Omi takes Croocq, and
Blackthorne agrees to behave. Omi pisses on Blackthorne.
Omi suggests Blackthorne be taught Japanese. Yabu puts
Omi in charge of the crew. "The Waiting Barbarian." Omi
suggests Yabu keep the ship. Toranaga's galley arrives.
7. (p. 119)
Toda Hiro-matsu arrives in galley. Yabu realizes he's
been betrayed. Toranaga confiscates the ship and all its
contents. Yabu insists the ship is a gift to Toranaga.
Hiro-matsu orders Yabu to return with him to Osaka. H.
orders Yabu to send Blackthorne to Osaka as well.
Blackthorne sees Omi and Kiku talking. Flashback of how
Blackthorne came to work for the Dutch. Blackthorne
meets Rodrigues as he is forced into Hiro-matsu's
galley. Rodrigues agrees to help Blackthorne retrieve
his gear. They row to the Erasmus, intimidate the
guards. The rutters are gone. Omi lets the crew out of
the pit. Kiku and Omi together. Omi's wife Midori and
Omi's shrewish mother meet Kiku.
8. (p. 157)
Voyage to Osaka. Rodrigues questions Blackthorne about
the rutter. Blackthorne takes the watch. They steer for
shore to avoid a coming storm. Flashback to Sebastio
giving Rodrigues a sealed package for Alvito.
Blackthorne almost goes overboard. Blackthorne given the
helm. They escape the rocks. Rodrigues washed overboard.
They make harbor. Blackthorne faces down Hiro-matsu to
go after Rodrigues. Yabu asks to lead the shore party.
9. (p. 173)
They find Rodrigues. Blackthorne almost falls and he
realizes Yabu has been ordered to keep him safe.
Blackthorne hooks Yabu into going after Rodrigues. (Yabu
was on deck rowing). (Yabu decides he must control the
sea and the Anjin). Yabu falls the last twenty feet.
Yabu reaches Rodrigues and realizes he's still alive.
The tide comes in; Yabu prepares to die; Blackthorne
tries to find a ledge. They make a rope of kimonos. A
samurai jumps to attract Yabu's attention. They are
rescued finally when ropes arrive from the ship.
Book Two:
10. (p. 187)
Rest of voyage to Osaka; superiority of Japanese
medicine. Rodrigues gives more background on the Taiko
and the Jesuits. Blackthorne sees Osaka Castle for the
first time. Blackthorne sees Grays (Ishido's men) for
the first time. They go through the maze of Osaka
Castle, enter Toranaga's keep. (Hiro-matsu has heard
that Onishi and Kiyama, the Christian daimyos, may be
about to defect.)
11. (p. 198)
Blackthorne meets Toranaga, who is tending a falcon.
Blackthorne doesn't abase himself, but bows and sits.
Alvito (Tsukku-san) introduces himself. Toranaga
questions Blackthorne; about Christianity, his voyage,
etc. "There are no mitigating circumstances when it
comes to rebellion." "Unless you win." (Flashback to
Alvito's worries; the Jesuits have the rutters.) Ishido
arrives, interrupting the interview. Toranaga sends
Blackthorne to prison.
12. (p. 214)
Ishido and Toranaga spar over Toranaga's ambitions.
Background about history; Goroda, a minor daimyo, became
Dictator but was assassinated by one of his generals;
Nakamura, his chief vassal, becomes Kwampaku, then
Taiko, then dies (a year ago.) The Council requests
Ochiba's presence in Osaka immediately. Ishido insults
the nobles; Usagi prepares to kill him but restrains
himself; Ishido was hoping he would die. Toranaga
pronounces sentence on Usagi.
13. (p. 219)
Toranaga muses; vows Blackthorne will never leave.
Toranaga and Hiro-matsu discuss Blackthorne; they
realize the Portuguese have lied to them on several
counts. Kiri-chan, Toranaga's mistress, is introduced.
(How Toranaga met Kiritsubo, and how he became an ally
of Nakamura.) Hiro-matsu urges Toranaga to become
Shogun; he evaluates the other regents, rejecting them
all. Toranaga sends a message to Sudara saying he will
leave in four days. Toranaga refuses Hiro-matsu's
request that his granddaughter Fujiko be allowed to die
(wife of Usagi.) Description of "Crimson Sky."
14. (p. 228)
Blackthorne in prison. Fight over food and water.
Blackthorne meets the Franciscan, Fr. Domingo. Fr.
Domingo, mistaking him for a Spaniard, fills him in.
about the Black Ship, the activities of the Jesuits,
etc. Fr. Domingo reveals that there is no prison, only
death. Tells about the Martyrdom at Nagasaki, and more
about history, teaches Blackthorne some more Japanese.
Blackthorne is called.
15. (p. 242)
Grays take Blackthorne out of the prison. (Flashback to
death of Alban Caradoc.) Grays take Blackthorne through
the city; cleanliness of Japan. Ambush of Grays by
"Grays" (bandits) in the forest. Yabu rescues
Blackthorne from the bandits. Blackthorne demonstrates
his Japanese.
16. (p. 252)
Ishido and Toranaga argue; Ishido was supposedly going
to take Blackthorne to Yaemon, but the Bandits were
actually his men. (Japanese methods of time.) Scheming;
Toranaga has Ishido's mother hostage; the meeting of the
regents is postponed due to Kiyama's "illness." (Chinese
astrologer's predictions about deaths of Toranaga and
Ishido.) Hiro-matsu predicts that Toranaga will be
impeached.
Kiri and Mariko meet; we get Mariko's history; her
father was the assassin of Goroda, her husband Buntaro
is Hiro-matsu's son; Mariko is thirty, and these events
happened sixteen years ago. Mariko is to interpret for
Toranaga and Blackthorne
Blackthorne meets Mariko; he is to be interviewed by
Toranaga and Yaemon in a tea-house. Mariko speaks
Portuguese, Spanish, and Latin. Blackthorne winks at
the Heir. Blackthorne is questioned about England, and
draws a world map. Blackthorne tells how he got the
rutter. Blackthorne admits he likes baths. Blackthorne
tells about the Pope dividing the world. Yodoko, widow
of the Taiko, arrives.
17. (p. 277)
Yodoko is sent to fetch Yaemon by Ishido. Genjiko is
pregnant. (Ochiba's sister Genjiko is married to Sudara;
she is a defense against Ochiba) Toranaga's consort
Sazuko is pregnant. Yodoko urges Toranaga to take
supreme power; he demurs. She proposes that Toranaga
marry Ochiba. (History of Ochiba, the Taiko, and how
Yaemon was born.)
18. (p. 284)
An Amida assassin enters Toranaga's keep. He kills three
guards then encounters Kiri. She drops a tray, alerting
everyone. The assassin attacks Blackthorne, but is
thwarted and kills himself. (Toranaga deliberately sent
Blackthorne to prison to meet Fr. Domingo; and arranged
the ambush that freed him)
Yabu meets with Toranaga, who asks him about how to
contact the Amida Tong. Toranaga offers Yabu Suruga
(Ikeya Jikkyu's fief) and Totomi as well, if he will
become Toranaga's vassal. Ishido offered him Suruga.
Yabu suggests a regiment of five hundred gun-samurai,
and Blackthorne as teacher, with Mariko to teach him
Japanese. Toranaga agrees, and they piss on it.
Hiro-matsu is aghast that Toranaga would agree to such a
plan.
19. (p. 301)
Fr. Alvito goes to see the Father-Visitor, Carlo
dell'Aqua, who is meeting with Captain-General Ferriera.
Toranaga is holding up the departure of the Black Ship,
due to Blackthorne's revelations of how much the
Portuguese are gauging Japan on the silk trade. Ferriera
declares that Blackthorne should be killed, and Toranaga
ignored. The Jesuits disagree, and an argument ensues
over whether Ferriera will interfere in Japan's internal
politics. Ferriera fears any attack, particularly by the
Erasmus. Ferriera leaves, and Alvito and dell'Aqua
discuss Blackthorne. Where is he getting his
information? Dell'Aqua orders Alvito to put pressure on
Mariko to reveal what she knows. (Alvito's life
history.) Alvito and dell'Aqua plan to gain Toranaga's
help with 25% of the brokerage fees from the Black
Ship's silks, pressuring Onoshi and Kiyama to offer
this. They will give Toranaga the rutters. Friar Perez
comes in, preparing to make trouble, stirring up the
Japanese Christians.
20. (p. 320)
Blackthorne luxuriates; meets a doctor; is told he is
being sent away to recuperate. Blackthorne does a
hornpipe for Toranaga; then teaches him how. Toranaga
orders Blackthorne to learn Japanese. Blackthorne almost
insults Toranaga. Blackthorne and Mariko discuss his
former life. Mariko embarasses him by talking about sex.
(How the Jesuits turned Goroda against Mariko's father,
driving him to assassinate the Dictator).
Alvito brings the rutters to Toranaga. Description of
the wealth of Osaka Castle. (Death of the Taiko.)
Toranaga gets the rutters and gives the Black Ship
permission to leave. Toranaga asks Alvito for the
church's support; in return exclusivity throughout
Japan.
21. (p. 346)
Kiritsubo prepares to leave Osaka Castle. Ishido and his
Grays show up. Buntaro and Ishido quarrel. Hiro-matsu
quiets things down. Ishido pays his respects to
Kiritsubo and then leaves. Sazuko falls, and in the
confusion Toranaga and Kiri switch. Blackthorne sees,
because he doesn't understand what Kiri says when she
shouts.
22. (p. 354)
The two litters make their way to the exit from the
castle. Blackthorne is terrified that he will give
Toranaga away. (Blackthorne fantasizes about the
future, once he gets his ship back; rolling up the
Portuguese empire like a carpet. If he can hire a crew
at Nagasaki, he can take the Black Ship.) The reach the
last checkpoint and Ishido appears. Ishido asks to give
Kiri a message for his niece in Yedo. Blackthorne acts
insane as a distraction. Ishido tries to kill
Blackthorne, and Blackthorne fights back. Blackthorne
dances through the gate. Yabu convinces Ishido not to
kill Blackthorne. They leave.
23. (p. 363)
The Grays refuse to let them go alone. Blackthorne is
exhausted; they put him in a litter. Blackthorne and
Mariko talk; some of her past. She is beginning to feel
warmly about him. In Japan women manage money; She tells
about how her mother sold her hair to buy a feast for
Goroda. Mariko confirms that the Gray captain speaks
Latin.
Kiyama's ambush begins. The ambushers are driven off,
but Toranaga is revealed. Two grays escape to warn
Ishido, the rest die.
24. (p. 376)
Toranaga's party splits; ten go by a back route, the
rest decoy by the planned route. Toranaga leaves his
resignation from the Regents with Hiro-matsu, so he
can't be impeached. They rendezvous with some of
Toranaga's secretly placed ronin. They reach the
galley, which is guarded by Grays. They discuss setting
the street afire. They arrange a diversion; Blackthorne
and Mariko to say there was an ambush, then Mariko to
faint if the ship is clear. Mariko reveals that she
knows how to use a sword. They run for the ship. The
Grays are fooled; all but a few leave the ship. Mariko
decides reluctantly that the ship is safe, and faints.
The Browns mingle with the Grays as thirty of Toranaga's
ronin appear, and attack them before the Grays can
attack the ronin. Blackthorne protects Mariko while the
Browns gain the gangway. Mariko attacks a Gray when
Blackthorne is driven back. She is wounded, but not
badly, and the Grays are defeated. Blackthorne
collapses.
25. (p. 389)
The ronin make the galley ready for sea, and the Browns
set up a defensive position against Grays from the
Portuguese ship. Toranaga goes aboard, and Mariko is
carried below. Suddenly, the castle comes alive; Ishido
must know about the escape. The galley casts off.
Buntaro, Sono and two Browns appear on the dock, pursued
by Grays. They defeat the pursuers, and Blackthorne
orders the galley to return, but Yabu countermands the
order, and Toranaga will not be swayed. Blackthorne
signals them to swim. They throw an oar for the girl,
but while she gets it, she can't swim, and ultimately
drowns. Buntaro prepares to commit seppuku rather than
risk capture. Mariko, supported by Fujiki, tries to
explain this to Blackthorne. The harbor mouth is
blocked by fishing vessels carrying samurai. Browns on
horseback rescue Buntaro, who only goes with them
because Toranaga orders him to do it.
26. (p. 398)
They ask Blackthorne how to escape the harbor. "With
cannon." So Toranaga orders them to the Portuguese
frigate, which has cannon. Toranaga asks Mariko to
renounce Christianity, but she refuses. He orders her to
become friends with Blackthorne.
The frigate has left its moorings, and Blackthorne
realizes it is ready to attack them. They break out
Toranaga's flag so the Portuguese will officially know
he's aboard the galley. They decide to go within hailing
distance, and Blackthorne will convince them to help;
Toranaga requires the use of their cannon.
Ferriera wants to blow the galley out of the water, but
dell'Aqua refuses to let him. Rodrigues, who is now
pilot of the Black Ship, agrees with Ferriera. Ferriera
wants to get Blackthorne and Toranaga. Rodrigues sees
the galley is heading to windward, so he orders the
Santa Theresa to sea. Rodrigues reluctantly points out
Toranaga. Dell'Aqua orders them not to fire.
They maneuver, the galley trying to get to windward and
bottle up the frigate, and the frigate trying to gain
sea room; to no avail. Alvito and dell'Aqua take a
longboat to confer with Toranaga. Ferriera suggests they
bring back Blackthorne.
Toranaga asks for escort out of the harbor. He agrees to
come to the frigate to negotiate with Ferriera, and the
priests suggest he bring Blackthorne so that Rodrigues
can thank him. Blackthorne refuses, but Alvito describes
the food aboard, and he changes his mind.
Rodrigues puts Blackthorne in his cabin to gorge and
vomit where Toranaga won't be offended.
27. (p. 420)
Negotiations. Toranaga will allow them to build a
cathedral in Yedo if they help him get out of the
harbor. The priests suggest they sell him cannon, but
Ferriera says the galley can't use cannon. Ferriera says
he will help for various concessions from the church,
including Blackthorne.
Mariko looks after Blackthorne, cleaning and dressing
him, and is propositioned by a Portuguese bosun.
Blackthorne and Mariko go up on deck. Rodrigues' spy
fills him in on the negotiations. Rodrigues tells Mariko
about his Japanese wife. Rodrigues has Blackthorne
thrown overboard to save him from Ferriera, and sends
Santiago to warn him and give him advice.
The frigate is to carry Toranaga to Yedo, the priests
are to go ashore and smooth things with Ishido, the
galley to be left to its own devices. Blackthorne hauls
down Toranaga's banner, the frigate makes for the sea.
28. (p. 441)
The two ships duel; Blackthorne making for the harbor
mouth ahead of the frigate, and Rodrigues trying to
avoid ramming him (which is what Ferriera wants him to
do). There is a one hundred yard gap in the waiting
fishing boats. Blackthorne maneuvers to starboard of the
frigate, where the attackers are afraid to attack for
fear of hurting the Portuguese. (This was Rodrigues'
idea.) Rodrigues tries to run Blackthorne onto the reef,
but Blackthorne fires at him and forces him to give way.
They both leave the harbor, and Toranaga goes back to
his galley.
29. (p. 451)
Blackthorne sleeps for 36 hours. They are off the coast
of Totomi province. Toranaga has him awakened; asks him
to eat and swim. Blackthorne, embarrassed by everyone's
nakedness, dives into the water. Toranaga is impressed
and asks to be taught how to dive. Toranaga belly-flops
but finally does a passable dive. Mariko does a perfect
one, but only Blackthorne notices.
Toranaga questions him about England, and about sea
power. Blackthorne offers to bring them a navy from
England. Toranaga says he wishes Blackthorne could speak
Japanese; Blackthorne asks for a dictionary, noting that
the Jesuits have them.
As they approach Izu, there is an earthquake;
Blackthorne has never seen one before.
Book Three:
30. (p. 467)
In Anjiro, they have been preparing for Toranaga's
arrival. They built a temporary fortress and a new
house. Mura has stolen and hidden thirty koku of rice --
and weapons. It is illegal for peasants to possess
weapons. The galley arrives.
Toranaga orders Fujiko to become Blackthorne's consort
for six months.
Yabu tries to entice Toranaga to stay in Anjiro
overnight, but Toranaga wiggles out, fearing Yabu. They
go ashore, and Toranaga inspects Yabu's troops. (Lady
Sazuko is a spy for Yabu.) Yabu learns that Toranaga has
resigned, and he's shocked. Toranaga explains. Toranaga
gives Yabu his priceless sword, which he got from
Nakamura. (Flashback to how Toranaga ended up a vassal
of Nakamura.) Toranaga departs before Yabu can realize
he's been had.
Blackthorne is furious at being left in Anjiro. Yabu
realizes that the guns are still on the galley. Toranaga
has made Blackthorne a hatamoto; he must learn Japanese
quickly. Yabu tells the villagers that if Blackthorne
doesn't learn Japanese within six months they will all
be crucified.
31. (p. 490)
Blackthorne goes to his house, distressed by Yabu's
threat. Mariko tells Blackthorne that Fujiko is to be
his consort. She tries to convince Blackthorne to go
along with this. Omi arrives and asks for Blackthorne's
pistols. Blackthorne gives his pistols to Fujiko,
ordering her to protect them with her life. Blackthorne
is ready to leave, but Fujiko gives him two samurai
swords first, as a hatamoto must wear them.
Yabu tells Omi to apologize to Blackthorne. Omi has
already decided he must kill Yabu, for insulting his
wife and mother. (Yabu's plans for secret training of a
gun regiment.) Yabu asks Blackthorne to train his men,
and to teach him how Europeans make war. Blackthorne
agrees, if Yabu will rescind his decree about the
villagers and ask Toranaga for his ship back in five
months. Yabu agrees to ask Toranaga about the ship, but
won't budge on the villagers. Blackthorne says he will
have to commit suicide, then. Omi suggests that Yabu
define "satisfactorily" flexibly. Yabu refuses, eager
to see if Blackthorne is bluffing. Blackthorne tries to
thrust the knife into heart, but Omi stops him, barely,
and he and Igurashi wrest the knife from him.
Blackthorne manages to stand and walk away. Everyone is
incredibly impressed. Omi suggests that Yabu ask Mariko
to stay for a full month, as she can help Blackthorne
train the musketeers, and she is a good hostage. (Ochiba
is no longer a hostage.)
32. (p. 519)
Twelve days later, a courier from Osaka arrives. Ishido
is suspicious of Yabu. In twenty days, the Council of
Regents will meet, and Yabu is summoned to renew his
oath of fealty; Ito Teruzumi has filled the vacancy left
by Toranaga, so the Council is whole again. All daimyos
are invited. Omi suggests they have one of the Regents
assassinated; throw in totally with Toranaga. Omi
points out that the new council doesn't exist yet; this
gives them time to maneuver. Igurashi suggests they kill
Jozen. Yabu asks how they can remove Jozen without
danger: somehow set a trap with Naga.
How to speak Japanese. Blackthorne and Mariko bathe
together. Mariko tells him that Fujiko has a pheasant
one of the peasants caught. Blackthorne eats the
pheasant and he, Mariko and Fujiko all get drunk.
Naga declares to Jozen his disgust with guns. Masumoto
is sent with Yabu's report on the training. Jozen's
pigeon was intercepted.
Blackthorne and Mariko make love for the first time.
33. (p. 548)
Mariko pretends nothing happened the previous night;
that it was her maid. Mariko suggests he use Kiku.
Mariko predicts (unseriously) that Blackthorne will
never get his navy, never leave Japan.
Mock battle; Jozen is uncomprehending. The gun regiment
"wins." Jozen is impressed; he asks that Blackthorne be
killed and the guns withdrawn. They discuss swords, and
Omi threatens him with bayonets. Naga threatens Jozen;
he shows him the dead pigeon and Masumoto's head. Yabu
tells him to release Jozen; Jozen refuses. Blackthorne
is a witness; Naga's men gut and hamstring Jozen;
Jozen's men commit seppuku with great honor. Jozen is
left to the dogs.
A storm comes, but the village is repaired quickly; no
fires.
34. (p. 570)
Ten days later, Toranaga comes ashore. He wants to see
an exercise. Yabu must decide whether to leave for
Osaka. There will be an entire regiment of musketeers,
commanded by Buntaro. Mariko delivers her report to
Toranaga on board the galley; the musket regiment will
win one battle, the character of Yabu and Omi, etc.
(Buntaro's escape from Osaka.) Toranaga goes hunting and
sends a pheasant and a hare to Blackthorne.
Blackthorne hangs the pheasant. He cleans and cooks the
hare, grossing out everyone. Fujiko arranges to get a
non-Buddhist cook to avoid trouble. Buntaro is to stay
with Blackthorne.
35. (p. 588)
Blackthorne greets Buntaro formally. Blackthorne says he
would like to see Buntaro shoot his bow. They eat
dinner, and Buntaro decides to demonstrate his archery.
Buntaro shoots five arrows into a post through a closed
shoji, all within an inch of each other. Buntaro gets
drunk, and Blackthorne asks about how he and Mariko came
to be married; Mariko must tell how her father was
Akechi Jinsai, who assassinated Goroda. Buntaro passes
out. Later, he awakens and beats Mariko, then staggers
off. Blackthorne goes to help her, but she refuses.
Blackthorne goes to kill Buntaro, but Buntaro bows
abjectly, as he has violated propriety by disturbing
Blackthorne's house. To save face, Blackthorne blames
it on the sake.
36. (p. 610)
Toranaga goes hunting with his falcon. He loses patience
with Naga, who has counseled a conservative course.
Tetsu-ko kills a wily old cock pheasant. He orders Naga
to become Blackthorne's friend. (Toranaga's anger at
Buntaro for beating Mariko; Buntaro's love/hate of
Mariko. Toranaga trying to walk Blackthorne into the
ground. Yabu's becoming Toranaga's vassal, giving him
the Murasama sword as a token, Toranaga ordering it
thrown into the sea.) A pigeon arrives from Osaka.
37. (p. 622)
Sugiyama has resigned, as planned. Some daimyos have
escaped, but many families are still hostage in Osaka.
Toranaga calls his advisors together; Yabu and Buntaro
advise "Crimson Sky," Omi suggests a defensive strategy.
Toranaga tells them he will order "Crimson Sky," not
after the rains, but now; and use the musket regiment to
blast a way through the mountains to Osaka. Toranaga
asks Mariko to buy Kiku's contract. Mariko advises him
to marry Ochiba and become Shogun. She also says that
she must go to Osaka.
38. (p. 637)
Blackthorne discovers Ueki-ya has committed suicide due
to having taken down the rotten pheasant. Naga asks to
be Blackthorne's friend. (Mariko related how the matter
of the pheasant was dealt with.) Blackthorne is shamed
at his stupidity. Suddenly, an earthquake begins.
Acleft opens and Toranaga topples in; Blackthorne grabs
his sash and is pulled in with him. Blackthorne drags
Toranaga to safety. Another shock opens a fissure which
swallows Mariko. Blackthorne crawls in to get her, and
Toranaga pulls him out by his sash. Blackthorne manages
to thrust Mariko up to Toranaga, and barely climbs out
himself. Igurashi was killed, others only bruised.
Blackthorne retrieves his sword and gives it to
Toranaga. He goes to look after Fujiko; his house is
aburnt-out ruin.
39. (p. 650)
Fujiko was badly burned in the fire. Blackthorne names
a rock after Ueki-ya. Omi arrives and offers Blackthorne
the use of his bath. Blackthorne meets Omi's mother.
Blackthorne and Toranaga discuss the Erasmus and the
Black Ship. Toranaga promises to give Blackthorne an
answer when they reach Yedo. He promises Mariko to
order her divorced after Ishido is dealt with.
Toranaga announces an edited version of his plan. He
gives Blackthorne a fief worth two thousand koku, gifts,
and swords. Inside, he is furious that his people think
any war is feasible now; better to wait for Ishido to
strangle himself.
40. (p. 675)
Mariko negotiates with Gyoko-san for Kiku's services and
her contract, not mentioning until the end that the
services are for Blackthorne. Blackthorne and Mariko
spend the evening with Kiku, who realizes that they are
in love. Kiku shows them some sex aids, and he grows
angry about how backward England is. Mariko leaves
them.
41. (p. 700)
Zataki has been appointed to the Council, and is coming
to visit, along with Tsukku-san. They will meet at
Yokose, in the mountains.
Omi comes to fetch Blackthorne, who gains much prestige
by his night with Kiku, and his correct behavior
afterwards.
Mariko buys Kiku's contract for three thousand koku;
twenty-five hundred if Toranaga will speak to Gyoko for
one stick of time. Blackthorne shows up, and Toranaga
tells him he and Mariko will go to Shuzenji Spa, and
then she will go on to Osaka, and Blackthorne to Yedo.
Blackthorne asks Toranaga to help select his two hundred
samurai.
Blackthorne gives Omi the hint that he should try to
recover Toranaga's swords.
42. (p. 728)
Toranaga arrives at Yokose. Toranaga orders Buntaro to
make peace with Mariko. Saigawa Zataki arrives for the
meeting. The Regents order Toranaga to Osaka. If he
refuses, he is to commit seppuku. He temporizes, saying
he will answer tomorrow. Zataki asks Yabu to betray
Toranaga, but he refuses. Yabu is then ordered to Osaka.
Toranaga needles Yabu for his stupidity in not drawing
Zataki out.
Toranaga meets with Gyoko, who proposes the invention of
geisha. Toranaga is interested, and tells her that it is
he who has bought Kiku's contract.
Apostasy of Brother Joseph; Alvito fetched to see
Toranaga.
43. (p. 754)
Alvito explains about Joseph to Toranaga. Alvito has
brought maps for Toranaga, and the dictionary for
Blackthorne. The Black Ship arrived fourteen days ago.
Alvito tells Toranaga that he could not persuade Kiyama
or Onoshi to back him. Toranaga threatens to unleash
Blackthorne. Toranaga thinks the Jesuits are plotting
to support Kiyama as Shogun, aided by Conquistadores.
Buntaro's tea ceremony for Mariko. They are drawn
together by the ceremony, but Buntaro threatens
Blackthorne. Buntaro is convinced she has betrayed him.
44. (p. 777)
Toranaga replies to Zataki that he will obey the will of
the Council; everyone is amazed and disgusted at his
cowardice. Mariko and Blackthorne are sent to Yedo
together, and then Mariko will continue to Osaka. (The
morning's hunting; the oil seller who blocked
Blackthorne's way and was killed by Toranaga's order.
Alvito gives Blackthorne the dictionary. He says that
Toranaga is doomed. He predicts that Blackthorne will
never leave.) Mariko tricks Gyoko into lowering Kiku's
price. Mariko and Yoshinaka discuss the guard
arrangements for the journey.
45. (p. 791)
The journey to Mishima. Mariko and Blackthorne are
together every night. Kiku and Gyoko know. Omi catches
up and asks Kiku to join him, but she refuses. Yoshinaka
suspects, but is careful not to see. Alvito is told by
one of his men that he thinks they are lovers; Alvito is
shocked.
46. (p. 803)
Mariko reports to Hiro-matsu at Mishima. Hiro-matsu
secretly wants to have Sudara and Genjiko declare
Crimson Sky without Toranaga, if he refuses.
Gyoko returns to her house. Secrets she has heard; most
importantly that Lord Zataki desires Ochiba, and that
Toranaga seems untroubled.
Rodrigues, hearing Alvito's report on Blackthorne,
resolves to go ashore to visit him and perhaps kill him.
Blackthorne and Mariko make love, and Rodrigues comes to
visit. Yoshinaka makes him give up his weapons. They
talk, the lack of trust ruining the occasion.
Book Four:
47. (p. 833)
They arrive in Yedo. Gyoko bargains with Mariko; three
of her secrets for the thousand koku or making her son a
samurai. The secrets are what Harima said in
confessional, Omi's plot against Yabu, and Zataki's lust
for Ochiba. Gyoko offers to reduce her fee by five
hundred koku if Toranaga will make her son samurai.
Mariko relays the information to Toranaga, who acts
uninterested, and also tells him about Alvito and
Blackthorne quarreling. Buntaro asks for Blackthorne's
head; Toranaga says he can have it after acting as
Toranaga's second. Toranaga sends Buntaro to deliver a
message to Toranaga's mother in Takato.
Toranaga is excited by the secrets; Onoshi has made a
secret treaty against Kiyama with Ishido. Zataki lusts
after Ochiba. Toranaga has only been acting defeated;
he needs to gain time, and accepting the second scroll
would mean death. He sends a letter to his brother,
offering him Ochiba and the lands of the Christian
daimyos.
Buntaro and Mariko quarrel. Buntaro suggests Toranaga
be invited to commit seppuko, as he has obviously given
up.
Toranaga orders Blackthorne to make the Erasmus
seaworthy. Blackthorne asks three favors. First, to
see his crew. Second, he proposes he attack Nagasaki
and the Kyushu daimyos. Third, he asks to marry Mariko.
Toranaga grants only the first.
48. (p. 859)
Blackthorne visits his crew in the eta district of Yedo.
Sonk the cook, Vinck, Croocq the boy, Ginsel the
sailmaker, Baccus van Nekk, and Jan Roper the merchant
have survived. They tell him Toranaga's men fixed the
ship under Vinck's direction. He tells them they will
be at sea again in a month. The crew tell their story,
and Blackthorne realizes they are in an eta village. He
returns to the castle and bathes to remove the filth of
his visit.
Blackthorne inspects the Erasmus. Fujiko returns.
49. (p. 874)
Blackthorne examines Fujiko's burns, which are healing
perfectly, and shows her his dictionary. They meet with
Toranaga, and later Mariko tells Toranaga about her
quarrel with Buntaro, and his treasonous suggestions.
Toranaga confronts Sudara and Genjiko, ordering Sudara
to kill his own children to prove his loyalty, having
previously secured them from harm.
Toranaga calls a meeting of his generals, who are in a
state of agitation and discontent. General Kiyoshio
indicts Toranaga, and is ordered to commit seppuku.
Toranaga is trying to buy time for Zataki to reply to
his letter.
50. (p. 894)
Blackthorne sees Mariko. He is impatient with Toranaga.
He sleeps with Fujiko for the first time. (Mariko and
Blackthorne looking at a pillow book on the journey.
Mariko tells him he must learn how to drink cha from an
empty cup.) Blackthorne decides that first and last
he's a Pilot.
Zataki replies; he agrees. Toranaga meets with
Hiro-matsu, who asks him not to leave for Osaka.
Toranaga, laughing agrees; he never intended to go to
Osaka. He has bought a month and given up nothing.
Hiro-matsu must help him maintain the pretense that he's
defeated, and continue delaying.
Mariko is given her papers and some messages. She sees
Gyoko as well, and they exchange veiled threats.
Blackthorne and Mariko meet at the Erasmus; Alvito
arrives, then Yabu in place of Toranaga. Yabu returns
the silver from the ship, gives Blackthorne permission
to sail it, and gives him a crew, among them Uraga, the
apostate priest. Yabu fights with one of Blackthorne's
samurai, and kills him.
Yabu returns home and meets with Misuni, his brother and
Omi's father. He reports that with silver stolen from
the strongbox they have bribed Jikkyu's cook to poison
him. Yuriko advises Yabu that Toranaga is not beaten;
he is conspiring with Zataki, releasing Blackthorne, and
so on. She advises Yabu to help Toranaga and
Blackthorne, and see to it that Zataki gets a stray
bullet in battle.
Mariko has come to the same conclusion. She meets with
Gyoko, who has been questioned by Toranaga about Mariko
and Blackthorne. She reports that the attempted
assassination of Blackthorne was paid for by Kiyama.
Kiku is with child, possibly by Blackthorne or Toranaga
or Omi. She also warns Blackthorne to beware Uraga, who
is Harima's nephew.
51. (p. 936)
They secretly take the Erasmus to Yokohama. Yabu asks
to start anew and be Blackthorne's friend. (He has
gotten Toranaga's permission to go to Osaka to prepare
for Toranaga's arrival, and to take Blackthorne with him
as it's on the way to Nagasaki, where they can get
sailors.)
Alvito and Brother Michael; one of Blackthorne's men is
an agent for the Jesuits, and he is given a message to
carry to Nagasaki. There are no carrier pigeons for
Osaka or Nagasaki; Toranaga has confiscated them all.
Mariko asks to say confession on the site of the new
cathedral; she tells Alvito her conclusions about
Toranaga, asks him to protect Blackthorne, and tells him
the secrets she heard from Gyoko. Alvito tells her to
report this to the Father-Visitor at Osaka.
Uraga and Blackthorne search for Christians among his
men. They must stamp on an icon. One refuses and he is
killed.
Book Five:
52. (p. 951)
Blackthorne, Vinck, and Yabu go on to Osaka, sending the
rest of the men back to Yedo. A cutter bearing an
official of the Council arrives; the Emperor himself
will be receiving the obeisances of the daimyos. This
means Toranaga can no longer delay.
Mariko arrives in Osaka. All of Toranaga's people and
many others are effectively held captive by Ishido.
Uraga sneaks off to get a message from Yabu, and on his
return is killed by an attack from fishing boats in the
harbor.
53. (p. 981)
Blackthorne is brought to the Castle to visit Ishido and
Ochiba. Blackthorne is received and duels verbally with
Ishido. He gives Ochiba a birthday gift. He meets
Mariko's son Saruji. Kiyama speaks nastily about his
sect of Christian. They speak of Toranaga's approach,
and a poetry competition is proposed. Mariko states
that she won't be able to compete, as she plans to leave
with Kiritsubo and Sazuko to meet Toranaga. They argue
about whether she is confined, and whether she may
leave, ordered by Toranaga. Violence is averted only by
the news that Yodoko is dying.
Yabu thinks Mariko has been stupid, and should
apologize.
Mariko meets with Kiyama, who asks her to stay, and
questions her real motives. Saruji also asks, but she
refuses. She tells Kiyama about Onoshi's plot, and
suggests that Ishido expects to use Blackthorne against
the Christian daimyos. She gives him a message from
Toranaga about Ishido promising the Kwanto to Zataki as
well as him, which shocks him.
54. (p. 1006)
Mariko prepares to leave. Kiritsubo reveals that having
the Emperor visit was Toranaga's idea originally.
Mariko meets Blackthorne and tells him her attempt to
leave is all Toranaga's idea. Blackthorne bids goodbye
to Mariko and watches as her party prepares to leave.
He watches a stone grow.
Rodrigues is in Osaka, aboard the Santa Luz. He almost
killed Ferriera arguing over Blackthorne.
55. (p. 1021)
Mariko begins. She reaches the first gate, where a
samurai tries to stop her, and Yoshinaka kills him, then
is himself killed. Twenty Grays fight twenty Browns
until all the Browns are dead. Kazuko kills a Gray
guard, then is slaughtered by arrows. Twenty more
Browns and Grays fight. Mariko comes out and attacks
the last Gray. He gives way slowly, but they are
surrounded. Mariko returns to her litter and announces
that due to the shame of not being allowed to obey
Toranaga, she will commit seppuku at sunset.
56. (p. 1027)
Many ladies join Mariko, including the venerable Maeda
Etsu; everyone is impressed by Mariko's efforts.
Ochiba, Kiyama, and Ishido argue about what to do.
Ishido proposes capturing Mariko and disarming her.
They exit to see the dying Yodoko.
Yodoko suggests that Mariko be allowed to leave but that
she be watched and delayed inside the borders. She also
suggests that Ochiba marry Toranaga. Yodoko dies.
(Flashback to the Taiko's death, Toranaga's promises.
Ochiba's memory of how Yaemon was conceived with a
peasant, and Toranaga might have seen. How the Taiko's
first-born may have been conceived by someone else when
Ochiba was drugged by Yodoko.)
Mariko will commit seppuku in public. She meets with
Blackthorne, then prepares. She asks Yabu to be her
second. She is ready to die when Ishido appears,
interrupts, and gives her permits to leave the next day.
He says anyone can leave if they apply to. Mariko tries
to stand, but cannot, and finally Blackthorne carries
her inside.
57. (p. 1050)
The ninja attack that night. Ten use muffled grapples
to reach the top floor; the only floor whose windows are
wide enough to enter. They kill ten Browns. Twenty
enter through a disused culvert, twenty more use ropes
to attack the battlement. They kill two Brown guards,
losing one of their own men: wounded, he commits suicide
with a poison shiriken. Sumiyori wakens Yabu for the
change of guard; it's an hour before dawn. Sumiyori is
afraid of an ambush; Yabu kills him. (Ishido has
offered Yabu a safe-conduct for himself and Blackthorne
if he ensures that Mariko is disarmed during an ambush.)
Yabu checks on Blackthorne and Mariko. Achiko and Etsu
are staying with Mariko.
Yabu is going to make an inspection. He lets the ninja
into the cellar. Yabu leads them through the corridors
to a secret door, then goes ahead and sounds the alarm.
It is intended to divert attention from the main attack,
an attempt to kidnap Mariko. The red-spot ninja leader,
too impatient, gives the attack signal a moment too
soon. Blackthorne shoots him, slowing the attack, and
gets the door barred just in time. The ninja try to
break down the door as Blackthorne shoots them through
the crack. Kiri leads them to the secret strongroom.
The door goes down and Blackthorne and Mariko run.
Chimmoko dies defending them. Blackthorne and Mariko
reach the door and bolt it barely in time. The
defenders realize that the ninja are after Mariko, and
begin to fight their way towards the cul-de-sac in the
east wing.
The attackers threaten to blow up the door. They claim
they want Blackthorne, and Mariko barely prevents him
from opening the door. Then he tries to open the door
to the battlements while Mariko delays the ninja. The
ninja leader decides to blow the door, even though he
fears that it will kill everyone inside. Mariko
flattens herself against the door, and it is blown in,
mortally wounding her. The ninja pour in, killing only
Kiyama Achiko, as ordered. The ninja retreat, covered
by smoke, fire, and poisoned caltrops. The defenders,
including Yabu, break through. Mariko dies. Etsu
formally accuses Ishido of the attack, then leaps to her
death from the battlements.
58. (p. 1076)
The Council of Regents meets to discuss a way out of the
situation. Ishido wants to cancel the safe conducts,
but they outvote him. Kiyama predicts Toranaga will find
a way to delay the Emperor's visit. They vote to attack
the Kwanto as soon as the visit is delayed.
Blackthorne is deaf. He is moved to protect him from
Kiyama. (Ishido had ordered Achiko killed in case she
was going to assassinate Blackthorne.) Yaemon will be
with Ishido's armies; Ishido predicts Toranaga will not
dare attack then.
dell'Aqua receives a message from Alvito at Mishima; he
will see Toranaga They will bury Mariko's ashes in the
cathedral at Nagasaki. dell'Aqua shows Perez the Pope's
letter closing Japan to all but the Jesuits. Perez
refuses to accept it, predicting a Spanish Bishop will
arrive at any time. He also makes veiled references to
Mariko's love affair with Blackthorne.
59. (p. 1097)
Blackthorne's hearing is returning. Ochiba and Kiri
invite Blackthorne to Mariko's funeral. Mariko's
funeral.
Blackthorne awakes and discovers he has no guards. He
is to be sent away to the galley; Brother Michael guides
him. They go through the city with an escort of
Kiyama's samurai. Blackthorne is famished and stops to
eat some prawns, but has no money to pay; one of
Kiyama's men pays. They take him by the Jesuit mission
and the lorcha with Ferriera and Rodrigues aboard.
There is a stake prepared. Blackthorne asks to die as a
samurai, and Michael sees the stake for the first time.
dell'Aqua and Ferriera face each other down over
Blackthorne; Ferriera wants to kill him. Ferriera backs
down under threat of excommunication. Pesaro tries to
kill Blackthorne, but Kiyama's samurai kill him first.
(dell'Aqua had pleaded with Kiyama to side with
Toranaga, and spare Blackthorne; Kiyama agrees to stay
neutral initially and to spare Blackthorne for Mariko's
sake.) Ferriera and dell'Aqua tell Blackthorne his ship
has burned. The galley returns to Yokohama.
Book Six:
60. (p. 1127)
The Erasmus is a wreck. Naga relates what happened, and
how all witnesses were put to death. Blackthorne
decides Mariko must have told his enemies to leave him
alive but destroy his ship. Vinck goes mad and dies.
Blackthorne buries Vinck then swims out to the wreck.
Toranaga orders the galley to stay at Yokohama pending
his arrival.
Toranaga arrives. He has arranged to delay the
Emperor's visit to Osaka by bribing Ogaki, the courtier.
Ishido will leave the castle to attack; Toranaga has
sacrificed a queen to gain two castles, but he has also
lost the ship.
Toranaga reviews the troops. Toranaga is outraged that
the ship burned. Toranaga tells Blackthorne he may kill
Alvito if he wishes, but better not to. Toranaga, Naga,
etc. discuss whether Blackthorne will kill Alvito, and
Toranaga predicts he will not. Buntaro asks for
Blackthorne's life; he is convinced Mariko dishonored
him with Blackthorne. Toranaga tells him no, that he
had ordered Mariko to divorce Buntaro when she first
suggested going to Osaka, but she refused. This is a
lie, of course, but Buntaro is satisfied. Toranaga
swims out to look at the wreck. Toranaga sees his new
son, then questions the Osaka sumurai, one by one. He
then talks to Kiri, who relays Ochiba's message that the
Heir doesn't wish to lead any armies against Toranaga.
Toranaga talks to Yabu, then Alvito, who denies any
Christian burned the ship. Alvito reports that now that
the ship is gone, the Father-Vistor is able to give full
attention to turning Kiyama and Onoshi. Toranaga muses
that he gave only the ship when he might have had to
give Blackthorne as well, to prove his sincerity to
Kiyama. Toranaga interviews Blackthorne about Osaka,
with Alvito translating. Then he gives Blackthorne
Mariko's last message.
She tells him to build another ship. He is elated at
the idea, and Toranaga vows to help him. He will call
it the Lady.
61. (p. 1159)
Toranaga goes hunting; flashback to meeting with Mariko;
suggestion of burning ship, building another. News of
Jikkyu's death by poisoning, instigated by Yabu. Yabu's
treachery revealed; Toranaga orders him to commit
suicide. Yabu gives his Yoshitomo sword to Blackthorne.
Toranaga reinstates Sudara as his heir. Toranaga orders
Crimson Sky via the Tokaido, as a feint. Toranaga gives
Fujiko permission to die. Tells Gyoko he no longer wants
Kiku. Appoints Omi commander of the Musket Regiment, but
refuses to give him Kiku. Blackthorne begins to salvage
the Erasmus. Meeting with Alvito. Toranaga musings; he
burned the Erasmus, Mura is secretly his spy, he plans
to give Kiku to Blackthorne. How Mariko's death and the
release of the hostages gained so much. Releases
Tetsu-ko as a gift to Mariko's soul. Predicts the course
of events.
Epilogue. (p. 1211)
Battle of Sekigahara, death of Ishido.
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