So we've come to the end of Shogun - a story that both haunted and informed us in our younger years.  

Racist, Orientalist - as a book, YES!  But this version. as far as I'm concerned redeems the Entire Venture. 
And as a 1970's work written by a former prisoner of war during the Japanese Occupation during WW2, writing a book trying to get into the somewhat legendary history of Japan - it did what James Clavell wanted, it introduced Japan as a complex society to America and Britain and it's still sprawling empire at the time. 
Writing is hard, editing is much much easier.  Clavell's 1st try - needed some work, but somebody had to bust open the doors.  And Shogun did that.

Now - how did the Blackthorne/Anjin-san story actually end?  Unclear.  But that's fine with me.
Now let's all cheer for whatever H. Sanada has up his sleeve and hope it comes with All The Costumes.

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