English

https://aspectsofhistory.com/podcasts/episode-132/

 

In this podcast, I talk to Oliver Webb-Carter about the historical background of the TV series Shogun and my role as supervisor of the historical aspects of the show. We talk about the cultural situation in Japan in 1600, the code of the samurai, the influence of the Portuguese, the arrival of the first Englishman in Japan and the clash of cultures between East and West. My new book In the Service of the Shogun: The Real Story of William Adams is also featured.

 

(Frederik Cryns)