RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN IN
“SHOGUN”
© 2003. Okihei Enterprise, Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Tribute to Richard Chamberlain

 

 
Omi walks through the small, beautiful garden toward the house. 
A shoji slides open and Gyoko bows to him.

 

 
Gyoko bows again and hurries into the house. ami stands there -- 
and after a moment Blackthorne and Kiku come out.
Omi gestures toward the gate -- then he and Blackthorne 
walk toward it, Kiku following a few steps behind.
Kiku bows to Blackthorne -- and in that moment Blackthorne 
sees Omi looking at him angrily. Kiku bows after them.

 

 

 
Mariko:"My Master says that you are to leave with him
tomorrow at dawn".
Blackthorne:"For Yedo?"
Mariko:"First you will go to Yokose. Then to Yedo".
Blackthorne:"I thought Lord Toranaga wanted me to prepare 
my ship for war. Why is he sending me to Yokose?"
Mariko:"Yokose is between here and Mishima. 
It is on the way to Yedo. Lord Toranaga will be stopping there".

Mariko:"My Master wishes you to write down your genealogy --
everything about your family".
Blackthorne:"Why?"
Mariko:"All Samurai have to have their births and deaths 
recorded, Anjin-san, as well as their fiefs and land grants. 
How else can a liege lord keep everything balanced? 
Everything must be officially recorded. How else can you be 
sure where and to whom you belong?"
Blackthorne:"I would like to thank Lord Toranaga for his 
favor and for his many gifts. I would ask him to honor 
be by choosing my two hundred retainers. 
His guidance in this would be worth anything".

 

 

 
Mariko:"Lord Toranaga asks, is it worth a thousand koku?"
Blackthorne:"Hai".
Mariko:"My Master says that you are generous and he 
accepts your offer. One thousand koku. 
Your men will be waiting for you in Yedo".
Blackthorne:"Domo, Toranaga-sama".

 

 
Blackthorne looks around as they ride.
Blackthorne:"I've never seen countryside like this in Europe -"
Mariko:"Yes, it is beautiful".
Blackthorne:"What do we do in Yokose?"
Mariko:"I do not know, Anjin-san Lord Toranaga is meeting 
his half-brother there, Lord Zataki, Lord of Shinao".

 

 
Blackthorne is helping Mariko off her horse - - as Buntaro 
walks up to them.
Buntaro:"Konnichi wa, Mariko-san. Konnichi wa, Anjin-san".
Blackthorne:"Konnichi wa, Buntaro-san".
Mariko:"My husband asks you to excuse him, but he must
speak to me privately".
Blackthorne:"Dozo".

 

 
Zataki's cortege is approaching -- heralds leading the way carrying banners bedecked with the all-powerful cipher of the Regents. 
Then a rich palanquin with precise Samurai bearers, followed by a company of guards. Alvita is walking twenty paces behind the cortege, his ten Acolytes following in two rows. 
Blackthorne is standing a distance away -- watching the 
ceremony on the dais.

 

NEXT: CHAPTER 34 SHOGUN

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