This is how ‘Shōgun’, the ‘Succession’ of feudal Japan, was built, with a passionate historian and traditional theater actors | Television

The Belgian Frederik Cryns, professor of History at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies in Kyoto, remembers an old saying from his adopted country: “a samurai who does not know about poetry, traditional theater or the tea ceremony, is not a samurai.” . These and other disciplines, and not only katana fighting, appear in … Read more

Who’s who in ‘Shōgun’, the historical fiction with samurai that breaks records on Disney+ | Television

Shōgun the successful Disney+ miniseries that critics compare to Game of Thrones, is inspired by real events. It takes place in 1600, at the end of the Sengoku period. For over a century, Japan was in a state of constant civil war with warlords competing with each other. The land was constantly shifting between clans. … Read more