"In the year of our Lord 1 598, five trader warships" "left the Dutch city of Rotterdam as the first expeditionary force ever sent to ravage and plunder" "Spanish and Portuguese possessions in the recently discovered New World." "Protestant Holland had been at war with Catholic Spain for more than 40 years, with England her only ally in the struggle." "The Spanish had discovered the vast riches of the Americas, and, legend had it, the even greater riches of mysterious Cathay." "Both Holland and England were determined to share in this wealth." "Only one Dutch ship survived the violent storms and icy seas of Cape Horn to breach the enemy's secret of the Straits of Magellan, and finally sail into American waters-- the Erasmus," "Under the command of Pilot-Major John Blackthorne, with only 28 men of his Dutch crew still alive, the Erasmus ventured into the Pacific." "There, pursued and outnumbered by Spanish fleets, her retreat cut off, this ship turned westward and fled, alone, into the unknown." "Now, almost two years outward bound from home, 1 33 days from her last landfall..." "How be the pilot?" "I take this watch." "Where's the mate?" "Dead." "There's the stink of death, Pilot." "What's the course?" "Wherever the wind takes us." "And where's the landfall you promised, eh?" "Where's the Japans?" "Ahead!" "Ahead!" "Always ahead!" "Blessed Jesus!" "Damn the day I left Holland!" "Get aloft, Maetsukker." "No, I'm near death, Pilot." "I'm sick." "The scurvy's taking me!" "I can't!" "You'll get your face aloft and stay there till you're dead, or we make landfall!" "How are you feeling, Johann?" "Good enough, Pilot." "Perhaps I'll live." "At your age, most men are already dead, so you're ahead of us all." "It's the saintly life I've lead-- that and the brandy." "Bosun's dead, Pilot." "Get the body aloft-- you, and Roper, and Croocq." "Johann, take the dawn watch." "Ginsel, you're bow lookout." "Yeah." "Captain-General." "Where... where are we?" "Still on course." "You and your damn course." "There is no Japans." "You... you'll kill us all." "We'll get there." "We'll make landfall." "It's a lie." "All lies, from the beginning." "God rot you, Pilot." "Reef!" "Reef ahead!" "All hands on deck!" "All hands on deck!" "Pilot?" "Lord Jesus, help us!" "Get the crew on deck!" "Go on!" "Get out on deck!" "Out!" "Get aloft!" "Fores'ls ho!" "Aloft!" "Reef!" "Reef ahead!" "Turn, you whore from hell!" "Turn!" "Damn you, turn!" "Is this the Japans?" "The Japans?" "It is the Japans." "My God, it has to be." "Oh, uh..." "Sorry." "Where are my boots?" "Uh... boots." "Feet." "Boots." "Thank you." "My name" " John Blackthorne." "What's your name?" "Blackthorne." "What's your name?" "Onna," "Onna?" "Onna, Onna," "Hai!" "Onna," "Can you... take me... in your boat... to my ship?" "Hai," "You... wait here for me." "Wait here for me." "Hai," "But this is my ship." "There are papers... in my cabin." "I need them." "I... me... want to go..." "in there." "Who are you?" "Who are you?" "I am Father Sebastio, and you are a heretic Dutchman pirate." "How did you get here?" "We were blown ashore." "What is this place, the Japans?" "Yes." "The authorities know about you." "They crucify criminals and pirates here." "You're going to die." "Where's my crew?" "They will die with you." "May God burn you in hellfire for all eternity." "Kasigi Omi-san wants to know where do you come from, what's your nationality?" "Who is he?" "He's the samurai in charge of this village." "You'd better answer quickly." "T ell him I'm English." "I'm Pilot-Major of the Erasmus, out of Rotterdam." "Omi-san says because you are the pilot, you may walk around the village until his master comes back." "Lord Kasigi Yabu will decide your fate." "What about my crew?" "Where are they?" "Omi-san says, "Do you understand?"" "What's "yes" in Japanese?" "Hai," "By the lot!" "Jesus, Pilot!" "You're alive!" "Where's the ship?" "Is she safe?" "Anchored in the bay." "Where are the others?" "Dead, Pilot." "Savages took them away." "Captain-General." "He can't hear you, Pilot." "All he does is lie there and moan." "He's in God's hands." "We all are." "Is it the Japans, Pilot, is it?" "Aye, it is... but there's a priest here... a Jesuit." "Where there be one priest, there's bound to be others." "Priests and papists..." "they'll burn us at the stake." "The Day of Judgment approaches." "We never should've sailed here!" "Are there riches, Pilot?" "Is there gold?" "There must be." "Gold and riches..." "Did you see it, Pilot?" "Have you seen the gold?" "No." "Well, then, maybe Roper's right!" "Maybe it's only grief that brought us here." "It's God's punishment!" "We" "Stop it!" "We're the first ones to reach Japans, and we'll all be rich if we keep our wits!" "How?" "By trading with the Devil?" "It's always the Devil with you, isn't it, Jan Roper." "The Devil lives on your lips." "Look to your soul, Johann Vinck." "Will they let us back on the ship, Pilot?" "Will they let us go now?" "The ship is under guard." "Guards?" "Are the heathens aboard?" "Sweet Lord, Pilot, what are we to do?" "We've got to get away from here, this is the land of Satan." "Hold your tongue, man!" "We'll do whatever we can." "Their chief is coming soon, then we'll get everything settled." "You think he'll let us go?" "Why shouldn't he?" "Done them no harm." "The way they all smile and bow..." "They're not bloodthirsty heathens, are they, Pilot?" "Are they?" "Mmm..." "Ugh!" "The same swill as before!" "Raw fish!" "How do they expect us to cook it with no fire?" "He wants you, Pilot." "Maybe the chief is here." "T ell him, Pilot." "T ell him we've come in peace." "I'll do what I can." "He wants all of us." "No, I'm not going with that devil." "Roper, you and Pieterzoon bring the Captain-General." "He's going to meet his Maker." "Leave the poor man lie!" "Do as I say, Roper!" "I'll bring him, Pilot." "Bow to him." "He's a heathen savage." "The daimyo, Kasigi Yabu, Lord of Izu, wants to know how you got here." "By Magellan's Pass." "Liar." "Magellan's Pass is secret." "You came by Africa and India." "The pass was secret." "A Portuguese sold us a rutter-- a pilot's chart book from his ship." "Liar!" "Soon, all our ships will know the way through to the Pacific." "Heretic lies!" "But you'll tell the truth soon enough." "They use torture here." "Lord Kasigi Yabu wants to know what act of piracy you have committed." "None!" "We are not pirates." "We come in peace." "Another lie." "Give him my answer, damn you." "God curse you forever." "T ell him we are not pirates, you Jesuit pig!" "Lord Kasigi Yabu says your pirate ship and all it contains is confiscated." "You Papist liar!" "You lied to him!" "You filthy lying Jesuit!" "The guards-- sweet Jesus, death." "We should all pray." "Vinck just did." "I'm sick." "I got to lie down!" "Don't touch Captain-General." "Dying, anyways." "Then you don't touch him!" "Shut up!" "All of you, shut up!" "Get off my foot." "Ah, shut your face." "What are we going to do, Pilot?" "Are they going to kill us?" "Lord Kasigi Yabu has graciously spared all your lives-- all except one." "One of you is to die." "You are to choose who it will be, but you, Pilot, you are not to be the one chosen." "Lord Jesus, help us." "What are we to do now, Pilot?" "I don't know." "How?" "How are we to choose someone?" "We don't." "We fight them." "With what?" "Give them the Captain-General." "He's useless, anyway." "You make a man sick!" "No!" "They'll take none of us without a fight." "If we fight, they'll kill us all." "You heard what he said." "All our lives are spared except one." "How do we choose?" "We don't, damn it!" "Listen to me, Pilot." "This doesn't concern you anymore." "This is between us now." "It's our decision." "Aye." "We'll draw lots." "Straws." "One shorter than the rest." "Agreed?" "What about the Captain-General?" "He wasn't excluded." "Then let the last straw be for him." "Who'll be the first to pick?" "How do we know that... that the man who picks the short straw will go, huh?" "Well, how do we know that?" "We'll all swear to God." "A holy vow." "I swear it." "I swear." "I swear it." "I swear." "I swear to God." "God be praised." "Ooh!" "Nobody's walking to death without a fight." "But we agreed!" "I didn't." "It's all right, Pilot." "We agreed." "It was fair." "It's God's will." "Nobody is going without a fight!" "Get away from the ladder, Pilot." "You'll get us all killed!" "No." "No, it's not me!" "I'm not the one to go!" "Help me, for God's sake!" "I was going." "I swear before Christ, I was going." "Oh, Pieterzoon." "Why did they leave him there?" "They could've carried him away." "Maybe they thought he was dead." "He will be..." "soon enough." "You all right, Pilot?" "Vinck." "We won." "Aye, we did." "It was Hans Pieterzoon they took." "No!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "Oh, my God!" "No!" "No!" "Oh, my God!" "No!" "This poxy heathen's awake." "Come on." "Get up." "You!" "Up!" "What should we do with him?" "Kill him." "No." "Maybe we can trade him for something." "Look at the way he's just squatting there," "like he don't see nothing." "Pieterzoon." "God in Heaven." "Pilot, you are to come up alone." "What do they want with me?" "I don't know, but you must come up at once." "What happened to my man?" "What happened to Pieterzoon?" "He's dead." "May God have mercy on his soul." "Pilot, you must come up." "They can have me instead." "T ell them me, not him." "Pilot!" "What did he say?" "It's a saying." ""A man's fate is a man's fate, and life is but an illusion."" "What the hell do you want with me?" "Mind your manners, Pilot, I warn you." "T ell this poxy bastard that I'm a lord in my own country." "T ell him." "He says he does not care if you are a king in your own country." "Here, you live at Lord Yabu's whim-- you and all your men." "T ell him to go to hell." "If you do not agree to behave, another of your men will be brought up." "What does he mean, "behave"?" "It means to obey." "Obey totally." "T ell him I piss on him and his whole country-- and his Lord Yabu." "No, I can't!" "T ell him exactly!" "No, you can't." "Aah!" "The heat!" "The heat!" "Aah!" "No!" "Please!" "T ell him..." "Please..." "Ask him to stop." "No, please!" "Do you agree to behave?" "Yes, I agree." "He wants you to answer directly to him." "The Japanese for "yes" is hai," "He says, "Will you obey all orders?"" "Hai, as far as I can, hai," "Omi-san says, "Lie down immediately."" "He says he did not insult you personally, and there was no cause for you to insult him, but you must be taught manners." "Do you understand?" "Yes, tell him I understand." "You must tell him yourself." "Hai," "He says it was bad manners to..." "to say what you said." "Very bad." "Do you understand?" "Hai," "Get up." "What about the boy?" "Croocq?" "Croocq, lad?" "Is the boy all right?" "He's alive." "Omi-san says you are to go with Muraji." "You will obey his orders." "Hai," "He has also said that the lives of your crew depend on your behavior." "If you fail to obey, they will suffer." "Is that clear?" "Yes." "Hai," "Omi-san says that since your name is so difficult to say, from now on, you will be called Anjin-- that means "pilot."" "Omi-san wants you to know that this is not meant as an insult." "Anjin..." "Anjin..." "If you say so." "Oh, no." "No, I don't." "Like hell." "A bath'll make you foul sick." "Get out of my way." "Oh, sweet Jesus." "Yes." "Yes." "Hai," "Lord Yabu's pleasure at having the barbarian as his prize vanished with a glance." "The galley that was rounding the headland depended on neither wind nor tide." "And on its sail was the crest of Lord T oranaga." "And T oranaga's most trusted ally," "General T oda Hiro-matsu, was standing on the deck, the barbarian ship calmly at anchor in front of him." "This was no coincidence." "Pilot." "Pilot!" "You must wake up!" "What?" "Konnichi wa, Anjin." "You must greet him." "Say konnichi wa and bow." "Konnichi wa, Omi." "You must say Omi-san." "Why?" "San means "honorable."" "It is an insult if you leave it off." "Say it quickly and bow." "Konnichi wa, Omi-san." "You must get dressed, quickly." "Konnichi wa," "Konnichi wa," "Is she his wife?" "Wife?" "No." "Who is she?" "The woman is a harlot-- common whore, and damned for all eternity." "A slave ship." "You can't stop now, not if you want to live." "Come, Pilot." "Anjin." "Anjin-san." "Anjin-san." "Hai, Omi-san." "No, I'm not going on a slaver." "Damn slave ship, and I won't set foot on it!" "It's a God-cursed slaver, and you'll never make me go on board!" "Leave him alone." "Did he hear what I said?" "Leave him alone!" "Is he the pilot, the Anjin, ka?" "You the pilot of the Dutchman?" "Aye, I'm the pilot." "Who are you?" "Good, good." "I'm Vasco Rodrigues, pilot of this galley, at least on this miserable trip." "rotten-to-hell..." "That's better." "Listen, Pilot, that man is like a king." "I told him that I'd be responsible for you, and that I'd as soon blow your damned head off as drink with you." "Now bow to the bloody sama," "You do that like a Jappo." "You really the pilot?" "Aye." "What's the latitude of The Lizard?" "49 degrees, 56 minutes north, and watch out for the reefs, and bear south by southwest." "You're the pilot, by God." "Come aboard." "There's food and grog and all pilots should love all pilots." "Amen." "Right?" "Right, but where are you taking me?" "Osaka." "The Great Lord High Executioner himself wants to see you." "Who?" "T oranaga, Lord of the Eight Provinces, whatever the hell they may be." "He's the chief daimyo over this whole bloody country." "What does he want with me?" "Well, how the hell would I know?" "But if he wants to see you, by God, he'll see you." "Now, give him a nice little Jappo bow, and on you go." "Do it, lngeles." "Ship's confiscated, lngeles." "Confiscated?" "What about my crew?" "Oh, they'll be all right." "Listen, there's nothing that you or me can do about it now." "You'll just have to wait and see what happens." "You'll never tell with the Jappos." "They're all six-faced and three-hearted." "Hey..." "Madonna, she looks fast, your ship." "Where was she built, Rotterdam?" "Aye." "Do you think we could go aboard her?" "I'd like to collect my gear, and you could have a closer look." "I'll blow your head off, lngeles, if you've got some damn trick up your sleeve." "I give you my word, pilot to pilot... and I'll swear on your mother's virtue." "I'm beginning to like you, lngeles." "Hey!" "Ima!" "Ima, it is." "Ima means "now, at once."" "We're to leave at once." "Please ask him if I can go aboard my ship." "No, lngeles, I won't ask him a poxy thing." "I have your word?" "You have it." "Come on." "There's a boat down there, lngeles." "Move fast... ..don't look around, and don't listen to anybody but me-- go." "Don't worry, Captain-san, I am responsible!" "Me!" "Sit there." "Not to worry, Captain-san." "You get ship ready." "Watch them carefully, lngeles." "T ell me what they're doing." "The bowmen are taking out arrows." "Madonna, they're too cursed accurate with those things." "Are they getting ready to shoot?" "Yes, they-- No, wait a minute, they're" "The captain's talking to them." "Damn all samurai, anyway." "Why?" "They love to kill, lngeles." "They even sleep with their swords." "And they fear nothing, least of all, death." "If a samurai's lord says "kill," he kills." "Their lord says, "Die,"" "he'd slit his own belly open just like that." "I saw Omi-san kill a man in the village just because the man didn't bow." "And you'd better remember that, lngeles." "The samurai rule everything here." "They have the right to kill anyone who isn't a samurai whenever they feel like it." "Man, woman, or child, it doesn't matter." "They all serve their master." "That's what the word means, lngeles." "Samurai means "to serve."" "And if you forget your bloody manners, they'll serve your head up for you." "I didn't see you bow and scrape." "That's because I'm me, Rodrigo-san." "I am important because I act important." "They understand that." "Here you don't ask, you act." "Of course, sometimes you get killed if you act wrong." "Right." "Konnichi wa, to all sod-eating samas." "Bow like I did." "Right." "Let's go and get your gear." "Kinjiru, eh?" "Well, not for me, it isn't bloody kinjiru," "I am Rodrigo-san." "Ichi ban bloody pilot to T oda Hiro-matsu-sama." "T oda Hiro-matsu-sama, ka?" "Well, I'm from T oda Hiro-matsu-sama, who's a bigger king than your bugger, and T oda-sama's from T oranaga-sama, who's the biggest bugger in this whole world." "Neh?" "Get ready to abandon ship." "T oranaga-sama!" "T oranaga-sama!" "Hai," "That's bloody well better." "Those sons of plague-infested lice!" "They've taken everything!" "God curse all Jappos." "Well, since there's nothing here, why don't you take a look at the ship?" "Where are they, lngeles?" "What?" "Your rutters, your charts." "You've hidden them somewhere." "Well, that's why you wanted to come on board." "No pilot would worry about clothes." "You came for your rutters, and now you want me to get out of here so that you can get them." "You're right." "That's why I wanted to come... but they were in here." "Oh, I don't want to steal them, lngeles." "I just want to read them, maybe copy a part or two." "They were in the sea chest." "Oh, Madonna, what a liar!" "You wouldn't have left them in there." "Now, come on, we haven't got much time." "Look, I took your word, now you take mine, pilot to pilot." "I won't steal them." "Damn!" "Stolen!" "What?" "!" "Do I believe you, lngeles?" "Ah, I think so." "This was where you kept them?" "Yes." "Everything?" "Even your Portuguese rutter?" "Oh, come on, lngeles!" "It had to be Portuguese." "How else would you have found your way here?" "Yes, damn it, even the Portuguese rutter." "That's gone, too." "Halfway around the Earth, and no way to get home." "Lord, give me strength!" "I know what you feel, lngeles." "I feel sorry for you." "It happened to me once." "He was lngeles, too-- the thief." "May his ship drown, and he burn in hell forever." "Come on, let's get back to my ship." "You never saw a slaver move like this... even with an infidel Turk whipping them to a lather." "Those are samurai rowers, lngeles." "They'll stroke till they drop dead if Lord T oranaga wants them to." "How far is this place you're taking me?" "Osaka?" "Oh..." "300-odd sea miles, and we'll be there in less than 40 hours." "Hey, Captain-san!" "West-southwest." "I guess you know your compass, lngeles." "These galleys normally hug the coast for safety, but that would take too much time, and time is important." "T oranaga asked me to pilot Otura to Anjiro and back quickly, and there's a bonus for me if we're on time." "You work for T oranaga?" "Me work for him?" "Hell, no." "I was just visiting Osaka-- my captain and me." "This was just a favor." "They're not good ocean sailors, the Japmen." "They're great pirates, fighters, and coastal sailors... but the deep frightens them." "What are they going to do with me?" "Whatever the hell they want to do." "What's your own ship like?" "Oh, I'm the pilot of..." "I keep forgetting..." "that you're the enemy, lngeles." "Portugal and England have been allies for centuries." "But we're not now." "Go below, lngeles." "Get some rest." "If you want to sleep, use my cabin." "You're tired and so am I." "Tired men make mistakes." "How do you feel, lngeles?" "Rested." "What do you think?" "I think there'll be a storm." "When?" "Before the day is out." "Now, that is a safe guess." "If this were your ship, what would you do?" "How far is the nearest land?" "Oh... three, maybe four hours." "If we run for cover, it'll cost me my bonus." "Oh, Madonna." "I'm a tired man." "Then go sleep." "I'll take the watch for you." "If the wind changes, I'll wake you." "All right, lngeles, I think I'll trust you." "God knows why." "Maintain this course." "At the next turn, go four degrees more westerly, and at the next, six more westerly." "Wakarimasu ka?" "Hai, Four degrees westerly it is." "Go below, Pilot." "Your bunk's comfortable." "Ah, priest, what have you given me?" "God curse me and my lack of wits." "There's a storm there, all right, and this craft won't take much water." "How was your sleep?" "Short." "And more than I would've had if you weren't here." "Can't be tai-fun," "What?" "Tai-fun-- huge winds." "Worst storms you've ever seen." "We're not in the tai-fun season." "When's that?" "It's not now, enemy." "Still, it looks rotten enough, so maybe I'll take your miserable advice and head for land." "Steer nor' by west." "Nor' by west, aye." "Hey, Captain-san!" "Isogi, wakarimasu ka?" "Isogi!" "Isogi!" "What's that-- isogi-- "Hurry up"?" "Well, there's no harm in you" "learning a little bit of Japman talk, lngeles." "All you need here is about ten words, and then you can make the buggers dance if you want them to." "That's if they're the right words... and if they're in the mood." "Wakarimasu ka?" "Wakarimasu," "Hey, lngeles..." "I think maybe you learn too damn fast." "Go forward." "Get them to start bailing!" "Make them understand." "Hurry, hurry!" "Ship oars!" "Stop rowing!" "Stop rowing!" "What do you think, lngeles?" "You do what you want, whatever I think, but she won't take much water." "We'll go down like a stone." "Ah..." "And next time I go forward, tell me you're putting her into the wind!" "Ah, that was the hand of God, lngeles." "A wave slapped her rump around." "We'll keep her into the wind, then when the time's right, we'll make a stab for the shore." "My nose tells me that, if we turn and run, we're going to flounder!" "If we don't turn, we'll never make it!" "Well, for God's sake, lngeles, what would you do?" "Wait till we're just past the near headland, then fall off from the wind and make those rowers pull for their lives!" "That's dangerous." "I know!" "All right." "I'll go forward." "You take the helm." "Watch me, and when I signal, go west-nor'west for the shore." "You watch me very closely." "I will!" "Hey." "You'll wait for my order, and obey my orders." "Do you want me to take the helm or not?" "I have to trust you again, lngeles, and I hate trusting you!" "Steady as she goes!" "Hard aport... now!" "Hard aport... aye!" "Pull, you buggers!" "One, two, one, two, one, two!" "one, two, one..." "Damn you, Rodrigues!" "Rodrigues?" "Rodrigues?" "Yabu-san, thank you for saving his life." "Thank you for your courage." "Thank you, you black-eyed son of a whore." "Hai, Omi-san," "Omi-san says you may come up, one by one." "Lord Kasigi Yabu has said that you may live in the world of men again, but the smallest breaking of a rule, and you'll all be put back in this pit." "What about the pilot?" "What's happened to him?" "If you don't come out now, you will stay down there." "Where's the other man?" "Captain-General Spillbergen's dead, God rest his soul." "He's down there lying in the filth." "Omi-san wants you to bow to him." "He wants us to come." "Come on." "So, now I owe you a life, lngeles." "Oh!" "God curse you." "It was Kasigi Yabu who saved your miserable body." "Curse him." "No." "No, those Jappos would never have come after me if it weren't for you." "The curse is thine." "There's a bottle of grog over there." "Here..." "Ah." "You'd make a foul nurse, lngeles." "It's your black heart." "Bring the bottle over here." "How do you feel?" "Mmm, better... considering my head's on fire, and my mouth tastes like a barrel of pig swill." "Hey, eh-eh-eh..." "just give me the bottle." "This, uh, T oranaga... why does he want to see me?" "I don't know." "By the Blessed Virgin, I don't know, but since I owe you something, here's some truth in part payment." "Never forget that the Japmen are six-faced and have three hearts... so be careful, lngeles-- be careful what you say, be careful how you move... even be careful how you think, especially with T oranaga." "T oranaga." "What's he like?" "Same as the rest of them, only worse." "They had 600 years of civil war in this country, lngeles, till about 35 years ago, when this monkey-sama by the name of Goroda conquered half of all Japan and made himself ichi ban," "lord of the whole rotten country." "And you know who helped him?" "T oranaga." "Then-- well, I guess it was 1 6 years ago-- one of his own generals killed Goroda, and another general stepped right into his sandals" "General Nakamura." "And do you know who helped him?" "T oranaga." "Right, lngeles." "T oranaga... and another big monkey-sama, lshido." "T oranaga in the east, lshido in the west." "Sooner or later, there'll be another bloody civil war." "Madonna, I think I got drunk last night, lngeles." "Where are we?" "On course, Pilot." "You're the pilot now." "Ooh... oh, a person could think that that was funny." "You're supposed to be the prisoner." "You could be taking us anywhere." "But you... you wouldn't do that." "If they were taking me to lshido's castle," "I'd be damned if I'd be sailing them there." "Ishido?" "I thought they were taking me to T oranaga." "And so they are, lngeles, except that T oranaga is in Osaka Castle for the meeting of the Regents and Osaka Castle belongs to lshido... and what a butcher he is." "Hell, they all are." "Everything in this bloody country's upside-down." "What are you steering?" "South by southwest." "How do you know?" "Who told you?" "You did." "Me?" "Madonna, it's all in a haze." "You looked in my rutter!" "Ah, lngeles, life is so strange... and if I live, it is by the grace of God, helped by a heretic and a Japman." "There's the sod-eating-sama." "I'd better go and thank him." "You're a dangerous man, lngeles." "Maybe we'd all be better off if they killed you." "Osaka... the white castle city of Lord lshido." "An escort of 20 samurai was on the dock, wearing the brown uniform of T oranaga's army." "Under the command of T oranaga's youngest son," "Lord Naga." "Konnichi wa, Naga-san," "Bow, lngeles, it's T oranaga's fifth son." "Konnichi wa," "Konnichi wa, Rodrigues-san," "Konnichi wa," "All right, that should keep him happy." "Come on." "Now what's the matter?" "You're staying onboard, lngeles." "Why?" "Wouldn't do any good to ask." "When T oranaga's ready, you'll find out." "Go with God, lngeles." "And you." "Good evening, Pilot." "Good evening, Father." "I have a package for His Eminence." "I will see that he receives it." "Oh, forgive me, Father, but I swore that I would place it in his hands myself." "Wait here." "Ah, it's good to see you, Father Alvito." "I'm pleased your journey was a safe one." "Ah, by the grace of God." "You must tell me about it later, but now His Eminence is waiting." "Vasco Rodrigues, Your Eminence." "You have a package for me, my son?" "From Father Sebastio in Anjiro." "I swore to place it in your hands." "Would that all vows were so dutifully obeyed." "Thank you, my son." "It's the English pilot's rutter." "Yes..." "I want you to read it all tonight." "If the rutter proves that they're pirates, which, of course, they are, then the man has damned himself." "Yes, Your Eminence." "Why has he come here?" "Why now, when we're almost safe again?" "As God is my judge, if I didn't know better," "I'd believe that the Spaniards, or their Benedictine lackeys, had deliberately guided him here to plague us." "Perhaps they did, Your Eminence." "May God show them the error of their ways." "Where are we going?" "T oranaga-sama?" "You understand, um, uh... wakarimasu ka?" "Where?" "You're an unpleasant little bugger, aren't you?" "Hai?" "Hai," "That's what I thought." "Anjin-san..." "Dozo," "Yoshi T oranaga, Lord of the Kwanto." "My name is Martin Alvito of the Society of Jesus, Captain-Pilot." "Lord T oranaga has asked me to interpret for him." "First, tell him that we are enemies." "All in good time." "Vasco Rodrigues has told me of your bravery." "T ell Lord T oranaga that I do not trust you to translate what I say." "You would be wise to reconsider." "Lord T oranaga has favored me with his confidence for many years." "Perhaps I should point out that I'm quite apart from Father Sebastio, who is, unfortunately, overzealous, and does not speak Japanese very well." "His own experience here is limited, and your sudden presence took away God's grace from him... regrettably." "T ell him." "You may tell him yourself." "The Japanese word for "enemy" is teki," "If you point to me and say that word," "Lord T oranaga will understand clearly what you mean." "Teki," "Hmm?" "Mariko..." "Hai," "Since you have objected to my translating your words," "Lord T oranaga will have the Lady T oda explain your responses." "I can have no objection to that, but since the lady is to convey my words," "I would like to be introduced." "Lord T oranaga has agreed." "What is your full name?" "Pilot-Major John Blackthorne." "Pilot-Major John Blackthorne, may I present the Lady T oda Buntaro-Mariko." "I am honored, Lady." ""lf you are English, why were you leading Dutch ships?"" "That is not unusual." "Holland and England are allies, and I was glad for the opportunity to sail into these waters." "No English ships were planning to come this far, but we're a trading fleet, though we have letters of mark to attack the enemy in the New World." "We came to Japan to trade." ""What are letters of mark?"" "Legal licenses issued by the Crown, our government, giving authority to war on the enemy." ""And since your enemy is here, do you plan to war on them here?"" "If they war on me." ""What you do at sea or in your own countries" ""is your own affair," ""but here, there is one law for all," ""and foreigners are in our land by permission only." ""Any public mischief or quarrel" ""will be dealt with immediately by death." ""My laws are clear and will be obeyed." "Do you understand?"" "Yes, Sire, but we come in peace." "We came here to trade." "Could we discuss trade, Sire?" "I need to careen my ship and make repairs." "We can pay for everything." "And then there's the question..." ""When I wish to discuss trade or anything else," ""l will tell you." ""Meanwhile, please confine yourself to answering the questions."" ""So, you joined the expedition to trade for profit-- not because of duty or loyalty, for money?"" "Yes." "It is our custom to be paid, Sire." "And I have a share in all... all goods captured from the enemy." ""So, you are a mercenary?"" "I was hired as senior pilot to lead the expedition, yes." "But I am not a pirate." ""What is a pirate?"" "An outlaw:" "a man who kills, rapes, and plunders for personal profit." ""lsn't that the same as a mercenary?" ""lsn't that what you are, a pirate and the leader of pirates?"" "No, Sire, I am not a pirate." "The Portuguese and Spanish will tell you that because we're at war." "What did he say?" ""What I said is no concern of yours." "When I wish you to know something," "I will tell you."" "I'm sorry, Lord T oranaga, I did not mean to be rude." ""Then hold your tongue until I require an answer."'" "Lord T oranaga says that I have told him that Holland was a vassal of the Spanish until a few years ago." "He asks you if that is true." "Yes." ""Then your ally Holland" ""is fighting against its lawful king." "Is that true?"" "They're fighting against Spain, yes, but..." ""lsn't that rebellion?" "Yes or no?"" "Yes, but there are mitigating circumstances, serious mitigating circumstances." ""There are no mitigating circumstances when it comes to rebellion against a sovereign lord."'" "Unless you win." ""Yes, Mr. Foreigner with the impossible name," ""yes-- you name the one mitigating factor." "Will you win?"" "Yes." "Hai, we will win." "How long did it take you to travel here?" "Almost two years." "Exactly one year, 1 1 months and two days." ""How did you come?" "By what route?"" "By the Pass of Magellan." "If I had my maps and rutters, I could show you clearly." "But they were stolen." "They were removed from my cabin with my letters of mark and all my papers." ""You claim all your papers were removed?"" "Y es." "You are to come over here, Captain-Pilot, away from the door." "If you value your life, don't move suddenly or say anything." "What's going on?" "You will be a dead man the next time you speak." "Lord lshido, master of Osaka Castle." "Lord T oranaga asks that you stand." "Move slowly and do not speak." "Lord lshido says you are a pirate." "Captain-Pilot, you are to follow this man." "Where am I going?" "You are to be detained." "Where?" "For how long?" "I do not know, my son." "Until Lord T oranaga decides." "Thank you for your help, Lady." "You are quite welcome, Pilot-Major Blackthorne." "Like hell, I will." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Uh... me, Anjin-san." "Anjin-san." "You?" "Anjin-san." "Anjin-san." "Ji..." "Jirobei." "Jirobei-san." "Hai," "I don't understand." "Wakarimasin," "Ah..." "In nomine patri et fili et spiritus sancti," "Mother of God!" "Art thou real?" "Y es." "Who are you?" "Oh, Blessed Virgin." "Real. "Who are you?"" "I-l, l-I am Friar Domingo of the Sacred Order of Saint Francis." "My prayers have been answered." "I thought I was seeing another apparition... a ghost." "The evil spirit... yes, l-I've seen so many, so many." "How long have you been here?" "Yesterday." "And you?" "Oh, a long time." "I-I don't know." "I was put here in September, in the year of our Lord 1 598." "It's May now... 1 600." "1 600?" "Come with me, my son." "They are my flock." "They are all my sons in the blessed Lord Jesus." "I've made so many converts here." "This one's John." "That's Mark..." "Methuselah." "Please..." "Sit down, my son." "You must be tired." "One of my flock says that you are a pilot, an anjin," "Is this so?" "Yes." "You came from Manila?" "No, I've never been in Asia before." "Why-why are you here?" "Jesuits put me here, my son." "Jesuits and their filthy lies." "You are not Spanish?" "No." "Nor Portuguese?" "Was your ship Portuguese?" "T ell me the truth, before God." "No, Father, it was not Portuguese... before God." "Of course." "Your ship was Spanish." "Huh." "Spanish." "And you were shipwrecked, like us." "Foully thrown into this jail." "Falsely accused by those devil Jesuits." "God curse them, and show them the error of their treachery." "You said you had never been in Asia before?" "This is my first time." "You will be like a child in the wilderness, my son." "Yes." "Oh, there's so much to tell." "Did you know that Jesuits are merely traders?" "Gunrunners?" "Usurers?" "And that the Black Ship is worth a million in gold to them every year?" "Black Ship?" "What is the Black Ship?" "That is why the Jesuits are here, my son." "They control all the silk trade, all the trade with China." "Selling silk in Japan alone is worth a fortune to them, and once a year, the Black Ship takes their ungodly profits back to Europe, to fill their filthy coffers ever further." "You have never heard of this, my son?" "No, never." "How did that happen?" "The Jesuits have forced His Holiness the Pope to grant them total power over all Asia-- them and their dogs, the Portuguese." "Did you know that all other religious orders are forbidden here?" "Yeah." "The Jesuits deal in gold, reveling in their profits against the direct orders of His Holiness, Pope Clement, and of our King Phillip." "Yes, and even against the laws of this land." "They meddle in politics, and lie and cheat and bear false witness against us, my son." "Their lies and poison put me here." "I must tend my flock." "There are converts here and..." "little time." "Sit here, my son." "You will be safe here." "Shimsama," "Domo arigato," "Korewa Anjin-san," "Oh, I'm sorry, my son." "I..." "I did not mean to disturb you." "We thought..." "We thought you might be thirsty when you awaken." "Dozo," "Thank you." "How do you say that in Japanese?" "Domo," "Sometimes you say "arigato."'" "A woman must always be very polite." "She says "arigato goziemashita."'" "What's his name?" "He's Gonzalez." "No, his, uh, Japanese name." "Ah, yes, ah, uh..." "Kagoya." "But that just means "porter."'" "They don't have names." "Only the samurai have names." "What do you mean?" "Only the samurai have names." "First names and surnames, and everyone else is known by what they do." "Porter or... fisherman, cook..." "Domo, Kagoya-san," "Only yesterday you said you-you came here only yesterday." "What occurred with you, my son?" "When we landed, there was a Jesuit there." "Jesuits come from hell." "God curse them." "Oh..." "God forgive my foolish rage." "Ayiko Yodoro!" "Ji Nomi!" "Nokoro Hajiro!" "Koyano Kanski!" "Kanski, suyi!" "What's going to happen to him?" "He will be executed." "Are you sure?" "His Calvary is outside the door." "May the Holy Madonna take his soul swiftly and give him everlasting reward." "What did he do?" "He broke the law, my son-- their law." "The Japanese are a simple people." "They have only one punishment:" "death." "You forget about imprisonment." "That is not one of their punishments, my son." "T o them, prison... is a temporary place where they keep a man till they decide his sentence, and that sentence is always death." "Oh, only the guilty come here, for just a little while." "But you've been here almost two years." "Oh, one day they will send for me" "like all the others." "This is a resting place between the hell of Earth and the glory of Everlasting Life." "But you're not guilty of anything." "Then I am the one exception." "Perhaps... perhaps it is the will of God." "Perhaps those devil Jesuits are keeping me alive to torture me." "Yeah." "It is so hard to be patient." "So very hard." "What is it, my son?" "Nothing, Father." "Go back to sleep." "There is nothing to fear." "We are all in God's hands." "Ah." "How are you today, my son?" "Fine." "Thank you, Father." "And you?" "I'm quite well." "Thank you." "How do you say that in Japanese?" "Domo, genki desu," "Domo, genki desu," "Mm-hmm." "Has anyone ever tried to break out of here?" "No, no." "Why should they?" "There's nowhere to run, nowhere to hide." "T o help an escaped prisoner is punishable by death." "You're here, even if all you do is not report a crime." "Even that will take you to the cross." "Do not think of it, my son." "No." "No." "T ell me more, Father..." "Hmm?" "about the Black Ship." "Have you ever seen one?" "Oh, yes." "They are the greatest ships in the world." "Almost 2,000 tons." "As many as 200 men are needed to sail one." "How many guns do they hold?" "Mm, sometimes 20 or 30." "Three decks." "Then she probably lumbers when the wind's abeam." "Huh?" "I don't understand." "Big but slow." "The Black Ship?" "Ah, yes." "Domo," "Denkides," "Ah!" "Oh, you remembered." "If only I had ink and quill and paper," "I could write the words down for you." "Would you teach me anyway, Father?" "I want to learn." "Yes, of course." "Here." "Let-let us trace the words in the dirt." "You'll remember them." "Now." "Dozo is "please."'" "Water." "Mizu," "Yeah." "And "please wait"" "Mate, kudasai," "Mate kudasai," "Mate kudasai, Now you write." "Anjin-san!" "Your confession, my son, say it quickly." "I don't think I..." "Very quickly, my son, and I will give you absolution." "Be quick for your immortal soul." "Just say that you... you confess before God all things past and present." "Say it now." "The Blessed Virgin will watch over you." "Go with God, Father." "I don't understand." "Wakarimasen," "Anj i n-san." "Is that where we' re goi ng?" "The castle, there?" "Hai?" "Hai," "Sweet Jesus..." "I thoug ht I was a dead man." "At the castle lake," "Lord T oranaga was teach i ng the art of fish i ng to Y aemon, the you ng son of the late T ai ko, and h is consort, the Lady Och i ba." "T oranaga had arranged Blackthorne's release from prison for the same reason he had sent h i m there-- to keep h i m out of Lord lsh ido's reach and thereby save the E ng I ish man's I ife." "It g ives me g reat pleasu re to see you agai n, my lady." "Than k you, Captai n." "I' m pleased to see that you are wel l." "May I present the Lady Ki ri-sama." "Konnichi wa," "Is the lady T oranaga's wife?" "No." "Lord T oranaga's wife d ied many years ago." "The Lady Ki ri-sama was once h is consort." "Now she is m istress of h is household." "Konnichi wa, Toranaga-sama," "How do you say it correctly?" "I've on ly learned a few words and ph rases." "How do you say, "l don't speak Japanese"?" "I' m su re Lord T oranaga u nderstand what you meant." "Lord T oranaga wishes to know where you learn you r few words and ph rases." "I n prison." "There was a mon k, a F ranciscan mon k." "He taug ht me." "Lord T oranaga wishes to know about you and you r cou ntry." "My Lord also wishes to know about you r sh i ps and weapons and how you g u ided you r sh i p here." "My master wishes to u nderstand al I of th is." "That wou ld seem to be j ust about everyth i ng I know." "That is precisely what my master wishes." "I wi I I be pleased to tel I h i m, but it may take some ti me." "My master has the ti me." "Where shal I I beg i n?" "At the beg i n n i ng." "Th is is a map of the world." "The earth is rou nd, I i ke an orange." "Th is map is I i ke its ski n-- cut off and laid out flat." "Th is is north, south, east, west." "Japan, Nihon, is here." "My cou ntry is here." "Hai," "Th is is Africa, these are the Americas." "W e know on ly the coast I i nes, very I ittle else." "Lord T oranaga wishes that you to show h i m on the map how you came to Japan." "Th is way... by Magel lan's Pass or Strait here by the ti p of South America." "It's cal led that after the Portug uese navigator who d iscovered it 80 years ago." "S i nce then, the S pan ish and Portug uese have kept the way secret." "W e were the fi rst outsiders th roug h the pass." "Aren't you goi ng to translate?" "I wi I I explai n everyth i ng to Lord T oranaga later." "When he wishes to know someth i ng, he wi I I ask." "70 years ago, the ki ngs of S pai n and Portugal sig ned a solem n treaty, d ivid i ng the ownersh i p of the New W orld-- the u nd iscovered world-- between them." "S i nce you r cou ntry fal ls i n the Portug uese half, official ly, you r cou ntry belongs to Portugal" "Lord T oranaga, you, everyone." "Th is castle, everyth i ng i n it, was g iven to the Portug uese." "Please excuse me, but that does not make sense." "Perhaps, but it's true." "It was written i nto legal docu ments that gave each ki ng the rig ht to cial m any non-Cathol ic land and replace the existi ng govern ment with Cathol ic ru le." "Many lands i n the Americas have al ready been pl u ndered by the S pan ish and thei r treasu res taken back to S pai n." "Portugal has g rown rich from gold and si lver from Brazi l." "If th is is true, how cou ld the ki ngs of S pai n and Portugal g ive themselves such rig hts?" "They d id n't." "The Pope gave them the rig hts." "The Vicar of Ch rist on earth h i mself." "I n exchange for spread i ng the word of God." "I don't bel ieve what you say is true." "It is true, Lady." "Pope Clement Vl I sanctioned the T reaty of Saragossa i n the year 1 529, g lvl ng Portugal the excl usive rig ht to you r cou ntry, and..." "Cathay." "Mm." "My Lord wishes me to explai n what you have said." "You may wait over there." "Lord T oranaga says that he wi I I conti n ue h is d iscussion with you later." "I am at h is service, Lady." "Was the boy Lord T oranaga's son?" "Y aemon is the hei r." "He is the son of the late T ai ko." "And the woman who came j ust now?" "S he is the Lady Y edo." "S he is the official mother of the hei r." "Lord T oranaga has i nstructed me to tel I you that you are to be taken to you r q uarters now." "When he wishes to see you agai n, he wi I I send for you." "Please." "How bad?" "Very bad, Captai n Ferriera." "T oranaga has been q uestion i ng the E ng I ish man, Blackthorne." "The sooner that heretic is dead, the better." "If the Dutch and E ng I ish start spread i ng thei r filth i n Asia, we' re i n for trou ble." "Al I of us." "W e are al ready i n trou ble, Captai n." "T oranaga said that Blackthorne has told h i m of the T reaty of Saragossa." "And then he asked me if such a th i ng cou ld be." "And how d id you answer?" "With the truth, You r E m i nence." "Fool." "Fool!" "You endanger al I ou r profits." "A false answer wou ld endanger very m uch more." "Ou r whole position here is based on trust." "And what else d id the Jappo say?" "Lord T oranaga req uests a written explanation of ou r conq uests i n the New W orld." "And "pu rely for my own i nterest" were h is exact words, the amou nt of gold and si lver taken back to S pai n and Portugal from the Americas." "Th is m ust absol utely be refused." "You can not refuse T oranaga." "He's j ust another m u rderi ng heathen." "Without my Black S h i p, thei r whole economy wou ld col lapse." "W e've al ready pu rchased a m i I I ion d ucats worth of si I k at the Canton fai r, and we' I I be cutti ng a least 1 00,000 ou nces of Ch i nese gold." "Y es, Captai n, they need ou r si I k to make thei r ki monos." "But th is is you r fi rst visit to Japan." "You have no idea of ou r problems here." "Oh, they need us, that's true, but we need them more." "You m ust excuse me, You r E m i nence, but someti mes it is necessary for sold iers to do God's work." "I m ust ask you, Captai n, formal ly, not to even th i n k of i nterferi ng with i nternal pol itics i n th is cou ntry." "I' m Captai n of the Black S h i p th is year, therefore Governor of Macao th is year with vice regal powers over these waters th is year." "And if I choose to el i m i nate T oranaga or anyone else..." "I wi I I." "Then you' I I do so over my d i rect orders to the contrary, and you' I I risk i m med late excom m u n ication." "Th is is beyond you r j u risd iction, E m i nence." "Th is is a tem poral matter, not a spi ritual one." "Once and for al l, you wi I I not i nvolve you rself i n the i nternal pol itics here." "On ly if the i nternal pol itics do not i nterfere with my plans." "Because by the blood of Ch rist, my Black S h i p wi I I sai I on ti me from Macao to Nagasaki." "And then, the richest treasu re sh i p i n h istory, she wi I I head home!" "As Ch rist is my j udge, that is what is goi ng to happen." "And ou r prayers wi I I go with you." "So wi I I you r profits." "But if that Dutch pig, the Erasmus with her E ng I ish captai n catches us at sea, we wou ld lose everyth i ng." "I hope you u nderstand that." "You have made it q u ite clear, Captai n." "Y es." "I' I I be getti ng back to my sh i p now." "Perhaps you' I I come aboard to d i ne with me tomorrow n ig ht?" "Y es, some good food wou ld be wonderfu I agai n." "Than k you." "You' re very ki nd." "T omorrow at d usk." "W e m ust be very carefu I, Marti n, pai nfu I ly carefu I." "The more T oranaga learns from the heretic, the more peri lous ou r situation here." "Then, You r E m i nence, we shal l have to do someth i ng u nexpected." "Anj i n..." "Oh, no, no." "He-he d id not wou nd me." "Iye," "The mark of the Am ida T ong, the dead I lest assassi ns i n al I Japan." "Lord T oranaga's fi rst q uestion :" ""Who wou ld know how to h i re one of these men?"" "When he was su m moned at dawn, Lord Y abu was certai n that the moment of h is destruction had arrived." "But Lord T oranaga si m ply i nvited h i m to watch the su n rise." "Oh!" "Sti I I, the message was clear." "Y abu knew that T oranaga was not pleased." "Ah." "Konnichi wa," "Good day." "Please sit down, Anj i n-san." "Than k you." "Lord T oranaga has i nstructed me to tel I you how m uch he reg rets the i ncident of last n ig ht." "You r sam u rai have been dou bled, and every effort wi I I be made to prevent th is from happen i ng agai n." "Please i nform Lord T oranaga of my appreciation." "Lord T oranaga has decided to send you to the provi nces with i n the next few days so that you may recu perate." "I n the meanti me, he asks if you wou ld please prepare a few maps showi ng the way you came here and showi ng the world as you know it." "He has provided you with these materials." "Wil I th is be acceptable?" "Y es." "Y es, th is wi I I be acceptable." "My master wi I I meet with you agai n soon." "And he has i nstructed me to answer any q uestions that you m ig ht have." "Lord T oranaga is anxious that you learn about ou r ways and customs as he is eq ual ly anxious to know about the outside world." "Then you wi I I answer any q uestion?" "As wel I as I am able." "What does it mean?" "That is the sig n of the Am ida T ong." "It is a secret society, and..." "I don't know that m uch about it." "What do you know?" "They vow to spend thei r I ives trai n i ng to become a perfect weapon for one ki I I." "They swear to ki I I on ly at the order of thei r leader." "If they fai I to ki I I, they m ust take thei r own I ife at once." "Not one of them has ever been caug ht al ive." "Why d id one of these Am ida T ong attack me last n ig ht?" "That is a q uestion that Lord T oranaga h i mself is attem pti ng to answer." "More?" "W el l, why not?" "What do you cal l th is stuff, anyway?" "Namae ka, or however the hel l you say it." "Sakezu ki." "Sakezu ki-- very good." "More Sakezu ki." "Hai!" "Sakezu ki." "Hai, Sakezu ki." "Oh, no, lye, u h-u h-u h, to d ri n k." "Dri n k." "W el l, whatever it is..." "I th i n k it' s got me a I ittle d ru n k." "Must be why I feel so dam n good." "Sakezu ki." "More Sakezu ki." "I prom ised her ri ngs for her fi ngers..." "S parki i ng flowers for her flaxen hai r..." "I swore that I'd never set sal I i n fou I weather" "But stay by her side at the shore" "Fare-thee-wel I oh you Barbary merchants" "Fare-thee-wel I to the S pan ish blockade" "Fare-thee-wel I to the straits of G i braltar" "And the treacherous seas of Cathay." "Konnichi wa, Toranaga-sama," "My master asks what you are doi ng." "It was j ust a dance, Mari ko-san -- a sai lor' s dance." "My master says he wou ld I i ke to see you dance." "Now?" "Of cou rse, now." "I prom ised her ri ngs for her fi ngers" "S parki i ng flowers for her flaxen hai r" "I swore that I ' d never set sal I i n fou I weather" "But stay by her side at the shore" "Fare-thee-wel I oh you Barbary merchants" "Fare-thee-wel I to the S pan ish blockade" "Fare-thee-wel I to the straits of G i braltar" "And the treacherous seas of Cathay" "I gave her my word to be married" "And took her sweet vow i n retu rn" "I swore that I ' d never set sal I i n fou I weather" "But stay by her side at the shore" "Fare-thee-wel I to you Barbary merchants" "Fare-thee-wel I to the S pan ish blockade" "Fare-thee-wel I to the straits of G i braltar" "And the treacherous seas of Cathay." "Lord T oranaga wi I I dance you r dance." "What?" "!" "I prom ised her ri ngs for her fi ngers" "S parki i ng flowers for her flaxen hai r" "I swore that I'd never set sal I i n fou I weather" "But stay by her side at the shore" "Fare-thee-wel I oh you Barbary merchants" "Fare-thee-wel I to the S pan ish blockade" "Fare-thee-wel I to the straits of G i braltar" "And the treacherous seas of Cathay" "I gave her my prom ise to marry" "And took her sweet vow i n retu rn" "I swore that I'd never set sal I i n fou I weather" "But stay by her side at the shore" "Fare-thee-wel I oh you Barbary merchants" "Fare-thee-wel I to the S pan ish blockade" "Fare-thee-wel I to the straits of G i braltar" "And the treacherous seas of Cathay" "I bu i It her a cottage i n Chatham" "Gave her ch i ld ren to sit by the fi re" "I swore that I'd never set sal I i n fou I weather" "But stay by her side at the shore" "Fare-thee-wel I oh you Barbary merchants" "Fare-thee-wel I to the S pan ish blockade" "Fare-thee-wel I to the straits of G i braltar" "And the treacherous seas of Cathay" "But ou r cottage is too smal l for a sai lor" "Without the bl ue sea and the sky" "Thoug h I swore that I'd never set sal I i n fou I weather" "I left her beh i nd at the shore" "T ake me back oh you Barbary merchants" "Let me risk the S pan ish blockade" "Carry me to the straits of G i braltar" "And the treacherous seas of Cathay." "My master says that he wou ld be pleased for you to accept th is as a g ift." "Arigato goziemashita, T oranaga-sama." "Lord T oranaga has enjoyed you r dance." "Maybe one day he wi I I show you a dance of h is." "My master say that you wi I I leave at d usk." "Dusk?" "Is that not a correct expression?" "Y es, but you told me, I'd be, u h..." "Ieavi ng i n a few days." "Y es, but now he has said that you wi I I leave th is even i ng." "He is send i ng the Lady Ki ri-sama to Y edo to prepare for h is retu rn." "You wi I I go with her." "Is it possi ble... wi I I I see Lord T oranaga before I leave?" "I do not know." "I wanted to ask h i m, to-to req uest... if it wou ld be possi ble to release F riar Dom i ngo." "He's the mon k I met i n prison." "My master sent for the man yesterday i m med lately after you mentioned h i m." "But..." "I am sorry." "The man was al ready dead." "How?" "My master told me that he d ied when h is name was cal led out." "Poor man." "Lord T oranaga wou ld tel I you that I ife and death are the same." "And is that what you bel ieve as wel l?" "You have seen what I bel ieve." "Rako-san says you r dance was very excel lent." "Also, she wou ld I i ke to ask you a q uestion." "What is it?" "Hai?" "Rako-san asks if you r women are the same as us i n body." "I assu me so." "Asa-san asks, i n pi I lowi ng, how do you com pare you r women with ou rs?" ""Pi I lowi ng"?" "I don't u nderstand." ""Pi I lowi ng" is ou r way of referri ng to the physical joi n i ng of man and woman." "I have noth i ng to base the com parison on." "You haven't pi I lowed si nce you have been here?" "No." "You m ust be feel i ng very constricted." "Neh?" "One of these lad ies wou ld be del ig hted to pi I low with you" "Anj i n-san... or al l of them, if you wish." "Al l?" "Certai n ly, but if you don't want any of them, there is no need to worry." "They wou ld not be offended." "J ust tel I me the sort of lady you wou ld I i ke, and we shal I make al I the arrangements." "U h, than k you, but, u m, u m... perhaps later." "Are you su re?" "Please excuse me, but my master has g iven specific i nstructions that you r health is to be protected and i m proved." "How can you be healthy without pi I lowi ng?" "It is very i m portant for a man, yes?" "Than k you, u h, but I, u h... n-not now. h m m?" "Or maybe..." "you wou ld prefer a boy." "A boy?" "On ly if you wish it." "W el l, I do not wish it." "Do I look I i ke a God-cu rsed Sodom ite?" "Please forg ive me." "I've made a terri ble m istake." "I was on ly tryi ng to please." "But I have never known an E ng I ish man before, so I have no way of knowl ng you r..." "you r i nti mate customs." "W el l, Lady, my i nti mate customs do not i ncl ude boys!" "Please forg ive me for offend i ng you." "It was enti rely my fau lt d ue to my stu pid ity and ig norance." "S i nce the E ng I ish pi rate Blackthorne had told Lord T oranaga that h is rutters-- the sh i p's log detai I i ng her long voyage-- had been stolen, Father Marti n Alvito knew" "that the conti n ued possession of these papers cou ld be dangerous." "There wou ld be some d isadvantages i n su rrenderi ng the docu ments to T oranaga." "Not the least of wh ich was explai n i ng how Father Sebastio and Anj i ro had removed them from the E ng I ish man's sh i p." "Pi lot-Major Blackthorne." "I d id n't know that you were here." "Where d id you th i n k I was?" "Sti I I i n that fou I prison?" "You are becom i ng q u ite Japanese." "I' m learn i ng." "No." "I dou bt if you' I I ever learn enoug h to be able to u nderstand these people." "Do you?" "I have I ived here si nce I was a boy." "Does that su rprise you?" "Y es, I was ordai ned here as wel l." "Thei r lang uage is as natu ral to me as my own." "And sti I I they are a mystery." "I' m pleased to hear it." "Why?" "It wi I I not hel p you to be my enemy, Pi lot-Major." "That is a fig ht you su rely wi I I lose." "I choose my fig hts very carefu I ly, but when I do fig ht, I wi n." "Then let me tel I you someth i ng, E ng I ish man." "You wi I I not choose you r next fig ht." "There is war com i ng to th is cou ntry." "The E m pi re is d ivided i nto two cam ps" "T oranaga's and lsh ido's." "And if you th i n k that ki mono wi I I keep you safe, you are sad ly m istaken." "And whose side are you on, Priest?" "On the side of peace." "Always on the side of peace." "Listen to me." "If you can persuade T oranaga to retu rn you r sh i p to you," "leave th is cou ntry before it's too late." "Leave as q u ickly as you can." "You mean, leave before the Black S h i p arrives, don't you?" "Who spoke to you of the Black S h i p?" "Who sends h i red assassi ns i n the n ig ht?" "You wi I I bu rn i n hel l for al I etern ity, heretic." "You wi I I bu rn i n hel l." "That I prom ise you." "Is Lord T oranaga coming to Y edo with us?" "No." "He can not leave without Lord lsh ido's perm ission." "But you wi I I be safer i n Y edo." "Then when wi I I Lord T oranaga come?" "I do not know, Anj i n-san." "Whenever he can." "How to we get to Y edo?" "On the gal ley." "And then what wi I I happen to me?" "That is for Lord T oranaga to decide." "Now we wi I I be leavi ng." "Why is Lady Ki ri cryi ng?" "S he is u n happy to be separated from Sazu ko-san, even for th is short ti me." "Is that her daug hter?" "Daug hter?" "Oh, no." "The Lady's escort is the seventh and you ngest of Lord T oranaga's consorts." "Hai, Domo," "Lord Bu ntaro req uests that you wal k beside my palanq u i n." "Who is he?" "Lord Bu ntaro." "Lord of Saku ra." "He is the son of H i ro-matsu." "He is my h usband." "Lord lsh ido." "What does he want?" "I don't know." "Lord lsh ido has a message for h is n iece i n Y edo." "He asks if Lady Kisamari wi I I take it." "Ha-ha-ha!" "Ha-ha-ha!" "Ha-ha-ha!" "It is bad I uck i n my cou ntry for a pri nce to g ive a message I i ke a com moner!" "Bad I uck, bad I uck." "Bad!" "You can not take it from a pri nce's hand." "Oh, bad I uck!" "Bad I uck is the worst I uck there is." "My master is i n here." "My master is i n here." "Hel p me!" "Ha-ha." "Bad I uck." "Oh, bad, bad." "Oh!" "Oh!" "Bad, bad, bad..." "No." "Please?" "T el I h i m to fol low me." "T el I h i m I've gone mad." "Out of my way!" "Out of my way!" "Oh, bad I uck, bad I uck!" "Are they com i ng?" "I can't keep th is u p m uch longer." "Y es, yes, Anj i n-san." "Ou r people ou r com i ng!" "You can stop danci ng now." "You are a brave man, Anj i n-san." "I than k you for savi ng h i m." "Then tel I me why Lord T oranaga d id n't leave the castle open ly." "Why the masq uerade?" "No one leaves Osaka Castle without Lord lsh ido's perm ission." "Not even my master." "Did you know he was there?" "No." "Not u nti I you told me." "But you saw earl ier." "Y es." "And I saw what you d id." "Putti ng you rself between lsh ido's arrow and my back." "You r bravery is g reater than m i ne, Lady." "No, please." "You m ust not say that." "But that is the truth." "How do you say "truth" i n Japanese?" "Honto," "Then it is honto that you are braver than I." "You are brave..." "and you are beautifu l." "You have a honeyed tong ue, Anj i n-san." "That you are beautifu l is honto as wel l." "Here it is not wise to notice another man's woman." "Ou r customs are very strong." "For exam ple, if a married woman is fou nd alone with a man, by law, her h usband or h is brother or h is father has a rig ht to put her to death." "But that's not even civi I ized." "W e fi nd ou rselves q u ite civi I ized, Anj i n-san." "You m ust remem ber ou r cu ltu re is a thousand years old." "W e are ancient people." "Ou r E m peror is the 1 07th of h is u n broken I i ne." "Rig ht back to the celestial spi rits." "If you bel ieve that, how can you also say you' re a Cathol ic?" "I am on ly a ten-year Ch ristian." "And thoug h I bel ieve i n the Ch ristian god with al I my sou I, ou r E m peror is without q uestion." "Y es, I am a Ch ristian, but fi rst I am Japanese." "Get down!" "No, stay down!" "Hai!" "Lord T oranaga wishes us to go with h i m and Lord Y abu." "My h usband wi I I conti n ue with the others on a separate route." "But if we separate..." "Do not arg ue, please." "Anj i n?" "Wakarimasu," "Who were they?" "Who attacked us?" "Lord lsh ido' s men?" "Band its or..." "I do not know." "Who are they?" "Lord T oranaga's sam u rai." "I n Osaka Castle at the appoi nted hou r," "General H i ro-matsu fol lowed Lord T oranaga's i nstructions." "He req uested an i m med late i nterview with Lord lsh ido." ""What cou ld be so u rgent?"" "demanded the master of Osaka Castle." "Lord T oranaga's letter was h is resig nation from the Cou nci I of Regents." "How can we reach the gal ley with lsh ido's men there?" "Lord T oranaga wi I I fi nd a way." "The odds are not exactly i n ou r favor." "He had asked me to explai n to you what he has done." "My master has resig ned from the Cou nci I of Regents." "Now there are on ly fou r of them, and five are needed to make any decision." "Then lsh ido wi I I appoi nt another regent." "No, he can not." "The fou r wi I I have to ag ree on the choice, and they wi I I arg ue." "Sooner or later, they' I I decide." "By then, my master wi I I be safe." "Mari ko." "Hai, Todo," "Lord T oranaga says that you and I we wi I I go to the gal ley and tel I them that we have been attacked by band its." "Do you th i n k they' I I bel ieve you?" "Whatever they do, you and I are to go i nto the gal ley at once." "Then I' I I want a kn ife." "Better get me two." "You go over there!" "H u rry!" "Isogi!" "Isogi!" "Isogi!" "Konbanwa, Anj i n-san." "Konbanwa, Captai n-san." "The captai n says that you saved h is sh i p d u ri ng the storm on the tri p here." "Ask h i m if the sh i p is ready to sai l as soon as the others arrive." "He says the sh i p is ready to leave on you r com mand." "The castle alarm." "Lord lsh ido knows." "Look at h i m... as if he had al I the ti me i n the world." "I..." "I than k you for my I ife, Anj i n-san." "Hai!" "Anj i n-san." "Hai," "Hai, Captai n-san, cast off." "Hai," "Any closer and I wi I I blow her out of the water." "No." "W e risk noth i ng, E m i nence, and gai n everyth i ng." "W e pretend that we d id n 't know T oranaga was aboard." "W e thoug ht the band its-- band its led by the pi rate heretic-- were goi ng to attack us." "The gal ley is flyi ng T oranaga's flag." "False colors." "That's the oldest trick i n the world." "With T oranaga dead, that wou ld make th i ngs si m ple for us, h m m?" "W e wi I I not i nterfere i n thei r pol itics." "But you i nterfere al I the ti me." "The Society of Jesus is famous for i nterferi ng." "Don't tal k to me as if I am some si m ple, th ick-headed peasant." "Wh i le I am aboard, you wi I I not si n k that sh i p." "Then ki nd ly go ashore." "They cou ld blow us to hel l." "No Portug uese sh i p wou ld fi re on us." "Mari ko..." "Anj i n..." "My master asks what you wou ld do to break th roug h." "Can non wou ld be the easiest way, but there aren't any... and th is sh i p cou ld n't hold them if there were." "The next best th i ng wou ld be to put 20 men with m uskets on the bow, and si m ply blast th roug h." "Santiago!" "S ig ht for the q uarterdeck!" "Aye, si r." "S he's an easy target." "It's a waste to ki I I a pi lot I i ke that, Captai n." "W e shou ld use h i m." "Ready, si r." "I say thou shalt not ki I I." "But we ki I I al I the ti me, Father." "Wh i le I am here, there wi I I be no ki I I i ng." "Ahoy, frigate!" "Ahoy, I ngeles." "Is that you, Rod rig ues?" "Aye." "Perm ission to come aboard?" "Who, I ngeles?" "Lord T oranaga, h is i nterpreter, and g uards." "I don't want sam u rai aboard." "Lord T oranaga m ust bri ng some." "It's a matter of face." "Settle on five." "Five, h m m." "But tel I the heretic he m ust come, as wel l." "Why?" "For my am usement, E m i nence." "For my am usement." "T el I h i m." "Five g uards on ly, I ngeles, but you come, too." "Why me?" "W el l, tel I h i m someth i ng, Pi lot." "Convi nce h i m, h m m?" "There's g rog on the table, I ngeles." "There's a fi ne roast capon with g reens and g ravy." "There's new golden bread and a side of beef." "There's fresh oranges from Goa, and there's even a gal lon of Madei ra wi ne to wash it al I down." "Dam n you to hel l, Rod rig ues!" "He's com i ng." "Perm ission to come aboard." "W el l!" "Look who's gone Jappo." "You d id n't tel I me there were priests on board." "You d id n't ask, I ngeles." "Where's the food?" "My cabi n." "Come on, I' I I show you." "I' I I get you some decent clothes out of my locker." "The food fi rst, S pan lard." "A S pan lard wou ld let you starve, Jappo." "I n there." "Listen, you whore-g utted, pox-m ugged, motherless scu m..." "I need a favor." "S lowly, I ngeles." "S lowly." "Wh ich do you prefer... brandy or g rog?" "Both." "Mm m, m m m, m m m, m m m, m m m, m m m, m m m, m m m!" "Lord T oranaga says that, of cou rse," "Lord lsh ido is tryi ng to ki I I h i m." "So are many other lords." "They have done so i n the past, and they wi I I do so i n the futu re." "Lord T oranaga says that if he is ki I led, that it wi I I si m pl ify th i ngs for the moment." "He is i n lsh ido's trap now, and if the trap is successfu l, it wi I I prod uce on ly a tem porary advantage." "If, however, Lord T oranaga escapes, then there never was a trap." "E noug h, enoug h, enoug h, enoug h." "Ask h i m what he wants." "Excuse me, E m i nence, but Lord T oranaga j ust said that he was consideri ng aski ng you to bu i ld a large tem ple or a cathed ral i n Y edo, as a measu re" "of h is confidence i n ou r i nterests." "I than k you, Lord T oranaga." "I have yearned for many years to hear that news." "Know that we wi I I always endeavor to assist you." "Lord T oranaga says that si nce there are pi rates at the mouth of the harbor..." "Pi rates!" "He req u i res..." "W el l!" "He req u i res 20 m uskets and enoug h powder and shot to deal with the situation." "You are always sel I i ng arms." "Th is shou ld be no problem." "Not for you." "You've made you r deal." "What's he offeri ng me?" "Please, Captai n, you m ust hel p us." "Please." "I beg you, on behalf of the Ch u rch." "S i nce you ask hel p i n the Ch u rch's name, u h, E m i nence, of cou rse I wi I I do what you ask, but i n retu rn, I want the Captai n-Generalsh i p" "of next year's Black S h i p, whether th is year is successfu I or not." "You dare ransom me and the Ch u rch?" "Th is is merely a busi ness arrangement between you, me, and th is mon key." "He is no mon key, Captai n." "You had better remem ber that." "And what next?" "S u rely there's someth i ng else." "I want the heretic." "I want the E ng I ish man." "Anj i n-san..." "H m m?" "Lord T oranaga says that you can have the E ng I ish man." "Madon na, what a pig." "Get h i m u p and bri ng h i m onto the q uarterdeck." "Get someone to clean th is cabi n u p." "Come on, you d ru n ken piece of E ng I ish filth!" "Wake u p!" "Listen, I ngeles..." "Leave me alone." "I owed you a I ife." "Now that's settled." "Th row h i m overboard." "And stay the hel I off my sh i p!" "What have you done?" "I ngeles offended me, so I th rew h i m overboard." "What' s the problem, Captai n?" "I want th is man aboard!" "I th i n k you' I I have to swi m after h i m." "Dam n you r sou I, Rod rig ues." "Do you know what you've cost me?" "I am sorry, Captai n." "How was I to know that you wanted h i m?" "Put the priests ashore." "W e are sai I i ng for Macao." "Y es, Captai n." "Whatever you say." "Thy m u m... is i n the Devi I ' s lai r, I ngeles!" "Thy mother was there fi rst, Rod rig ues!" "Now!" "Why have we stopped at Anj i ro?" "The Erasmus," "Where' s my sh i p?" "Lord T oranaga had it moved to Y edo for safety." "Y edo?" "!" "What about my crew?" "They are u nder Lord T oranaga' s protection i n Y edo." "Y abu -sama!" "Y abu-sama!" "Y abu-sama!" "What's he doi ng?" "My master is goi ng to i nspect Lord Y abu's troops." "And then what?" "My master wi I I let us know." "Sam u rai of Izu, vassals of my friend Kasig i Y abu." "I am honored to be here." "I am honored to see part of the strength of Izu, the forces of my g reat al ly." "T oday, dark clouds are gatheri ng over the E m pi re to th reaten the T ai ko's peace." "Let every sam u rai be prepared." "Let every weapon be sharp." "T ogether, we wi I I defend ou r cou ntry!" "T ogether, we wi I I prevai I!" "T oranaga-sama!" "The sou nd of h is personal sam u rai celebrati ng Lord T oranaga's name louder and louder caused Kasig i Y abu's pride to van ish with h is honor." "But T oranaga u nderstood Y abu's potential for treachery." "Y abu's troops had responded as T oranaga knew they wou ld." "Now that he had d i m i n ished Y abu, he wou ld raise h i m u p agai n." "I have carried th is sword for 1 5 years." "W e've gone th roug h many battles together, and it has never fai led me, as I know you, Kasig i Y abu, wi I I never fai I me." "Th is is the Lord T oranaga's g ift for you." "Domo, Toranaga-sama," "Aren't we goi ng with h i m?" "No." "Then how do we get to Y edo?" "Lord T oranaga said we were goi ng to Y edo." "My sh i p is there." "W e are to stay here." "Why here?" "You expressed an i nterest i n learn i ng ou r lang uage." "That is what my master wishes you to do." "But why here?" "Why not i n Y edo?" "I' m sorry, Anj i n-san, but I do not know." "I can on ly tel I you that Lord T oranaga is very wise." "Whatever h is reason, it m ust be very good." "Aren't you goi ng to open you r present?" "Lord Y abu says that you are welcome i n th is vi I lage." "Th is paper is u nder Lord T oranaga's seal, Anj i n-san." "You are to keep it." "He has g iven you a g reat honor." "Lord T oranaga has made you a hatamoto," "Th is is the position of a special retai ner on h is personal staff." "That house is to be provided for you." "Lord Y abu says that you wi I I please learn ou r lang uage as q u ickly as possi ble." "And ton ig ht, you wi I I go to h is house." "Wakarimasu ka, Anj i n-san?" "Hai, Wakarimasu domo, Y abu -sama." "Hai, Yabu-sama," "What d id he say?" "He..." "Lord Y abu told them that you are h is honored g uest here." "He said that you ' re also" "Lord T oranaga's very honored retai ner." "That you are here to learn ou r lang uage." "Th is whole vi I lage has the honor and responsi bi I ity of teach i ng you." "What else?" "The vi I lage is responsi ble, Anj i n-san." "If you have not learned to speak ou r lang uage wel I enoug h with i n six months, the vi I lage wi I I be bu rned." "But before that... every man, woman and ch i ld wi I I be crucified." "Crucified?" "!" "Those are Lord Y abu's orders." "And there is noth i ng anyone can do to stop h i m." "There m ust be some way." "I n Japan, Anj i n-san, there are on ly Japanese ways." "Konbanwa, Anjin-san," "Konbanwa," "Good even i ng." "Did you enjoy you r wal k?" "I wal ked th roug h the vi I lage." "Looked at thei r faces." "I know that Lord Y abu ' s orders d istressed you... but you m ust learn to be patient with us." "Patient?" "Please, sit down." "You m ust be ti red." "Than k you." "W ou ld you I i ke some saké, or a bath, maybe?" "The water is hot." "Some saké, please." "F uj i ko-san." "Than k you." "Domo," "I ' m honored to tel I you that Usaki F uj i ko is g iven to you as consort." "What?" "Lord T oranaga asked her if she wou ld be you r consort, and she said she wou ld be honored, and she has ag reed." "But I haven't ag reed." "But Anj i n-san, you can not refuse." "The Lady F uj i ko wi I I be considered a g reat honor." "S he is recently widowed." "S he is on ly 1 9, but she has lost her h usband and her son, and is fil led with remorse." "What happened to her h usband and son?" "They were put to death." "Her h usband fool ish ly put Lord T oranaga's I ife i n danger." "Lord T oranaga had an i nfant put to death... for someth i ng the, the father d id?" "Y es." "Ou r customs are d ifferent from you rs." "You see, by law, we belong to ou r I lege lord." "By law, a father possesses the I ives of h is wife and ch i ld ren and consorts." "And you r h usband cou ld put you to death." "Y es." "That is h is rig ht." "If you accept the Lady F uj i ko, she wi I I look after you r house and servants, or, if you prefer, si m ply ig nore her." "Th i n k of her as noth i ng, but al low her to stay." "Accept her and then, if she offends you, you wi I I have the rig ht to ki I I her." "That's the on ly answer you have, isn't it?" "Ki I I." "No, Anj i n-san... but I ife and death are the same." "Who knows?" "Maybe you wi I I do F uj i ko-san a g reater service by taki ng her I ife." "So, I' m trapped agai n." "If I don't accept her, she wi I I d ie." "If I don't learn you r lang uage, a whole vi I lage wi I I be butchered." "If I don't do whatever you want, some i n nocent wi I I always be ki I led." "There's no way out, is there?" "Anj i n-san... forget the vi I lage." "A m i I I ion th i ngs can happen before those six months are u p." "You m ust leave karma to karma." "T oday, you are here, and noth i ng you can do wi I I change that." "T omorrow does not exist." "There is on ly now." "There is on ly th is moment." "Noth i ng else." "Noth i ng." "Om i-san has been ordered to escort you to Lord Y abu's house." "I' m sorry, Anj i n-san, but Om i-san orders you to g ive h i m you r pistol." "T el I h i m th is weapon is a g ift from Lord T oranaga." "He al ready knows that, Anj i n-san." "Please, Anj i n-san, th is is very dangerous." "You m ust see Lord Y abu, and you may not take you r pistol." "T el I h i m l' I I blow h is head off if he comes any nearer." "You can leave the pistol here, or g ive it to F uj i ko-san." "What cou ld she do?" "He' I I j ust take it from her." "Listen to me." "F uj i ko-san is you r consort." "If you order it, she wi I I protect the pistol with her I ife." "I' m sorry, Anj i n-san, but you m ust do someth i ng." "I want you to say th is to F uj i ko-san exactly :" "I ' m goi ng to g ive you my pistol." "You are to g uard it." "No one but me is to touch it." "Hai," "S hal I we go?" "What d id he say?" "On ly that he wou ld report th is to Lord Y abu." "You r consort rig htly poi nts out that a hatamoto has to wear the two swords of a sam u rai." "S he asked if you wou ld consider usi ng these." "Dozo," "What d id he say?" "Lord Y abu received a message from Osaka i nform i ng h i m that Ito T eruzu m i has been chosen for the Cou nci I of Regents." "He has al ready taken h is place, and Lord lsh ido is the new president." "Lord Y abu says that they are goi ng to i m peach" "Lord T oranaga i n 20 days." "Then Lord T oranaga was wrong." "They d id ag ree on someone." "I have told you, Anj i n-san," "Lord T oranaga is very wise." "He is seldom wrong." "But if th is ti me he is wrong, what wi I I happen?" "T omorrow does not exist." "20 tomorrows is a long ti me." "Lord Y abu asks if you have ever been part of any battles on land." "Y es, i n Hol land, and once i n F rance." "As a favor, he wou ld I i ke to know E u ropean strategy." "He wou ld I i ke to know how battles are foug ht i n you r cou ntry." "I wi I I be happy to g rant Lord Y abu's favor." "Even more, if he wishes, I wi I I trai n h is men to fig ht-- to fig ht so that they are u n beatable." "Hai," "But i n retu rn, I wou ld also ask a favor." "I wou ld ask Lord Y abu, as a h u m ble favor, to resci nd h is decree about the vi I lage." "Lord Y abu says the vi I lage is u n i m portant." "The vi I lagers are noth i ng for you to be concerned about." "Please apolog ize to Lord Y abu, but I m ust ask h i m to resci nd the decree ton ig ht." "He j ust said no, Anj i n-san." "It wou ld not be pol ite." "Y es, I u nderstand... but please ask h i m agai n." "It is very i m portant to me." "Please, Mari ko-san." "Lord Y abu says the vi I lage means noth i ng, but h is decree can not be changed." "Than k you." "Y es, I u nderstand." "Please than k Y abu-san... but tel I h i m that I can not I ive with the shame." "What?" "I can not I ive with the shame of havi ng the vi I lage on my conscience." "I am d ishonored." "Th is is more than I can bear." "It is agai nst my Ch ristian bel iefs." "I wi I I have to com m it su icide at once." "S u icide?" "!" "Lord Y abu says that su icide is not a... a foreig n custom." "It is agai nst the Ch ristian God." "How can you... how can you ki I I you rself?" "I am very sorry, but custom or not, God or not, the shame of the vi I lage is g reater than I can bear." "I am i n Japan." "I am hatamoto," "I have a rig ht to I ive accord i ng to you r laws." "Lord Y abu asks how you wou ld com m it su icide." "Anj i n-san..." "Lord Y abu says the decree wi I I not be changed." "I am..." "I am very sorry." "Anj i n-san..." "Hai," "Lord Y abu says that whatever you learn wi I I be enoug h." "The vi I lage wi I I not be bu rned." "Do you hear me..." "Anj i n-san?" "The rai n is fi ne..." "isn't it?" "You shou ld rest now, Anj i n-san." "Y es." "I wou ld I i ke to go home." "Sorry to be so slow." "You m ust not be sorry, Anj i n-san." "T on ig ht, you were reborn." "Th is is another I ife... a new I ife." "Hai," "Domo," "Hai," "I slept very wel l." "Domo," "How do you say it?" "Yoku," "Hai," "And you r lang uage, al I E u ropean lang uages are m uch more d ifficu lt than Japanese." "Japanese is real ly very si m ple." "Look how m uch you have learned al ready." "Most Japanese verbs end i n "masu."'" "T o make it a q uestion, you j ust add "ka."'" "Wakarimasu ka?" ""Do you u nderstand?"" "Wakarimasu," "" I u nderstand."'" "T o make it negative, you j ust change mas to masen," "" I do not u nderstand."'" ""T o eat" is..." "Ask me if I have eaten." "Or, if I have not eaten, what do I say?" ""T o go."'" "Are they al I that way?" "Al most." "W rite them down." ""T o read."'" ""T o come."'" ""T o cut."'" ""T o become."'" "How do you say "there is"?" ""There is" or "there are."'" "They are both the same." "... means " I go."'" "But also "you," "he," "she," "they," and "we go."'" "It is very si m ple." "But how do you tel l the d ifference between "l go" and "they go"?" "By i nflection, Anj i n-san, and by tone." "Listen." "Sou nds exactly the same." "That is because you are sti I I th i n ki ng i n you r own lang uage." "T o u nderstand Japanese, you have to th i n k Japanese." "Ou r lang uage is the lang uage of the i nfl n ite." "It is al I so si m ple, Anj i n-san." "I've never seen you do that before." "What?" "Laug h." "Real ly laug h, as thoug h you were happy." "Rig ht now, I am happy." "T omorrow does not exist." "On ly now." "On ly th is moment, Anj i n-san." "I wish th is moment cou ld last forever." "I wish..." "What do you wish?" "I wish you were to be my consort." "I belong to Lord Bu ntaro." "And after he is dead..." "I can not th i n k or say what m ig ht be thoug ht or said." "Please, Anj i n-san, do not say any more." "... is "l," and ... is "you."'" "T o make it possessive, you change "wa" to "no."'" "Wakarimasu ka?" "Hai," "Possessive." "Very good." "... means "th is is."' ... means "what is th is?"" "Paper is..." "Where i n God ' s name d id she fi nd that?" "F uj i ko-san says one of the servants caug ht th is pheasant." "S he u nderstands that you eat meat, so she sent them to h u nt for you." "Domo, F uj i ko-san." "Domo arigato," "Now I want to hang that pheasant." "I ' I I need some rope." "What are you goi ng to do?" "I ' m goi ng to hang the pheasant there." "But-but it wi I I go rotten, Anj i n-san." "It shou ld be prepared at once." "No, pheasant meat is d ry so you hang it for a few days, the way you do with most game." "It matu res the meat." "Anj i n-san..." "Domo," "Some people th i n k you shou ld hang a pheasant by the tai I feathers u nti I it d rops off, but that's an old wives' tale." "The neck's the rig ht place." "Then the j u ices stay where they belong." "Some people let it hang ti I I it fal Is off the neck, but I don't I i ke my meat q u ite that gamy." "There." "No one is to touch it but me." "Mari ko, wou ld you please explai n?" "No one but me." "Now, that is goi ng to be a royal feast." "Please do not let me d istu rb you." "U h, no, I was j ust, u h... u h, I' m al most fi n ished." "I can come back later, if you wish." "No-no-no, I, u h..." "You' re not d istu rbi ng me." "Did you r trai n i ng go wel l, Anj i n-san?" "Y" "Y es, very wel l..." "Lord Y abu's men are learn i ng very q u ickly." "Is th is usual?" "I mean, u h, for you to be, u h, to be..." "T o be shari ng you r bath?" "Mm m." "I n Japan, Anj i n-san, we have no shame of ou r bod ies." "Everyth i ng is natu ral and normal, and because there are so many of us, that is also necessary." "The one th i ng we do not have is privacy, so we m ust learn to create ou r own." "W e are taug ht from ch i ld hood to d isappear with i n ou rselves, to g row i m penetrable wal ls beh i nd wh ich we I ive." "What... wal ls?" "Oh, we have an end less maze to h ide i n, Anj i n-san :" "rituals and customs." "Even ou r lang uage has n uances wh ich al low us to avoid any q uestion we do not want to answer." "May I share you r bath?" "U h... yes." "Dozo, Please." "I wi I I tel I you a secret, Anj i n-san." "Do not be fooled by ou r bows and sm i les, ou r gentleness and attentions." "Beneath them al l, we can be far away, safe and alone." "That is what we seek: obl ivion." "...Mari ko-san." "Someday, you wi I I u nderstand." "I' m su re, someday you wi I I u nderstand." "Mari ko?" "...Anj i n-sama." "... F uj i ko-san." "Hai," "Hai," "I n fact, I slept marvelously wel l." "W el l, someday, perhaps, you wi I I." "...Anj i n-san." "Is someth i ng wrong?" "Noth i ng's wrong-- at th is moment, noth i ng i n the whole world." "Then... shal I we beg i n ou r lesson?" "Thou art beautifu l, and I love thee." "Love is a Ch ristian word." "Thou art beautifu l and Ch ristian... and I love thee." "I wi I I take that as a com pl i ment." "T ake it as I meant it." "You seem very happy today." "You know why." "I know noth i ng, Anj i n-san." "Noth i ng?" "Why have you lost you r sm i le?" "Because I don't u nderstand." "There is noth i ng to u nderstand." "What passed i n the n ig ht, then?" "I passed you r door i n the n ig ht when my maid was with you." "What?" "!" "F uj i ko-san and I, we thoug ht... she wou ld be a pleasi ng g ift for you." "And she pleased you, d id she not?" "It was no maid." "It was." "W e anoi nted her with my perfu me, and i nstructed her not to speak, on ly to touch." "A joke... concern i ng th i ngs of g reat i m portance is someti mes without h u mor." "Th i ngs of g reat i m port wi I I always be treated with g reat i m port." "But a maid i n the n ig ht with a man is without i m port." "It is on ly a g ift from her to h i m, and someti mes, from h i m to her." "Noth i ng more." "Never?" "On ly when the woman and the man joi n together agai nst the law." "If a woman who belonged to a man-- as I belong to Lord Bu ntaro-- if she joi ned with another man, that wou ld be a serious cri me, a cri me pu n ishable by death." "Forg ive me." "I am a fool." "How do I tel I th is maid that I love her?" "Oh, that wou ld not be seem ly, Anj i n-san." "It is ou r custom to make I ife si m ple." "W e ad m i re si m pl icity, so men and women can take pi I lowi ng for what it is." "Then noth i ng is to be said between us?" "Noth i ng." "That is wise." "And if I don't ag ree?" "You m ust." "You are here." "Th is is you r home." "Konnichi wa, Anjin-san," "Konnichi wa," "Th is i nterests you, does it?" "Pistol." "Go on, hold it." "Go on." "Oh." "Ah-ah-ah-ah." "Lord Bu ntaro rode at T oranaga's side-- a position of g reat honor-- as they entered Anj i ro." "That T oranaga had ordered h is wife to become Blackthorne's teacher d id not please Lord Bu ntaro." "J ust the thoug ht of Mari ko alone with a barbarian was i nsu It enoug h." "T o th i n k beyond that cou ld on ly prod uce an u nspeakable fu ry." "Even the barbarian's house had a fou I smel I." "For Lord Bu ntaro, the loathsome sig ht of the hang i ng pheasant was not as d istastefu I as the sig ht of the barbarian h i mself." "Please bow, Anj i n-san." "Please." "My h usband says that he was told what you said to Lord Y abu :" "that a h u nd red men with m uskets cou ld defeat h is 500." "My h usband said that h is bow and arrow can ki I I at a m uch g reater range with g reater accu racy and faster than the m usket." "T omorrow, I' I I shoot agai nst h i m, if he I i kes, and, u h, we wi I I see." "You wi I I lose, Anj i n-san." "I' m sorry." "May I caution you not attem pt it." "T el I h i m, u h..." "I wou ld I i ke to see h i m shoot tomorrow." "T el I Bu ntaro-sama i n my cou ntry, a host always toasts h is honored g uest." "Long I ife and happi ness." "Health." "Health and wealth." "Health, wealth, and a steady hand." "My h usband says you wanted to see h i m shoot, Anj i n-san." "He th i n ks tomorrow is too far away." "Now is a good ti me." "The gateway of you r house... he asks, "Wh ich post do you choose?"" "The rig ht post." "He... my h usband wou ld I i ke you to go look." "There's no need." "I bel ieve he h it the target." "Please, Anj i n-san." "Mari ko-san, please tel I my consort I wou ld I i ke the arrows" "left i n the post forever-- al I of them... to rem i nd me of a master archer." "Saki!" "Dozo," "I' m sorry, Anj i n-san... but my h usband orders me to tel l to tel I you about myself, about my fam i ly." "He com mands me." "My maiden name is Akech i." "I am the daug hter of General Lord Akech i-san, the assassi n." "My father assassi nated a d ictator" " Lord Goroda." "My father com m itted the worst cri me there is." "My blood is tai nted." "But how...?" "I 've heard..." "How were you left al ive?" "My h usband... honored me." "He honored me by send i ng me away." "I begged to be al lowed to com m it seppuku-- to ki I I myself... but he has den led me that privi lege." "I have told you that I belong to h i m." "I nstead of d ivorci ng or casti ng me out, as he shou ld have done, he sent me away to S honai Provi nce i n the north." "It was very cold there." "My h usband says that it is enoug h for me to tel I you that I am the daug hter of a traitor." "Long explanations are u n necessary." "He orders me to leave now." "Saki." "What the hel I is goi ng on?" "Go away, Anj i n-san." "Please, go away." "How bad are you?" "Please, go away." "You r presence here takes away my face and g ives me no peace or comfort." "You shame me." "I want to hel p you." "You have no rig ht i n th is." "Th is is between h usband and wife." "That's no excuse to beat you." "Listen to me, Anj i n-san." "He can beat me to death if he wishes." "He has the rig ht." "T on ig ht, it's my fau lt." "If I wou ld weep as he wants... beg forg iveness as he wants... spread myself i n pretended fear as he wants then he wou ld be I i ke a ch i ld i n my hand." "But I wi I I not." "Why?" "Because that is my revenge... to repay h i m for leavi ng me al ive after the treachery." "F rom that moment  I have never g iven myself to h i m freely and I never wi I I." "I detested h i m from the fi rst moment I saw h i m." "Now please go." "Please." "If he comes back..." "I' m not afraid of h i m." "But you shou ld be." "Get u p, you bastard." "I said, get u p!" "It was i nconceivable that Lord Bu ntaro's honor wou ld al low h i m to apolog ize... but Blackthorne real ized that was exactly what Mari ko's h usband was doi ng :" "bowl ng low... abjectly." "Lord Bu ntaro d istu rbed the harmony of Blackthorne's house." "An apology was req u i red, whether he meant it or not." "Face had to be saved... for both of them." "Wakarimasu," "Saki... too m uch saki." "Hai, Wakarimasu," "Domo, Domo," "F uj i ko-san..." "Nan desu ka?" "That was su pposed to be my d i n ner." "What happened?" "Wakarimasen," "I see." "Who was it?" "Tare?" "Oh." "Where is he?" "Dead?" "What for?" "For taki ng that dam n bi rd away?" "What the hel l are you tal ki ng about?" "You ki I led that old man for a God-cu rsed sti n ki ng bi rd?" "!" "You m u rderi ng bitch!" "That won't bri ng h i m back to I ife." "Iye, Fujiko-san," "Iye," "It is not you r fau lt." "It is my fau lt for g lvl ng that fool ish God -cu rsed order." "I wish I cou ld explai n that to you now." "It is not you." "The old man ' s death is on my head, not you rs." "Wakarimasen," "Konnichi wa, Toranaga-sama," "Anj i n-ka." "Domo," "My master says that he is pleased to see you, but that you are looki ng trou bled." "He wishes to know why." "The old man -- the old gardener..." "I' m responsi ble for h is death." "Nan ja," "It was al I official ly dealt with, Anj i n-san." "There is no need to be trou bled." "You knew about it?" "Y es." "The stench of decay is revolti ng to us, so someth i ng had to be done." "Why d id n't you come to me?" "That pheasant was mean i ng less." "You were head of the house." "You had g iven an order." "F uj i ko-san, as you r consort, was d uty-bou nd to see it carried out." "There was on ly one sol ution." "One of the servants had to take it away." "And d ie for it?" "The old gardener asked for the privi lege." "He was very happy to d ie honorably." "Bel leve me, Anj i n-san, there is noth i ng for you to be trou bled about." "My master says what had to be done was done." "He asks me to tel I you the news from Osaka." "What news?" "Lord T osh ig i-yama has resig ned from the Cou nci I of Regents." "Now there are on ly fou r agai n, and agai n, they can not act." "Lord lsh ido was very ang ry, and Lord S ig i-yama, h is wife, h is consort and h is ch i ld ren have al I been ki I led." "By lsh ido?" "Can he do that?" "It was done, and the deaths were very bad." "The Cou nci I of Regents may never meet agai n." "What wi I I happen?" "War... a long war wh ich wi I I destroy the em pi re... u n less..." "What?" "U n less Lord T oranaga petitions the E m peror to make h i m shog u n." "Do you u nderstand what that means?" "No." "S hog u n..." "S hog u n is a m i I itary ru ler of the whole cou ntry." "Anj i n..." "My master says that the ti me has come to prepare you r sh i p for war." "Todo!" "T oranaga-sama!" "Todo!" "T oranaga-sama!" "Cl i m b!" "Todo!" "Is it over?" "U nti I the next ti me." "It is over u nti I it beg i ns agai n." "Karma." "Neh?" "Karma." "Nan ja," "T oranaga-sama." "Dozo," "F uj i ko-san." "Can I see?" "I don 't want her to d ie." "Domo," "F uj i ko-san..." "Konbanwa, Naga-san," "Domo," "Konbanwa, Toranaga-Sama," "Domo," "Lord T oranaga wishes to know," "" How long wi I I it take for you r sh i p to be ready for war?"" "On whom do I war, Mari ko-san?" "On whom do you wish to war?" "On the Black S h i p... on th is year's Black S h i p." "What?" "With Lord T oranaga's perm ission, and with my sh i p and with a I ittle hel p, we can spl it the cargo-- al I si I ks and bu I I ion." "My master says that wou ld be maki ng war agai nst a friend ly nation." "It cou ld not be forg iven." "The Portug uese are essential to Japan." "The Portug uese are less h is friends than he may th i n k." "Portugal's fi nances depend u pon the Black S h i p." "There's the balance of power-- rig ht i n Lord T oranaga's hand." "My master says that he is not at war with the Portug uese, and he wi I I not attack the Black S h i p." "I cou ld do it... with the Erasmus, with my sh i p," "I cou ld out-sai I her and si n k her." "But you have no sh i p, Anj i n-san." "Then whose sh i p am I outfitti ng for war?" "Prepari ng you r sh i p for war is not the same as havi ng it retu rned to you." "Lord T oranaga rem i nds me that my opi n ions have no val ue, and that i nterpreters shou ld on ly i nterpret." "My master says that the Black S h i p wi I I arrive soon, but u nder no ci rcu mstances can you even consider attacki ng the Black S h i p here." "Th is is not anywhere-- th is is the Land of the Gods." "The ti me has come when war can no longer be avoided... a war agai nst me." "Rather than wait for the battle to beg i n, who wi I I joi n me i n attacki ng fi rst?" "Anj i n..." "Lord T oranaga says, "T oday I was al most ki I led." ""T oday, the Anj i n-san pu I led me out of the g rou nd." ""That is the second, maybe even the th i rd ti me" ""that he has saved my I ife." "" But thoug h it is Bushido" ""that sam u rai shou ld never expect a reward for any service, it is a d uty of a I lege lord to g rant favors from ti me to ti me."'" ""The Anj i n-san is g iven" ""a fish i ng vi I lage to the south of Y edo," ""the rig ht to recru it 200 sam u rai retai ners, ten horses and 20 ki monos."'" "T o be a sam u rai is the h ig hest honor wh ich a man can hope to attal n." "T o accept the d uty of a sam u rai is the g reatest oath a man can make." "The obed ience of a sam u rai is without q uestion." "Hai, Toranaga-sama," "Wakarimas," "Lord T oranaga presents th is katana to you i n retu rn for the one you gave h i m." "They were made by the master craftsman, Y oriya." "The sword is the sou I of a sam u rai." "If he forgets it or loses it, he wi I I never be excused." "Domo, Toranaga-sama," "Domo," "Because from th is moment on, you, Anj i n-san... you are now sam u rai." "You, Anj i n-san, you are now sam u rai." "Part of my reward?" "What part of my reward?" "You see, Lord T oranaga has ordered her for you." "He's ordered a woman for me?" "Y es." "Ki ku-san." "You can not refuse." "It wou ld be terri bly i m pol ite after so many honors, and it wi I I be i nteresti ng for me." "Why?" "I have never met a lady from the Wil low W orld." "The Wil low W orld?" "Y es." "That is what it is cal led, because the lad ies are su pposed to be as g racefu I as wi I lows." "You m ust ag ree to go, Anj i n-san." "You know I can't refuse you anyth i ng." "Good." "It is al I very official, and for ton ig ht, you m ust be very Japanese." "What do I have to do?" "You m ust forget what you have to do and remem ber that th is n ig ht is on ly for you r pleasu re." "Gyoko-san welcomes you to her house." "Her house?" "S he's not the...?" "I mean, sh..." "Is she the reward?" "Oh, no." "S he is the mama-san here." "I have always wanted to look i nside one of these houses." "Even i n a smal I vi I lage, j ust look at it!" "Everyth i ng is beautifu l." "Thou art beautifu l." "And you." "I am so proud of you..." "proud to be with you here." "T on ig ht, there are no cares." "T on ig ht there is on ly mag ic for you." "Thou art mag ic for me." "When a lady who belongs to someone else cares for another man and wishes to g ive h i m someth i ng of conseq uence that is forbidden to g ive, then she wi I I arrange for another to take her place." "A g ift... the most beautifu I g ift that she can fi nd." "Anj i n-sama." "Ki ku-san is honored to have you r com pany." "T el I her... tel I her I remem ber the fi rst ti me we met." "The fi rst ti me?" "J ust tel I her." "Ki ku-san is honored that you remem ber." "S he says you are very d ifferent now than you were then." "When was that?" "The day I left for Osaka." "I saw her i n the street." "That seems... very far away." "It is, Anj i n-san." "T on ig ht, everyth i ng is far away." "Ki ku-san asks if you wou ld I i ke her to play or dance for you." "What is you r preference?" "Th is lady is here for you r pleasu re, sam u rai, not m i ne." "And you?" "Are you also here for my pleasu re?" "Y es." "I n a way." "I n a very private way." "Please ask her to play." "Hai," "My God, that's wonderfu l." "Now I m ust leave thee." "Let us leave together." "I beg thee stay." "For thy honor and hers." "And m i ne, Anj i n-san." "I do not desi re thy g ift." "I desi re thee." "I am th i ne, Anj i n-san." "Please stay and know that ton ig ht, I am th i ne." "Then be with me." "I am." "S peak no more." "I wou ld put my fi ngers to the I i ps to si lence thee... but I can not." "Gyoko-san." "Domo, Kiku-san," "Wakarimasu ka" "Hai," "H m m." "My master says that you are to leave with h i m tomorrow i n the morn i ng." "For Y edo?" "F i rst, you wi I I go to Y okosé, then to Y edo." "But I thoug ht Lord T oranaga wanted me to prepare my sh i p for war." "Why is he send i ng me to Y okosé?" "Y okosé is between here and Mish i ma." "It is on the way to Y edo." "Lord T oranaga wi I I be stoppi ng there." "Oh." "My master wishes you to write down everyth i ng about you r fam i ly." "Why?" "A sam u rai has to have h is bi rth and death recorded, Anj i n-san." "How else can a I lege lord keep everyth i ng balanced?" "I wou ld I i ke to than k Lord T oranaga for h is favor and for h is many g ifts." "I wou ld ask h i m to honor me by choosi ng my 200 retai ners." "H is g u idance i n th is wou ld be worth anyth i ng." "Mm m." "H m m." "Is it worth a thousand koku?" "Hai," "My master says that you are generous and he accepts you r offer." "You r men wi I I be waiti ng for you i n Y edo." "Domo, Toranaga-sama," "I've never seen cou ntryside I i ke th is i n E u rope." "Y es, it is beautifu l." "What happens when we get to Y okosé?" "I do not know, Anj i n-san." "But Lord T oranaga is meeti ng h is half-brother," "Lord Saigawa Zatach i, Lord of S h i nano." "Lord Zatach i has been appoi nted to the Cou nci I of Regents." "Now there are five agai n." "But you said..." "W el l, if he's Lord T oranaga's half-brother, then it's al I rig ht." "No, Anj i n-san." "Lord Zatach i is a traitor." "He has al I led h i mself with Lord lsh ido." "Ish ido?" "Then what wi I I happen?" "W e wi I I wait and see." "Lord T oranaga is very wise." "H is karma is g reat." "Thy beauty is g reater." "And thy patience is smal l." "Konnichi wa, Anjin," "Konnichi wa, Buntaro-sama," "My h usband asks you to excuse h i m, but he m ust tal k to me i n private." "Dozo," "Lord Zatach i -- the newest mem ber of the Cou nci I of Regents, and now Lord lsh ido' s al ly." "T oranaga g reeted h is half- brother pol itely, apolog izi ng for the i nformal setti ng, al lowi ng neither h is i n ner feel i ngs nor h is thoug hts to be read" "even by th is man he had known si nce ch i ld hood." "Whatever message Zatach i carried, fi rst thei r i nd ivid ual honor had to be protected." "For a moment I d id not recog n ize you," "Pi lot-Major." "God cu rse you and al I priests." "May God forg ive you r blasphemy." "What are you doi ng here?" "I m ig ht ask you the same q uestion." "You' I I get no answers from me, priest." "I pray that God wi I I open you r eyes to h is i nfl n ite mercy." "Mi ne are opened." "You rs are fogged." "The sword su its you, Pi lot." "I heard that you saved Lord T oranaga's I ife, and I than k you for that." "Wait." "Lord T oranaga has been ordered to Osaka by the Cou nci I of Regents." "When?" "Now, Pi lot." "Now." "Lord Zatach i has said that if Lord T oranaga does not ag ree to go to Osaka, he has an official order from the Cou nci I of Regents i nstructi ng Lord T oranaga to com m it su icide," "and Lord T oranaga wou ld have to obey." "Father Alvito." "I d id not know that you were i n Y okosé." "'Tis always a pleasu re to see you, Lady T oda, no matter where." "He's leavi ng." "Lord T oranaga said that he wou ld g ive h is answer tomorrow." "Hai," "I hope to see you agai n." "Please do not look at me I i ke that, Anj i n-san." "I can not hel p it." "Lord T oranaga has ordered my h usband to make peace with me." "My h usband is prepari ng a cha-no-yu-- a tea ceremony." "What are you goi ng to do?" "I shal I try... try with al I my heart to obey." "Havi ng been com manded by T oranaga to make peace with h is wife," "Lord Bu ntaro began to prepare the ancient ritual of the cha-no-yu-- the tea ceremony." "The fi rst req u i red perfection was absol ute clean I i ness." "The second-- com plete si m pl icity." "Hai," "I n her heart, Mari ko felt u nworthy of such a beautifu I ceremony  but there was more." "Lord Bu ntaro asked," ""Can we be together once more as h usband and wife?"" "Lord Bu ntaro knew the reason for h is wife's refusal to I ive i n harmony with h i m." "Anj i n!" "Listen, brothers." "W e are i n j udg ment of ou r brother, Joseph, who went with a whore of th is town last n ig ht, breaki ng h is holy oath of obed ience, desecrati ng h is i m mortal sou I, h is position as a Jesu it," "h is place i n the Ch u rch and al I that that stands for." "You, si n ner  before God, you ad m it you r si n?" "It was the fi rst ti me, Father." "I have been si n less al I my I ife u nti I last n ig ht." "I was tem pted." "The blessed Madon na forg ive me." "I fai led." "I beg forg iveness, Father." "As i n itial penance, you are forbidden to tal k." "You wi I I have on ly rice and water for the next 30 days." "You wi I I spend every n ig ht for the next 30 n ig hts on you r knees i n prayer to the blessed Madon na for forg iveness for you r h ideous si ns." "And fu rther, you wi I I be scou rged." "30 lashes." "T ake off you r cassock." "I accept my pu n ish ment, Father, but..." "I wi I I not be lashed I i ke a com mon cri m i nal." "You wi I I be scou rged!" "Please, excuse me, Father, i n the name of the blessed Madon na, it is not the pai n." "Pai n is noth i ng to me." "Death is noth i ng to me." "That I' m dam ned and wi I I bu rn i n hel l for al I etern ity may be my karma, and I wi I I end u re it, but..." "I am sam u rai, and I wi I I not be scou rged." "Keep si lent and obey, or you are excom m u n icated." "Seize h i m and stri p h i m." "Please, Brother, g ive me the kn ife." "No!" "Then pray for me, Brother, as I pray for you." "Stop!" "Michael?" "Y es?" "Leave h i m alone." "God have mercy on you, Joseph." "You are excom m u n icated." "I renou nce the Ch ristian God!" "I am Japanese." "My sou I is my own now." "I am not afraid." "Satan has possessed you r sou I on earth as he wi I I possess it after death." "Get thee gone." "Lord T oranaga has ag reed." "He is goi ng to Osaka." "Do you know what that means, Pi lot... for you, now that you are sam u rai?" "Sam u rai and hatamoto?" "Now you wi I I be ordered to com m it seppuku, su icide." "That's karma." "I n the hands of God." "Cal I it what you wi I I." "May God have mercy on you, for as God is my j udge," "I bel ieve you wi I I never leave these islands." "Lord T oranaga is retu rn i ng to Anj i ro." "He is goi ng to Y edo by gal ley, so he wi I I be there when we arrive." "My h usband wi I I accom pany h i m." "May God bless you and keep you i n H is hands forever." "Than k you, Father." "Good morn i ng, Pi lot." "How are you today?" "W el l, than k you." "And you?" "W e are travelers on the same road." "I trust you wi I I not object if we ride with you?" "Not at al l, Father." "I' m su re these lad ies won't object either." "Have you noticed, Pi lot, there are no carriages i n Japan?" "Noth i ng with wheels." "They' re of no use here." "The roads are too steep, crisscrossed with rivers and streams." "Wheels wou ld ru i n the su rface of the road, so they' re forbidden to everyone... except the E m peror." "But he travels on ly a few ceremon ial ri i n Kyoto on a special road." "J ust look at th is road we' re travel i ng on now." "I was wonderi ng when you'd notice." "You knew." "I wou ld I i ke to speak with h i m." "I' m afraid that's not possi ble." "Lord T oranaga's ordered that no one speak to h i m." "I shal I report th is i ncident to the Father Visitor." "You excom m u n icated the man, priest." "You cast h i m out." "He has noth i ng to do with you or you r ch u rch anymore." "He's back where he belongs." "And you, sam u rai?" "Where do you belong?" "If thou knewest how I love thee." "I love thee more." "Thou art my fi rst love... my on ly love." "But now I trem ble with fear for thee." "There is no fear." "There is on ly now." "I fear that I have destroyed thee, my love." "By th us speaki ng it, we are doomed, you and I." "I have destroyed thee." "I am not easi ly destroyed." "Karma is karma." "Thou art strong, and thou art sam u rai, and I love thy touch." "And yet..." "I am sti I I afraid for thee." "And yet... there is noth i ng to fear, as long as thou art i n my arms." "I wish to be nowhere else." "Whatever else happens on th is jou rney is not i m portant." "W e wi I I I ive th is moment... u nti I Y edo's fi rst bridge." "There, ou r jou rney m ust end." "No." "There m ust be an end i ng, my love." "The fi rst bridge-- ou r jou rney together ends." "Swear it." "I can not." "Swear to me." "I beg you." "The fi rst bridge is but a d ream." "I ask you with my heart." "Swear to me." "I swear I love thee." "The fi rst bridge... at Y edo." "I swear." "W e shal I be leavi ng you now." "Ou r road leads to the port of N i mazu." "But ou r paths wi I I cross agai n." "Not wi I I i ng ly, priest." "I bear you no mal ice, Pi lot." "I come now to bri ng you a g ift." "Y es-- a g ift from God." "It is a Portug uese-Japanese d ictionary and g ram mar." "Th ree of ou r breth ren spent 2 7 years prepari ng it." "Why are you g lvl ng th is to me?" "Knowledge belongs to God, not to man." "Th is is m uch too val uable si m ply to g ive away." "What do you want i n retu rn?" "On ly that God may open you r eyes." "Was it not Lord T oranaga's req uest, Father?" "Y es, wh ich I passed on to the Father Visitor." "It was he that ag reed." "I am on ly the messenger." "Cherish the g ift, sam u rai." "Merits bei ng treated wel l." "With th is, I' I I learn the lang uage i n six months." "Y es... perhaps you wi I I... if you have six months." "I shal I hope to see you i n Y edo, Lady T oda." "Lord T oranaga has i nvited me there to see the site of ou r new cathed ral." "U nti I then, may God keep you safe i n h is mercy." "Go with God, Father." "And you, my ch i ld." "What is it?" "Noth i ng, my love, noth i ng." "Come back to sleep." "No..." "I want to be with thee." "Asleep or awake, thou art with me... constantly." "Y es." "W ou ld we cou ld I ive here forever." "And where's the I ngeles now, Father?" "At one of the i n ns south of Mish i ma." "They shou ld reach the city tomorrow... even at thei r leisu rely pace." "Is he fit-- the I ngeles?" "Mm m... more than fit." "You wou ld be su rprised to see h i m." "S u rprised he's sti I I al ive." "Listen, Father, I know the I ngeles is an enemy and a heretic, but he saved my I ife." "And he's a pi lot before he's anyth i ng else-- one of the best that there's ever been." "It's not wrong to respect an enemy... even to I i ke one." "The Lord Jesus forgave h is enem ies." "Sti I I, they crucified h i m, if you remem ber." "Y es." "Sti I I, the man's a pi lot, and, wel l... pi lots have a feel i ng for each other." "Pi lot-Major Blackthorne is a sam u rai..." "What?" "...and hatamoto," "He wears the swords." "The I ngeles?" "And worse-- he's becom i ng T oranaga's confidante." "Madon na, that's hard to bel ieve." "Th is moment, he may be the most dangerous man i n al I Japan." "Why?" "I d id n't know I was so h u ng ry." "Oh, u h... have some more, Father, u h... capon, bread?" "Than k you." "The I ngeles... why is he so dangerous?" "T oranaga is plan n i ng to g ive h i m back h is sh i p... and h is men... and h is can non." "Blessed Vi rg i n, no." "You fi nd that serious?" "Serious?" "!" "The Erasmus wou ld blast the hel I out of us if she caug ht the Black S h i p twixt here and Macao or anywhere else, for that matter!" "W e are no match for her." "S he'd-- she'd si m ply dance ' rou nd us, and we'd have to stri ke ou r colors." "Are you certai n?" "Before God." "The I ngeles loose i n Asian waters..." "But you knew that." "You said he was dangerous." "Y es..." "I sti I I wanted to hear it from you." "What is it?" "Noth i ng." "Noth i ng." "I j ust thoug ht I felt the tide change." "Listen, Father, hear my confession." "The fi rst n ig ht-- the very fi rst ti me the I ngeles stood beside me on the gal ley out to sea when we were goi ng from Anj i ro, my heart told me to ki I I h i m." "Lord Jesus, hel p me, but I sent h i m forward d u ri ng the storm without a I lfei i ne, and I del i berately swerved i nto the wi nd." "But the I ngeles d id n't go overboard as anyone else wou ld've done." "I thoug ht that was the hand of God, and later, when he saved my sh i p and saved my I ife," "I was so ashamed, Father, that I secretly begged God's forg iveness, and I swore a holy oath to try to make it u p to h i m." "Madon na, that man saved my I ife thoug h he knew I tried to m u rder h i m." "I saw it i n h is eyes." "He saved me and hel ped me I ive... and now..." "I've got to ki I I h i m." "How many people I ive i n Mish i ma?" "60,000." "It is on ly a smal I city." "S mal l?" "I n E u rope, 60,000 wou ld not be considered smal l." "And wou ld you prefer to be i n E u rope at th is moment?" "I' m exactly where I choose to be-- by you r side... i n ou r world." "Y es." "Th is is the on ly world that exists for me." "How far is Y edo?" "On ly a matter of ti me." "How m uch ti me?" "Not enoug h." "You' re wrong, my love." "W e have al I the ti me i n the world." "Iye," "U h..." "Corride, u h..." "Corride, mo geko des," "I ' I I be dam ned -- it worked." "Corride mo geko des-- n oth i n g m ore." "Corride, mo, geko des," "I I ove to tou ch th ee." "I I ove thy tou ch." "I h ave n ever kn own t h e fee I i n g." "My body a n d my so u l h ave I ea rn ed so m u c h fro m t h ee." "T h e n I et m e to u c h t h ee m o re... beyon d th e fi rst bri d g e at Y ed o." "N o, my d arl i n g." "Do n ot speak of th at n ow." "T on i g ht, th e fi rst bri d g e d oes n ot exi st." "It i s ten m i I I i on ti m es ten bi I I i on sti cks away." "Real ity i s on ly h ere." "I ' m tryi n g. but h ow d o you keep a th ou g ht from com i ng i nto you r head?" "Someti mes the dark m ist creeps i nto my brai n" "I i ke a n ig ht fog, and then there is no peace with i n me." "Y es." "You m ust know, my love, how to d ri n k tea from an em pty cu p." "Hey, I ngeles!" "Where the hel I are you?" "Rod rig ues." "Go q u ickly, my love, before Captai n Y osh i naka comes." "Anj i n-san." "Nan desu ka, Yoshinaka-san?" "Hey, I ngeles, tel l these mon keys to let me pass." "Hey, Rod rig ues, I' m com i ng." "Hai, Yoshinaka-san," "Kare wa watashi no tomadachi desu," "Wakarimasu ka?" "He is my friend." "Hai, domo," "Oh, Madon na, you look good to me, I ngeles." "Where d id you come from, and how d id you fi nd me?" "I ' m anchored i n N i mazu." "Father Alvito told me you'd be here, so I took a horse and rode as if the Devi I h i mself was after me." "Th is is the fifth i n n I've been to, aski ng where the g reat Anj i n-san was... big barbarian band it." "Come on!" "Yoshinaka-san kare wa Rodrigues-san," "Kare wa watashi no tomadachi desu," "Madon na, I isten to you-- j ust I i ke a Jappo." "What the hel I is th is?" "Iye, samurai-sama," "Iye, watashi tomo dashi, Anjin-san," "Wakarimasu ka tomo dashi?" "You tel I h i m, I ngeles, I ' m not g lvl ng u p my arms." "Wakarimesen, Yoshinaka-san," "Rodrigues-san tomadach i desu," "Li ke h el l." "Iye," "Let th em h ave you r arm s, Rod ri g u es." "It' s n ot becau se of m e-- it' s Lady T od a." "S h e' s i n th e h ou se." "You kn ow h ow tou chy th ey are about weapon s arou n d thei r lords and lad ies." "Noth i ng I can do." "Why not?" "After al l, I ' m among friends." "Now what the hel I is th is?" "Searched?" "!" "No, by God!" "Iye!" "Is th is the way you usual ly visit you r friends?" "The land's hosti le-- you know that." "Now tel I them to let me go." "Is that the lot-- everyth i ng?" "Of cou rse" " I told you!" "And these?" "Answer me honestly, Rod rig ues, or I' I I have them search the way a S pan lard wou ld." "My hat band." "You wou ld, wou ld n't you?" "Before God, Rod rig ues, is th is al l?" "!" "Madon na, I told you!" "Swear it!" "By the blessed Vi rg i n, I swear!" "Is it al I rig ht to sit down, I ngeles?" "Of cou rse." "Searched I i ke a com mon cri m i nal." "You I led about you r weapons." "Y es, wel l, I was wrong." "You were rig ht." "Even so, it's good to see you." "And you." "W el l, the world is a fou I place when you can't trust anyone." "T on ig ht I came i n friendsh i p, and now there's a hole i n the world." "Armed i n friendsh i p?" "Bei ng friends with thee com pl icated my I ife extraord i nari ly." "Thou art too dangerous, I ngeles." "So you came here to ki I I me." "My people and my cou ntry wou ld both be better off if you were dead." "Sad... but true." "How fool ish I ife is, I ngeles." "I don't want you dead, Pi lot... j ust you r Black S h i p." "Y es, I know." "Listen, I ngeles." "If we meet at sea-- you i n you r sh i p armed, me i n m i ne-- then look to you r I ife." "That's al I I came to prom ise you-- on ly that." "I hope to catch you r Black S h i p at sea, Rod rig ues-san, and when I do..." "I wi I I sti I I th i n k ki nd ly of you." "Then it's al I said." "Except for one th i ng." "That n ig ht on the frigate, when I th rew you overboard... that n ig ht, you r Lord T oranaga sold you to Captai n Ferriera." "Who are you r friends now?" "That n ig ht on the gal ley, when you swerved i nto the wi nd-- that n ig ht, you tried to put me overboard." "Y es." "Y es, it's true... and I don't ask for forg iveness-- not anymore." "With thee, heresy has come to Eden." "Captai n Y osh i naka was rig ht to search h i m." "Was that you r idea?" "Please excuse me, but I was afraid for you." "Sad, isn't it-- not bei ng able to trust anyone." "It is not sad, Anj i n-san." "It is j ust one of I ife's most i m portant ru les." "No more, no less." "W e m ust cross the bridge now, Anj i n-san." "And now it exists-- the fi rst bridge." "W e m ust go across." "It's on ly a bridge." "One of many." "It is the fi rst bridge, Anj i n-san, and the last for us." "Y edo Castle-- the home of Lord T oranaga." "Alvito is com i ng to Y edo." "I wish to..." "I want to... no..." "I want." "I want Alvito to translate." "Suya ku, suya ku," "Konnichi wa, Anjin-san," "Domo," "Konbanwa, Toranaga-sama," "I am to tel I you that you wi I I have you r sam u rai i n a day or two." "When may I see my sh i p and my crew?" "My master says you may see you r men ton ig ht." "He wi I I decide about the sh i p later." "Domo, Toranaga-sama," "Please ask Lord T oranaga if I m ig ht speak to h i m privately." "Privately?" "By myself." "Why?" "What are you goi ng to say?" "H m m?" "Anj i n..." "Wakarimasen, Toranaga-sama," "Wakarimasu, lye?" "Wakarimasu, hai?" "I am fri g hten ed, bl essed Mad on n a, an d I am betrayed." "I know that su icide is mortal si n, but what else can I do?" "T o I ive with th is shame is more than I can bear." "The sig ht of the barbarian with h is wife had d ishonored Lord Bu ntaro once more, and now h is heart fil led with rage." "But for the fi rst ti me, Mari ko d id not fear h is anger." "Anj i n-san..." "Doko?" "Hai, Wakarimasu," "Hai, Anjin-san," "Dru n ker than I thoug ht." "I ' m goi ng to be sick." "Then use a bucket." "Pi lot... is that you?" "I n the name of God!" "Pi lot, is it..." "is it tru ly you?" "Of cou rse, it's me." "W e gave you u p for dead long ago." "My prayers are answered." "For the love of Jesus..." "Where have you been?" "Where have you come from?" "Come on-- tel I us al l!" "Hey-Hey-Hey!" "Lads, look what Father Ch ristmas has broug ht us." "W e thoug ht you were..." "Goddam n you r eyes!" "Pi lot!" "Y es, it's me." "Dri n ks!" "Where have you been, Pi lot?" "Dri n k, mate." "Go ahead." "Where's the Captai n-General?" "Where's S pi I I bergen?" "Dead, Pi lot." "They never come out of the pit." "Maetsu kker, too." "Little rat face, he j ust..." "rotted to death." "I wanted to bleed h i m, but noth i ng to cut h i m with." "I cou ld n't make these yel low heathen u nderstand." "He went ravi ng i n the end." "W e had to tie h i m down." "The man was noth i ng but a fou I stench." "God rest h is sou I." "You haven't tried the g rog yet, Pi lot." "W e make it ou rselves by the barrel-- rice, fru it, water-- and then we let it ferment, and then we put it i n th is stew we made." "'Cou rse it'd be better if we let it sit for a year or two to mel low." "But as fast as we make it, we d ri n k it." "Oh, let the pi lot tal k." "Y es, yes, you tal k." "When I saw h i m out there," "I thoug ht you was one of the mon keys d ressed u p I i ke that." "Perhaps you prefer heathen ways now, Pi lot." "Are those real swords?" "Y es, they' re real enoug h." "W e' re not al lowed weapons." "How do you get to carry swords?" "You haven 't changed, Jan Roper, have you?" "Who are they?" "Them's ou r doxies, Pi lot." "Costs but a button a week." "They rattle I i ke stoats." "Plenty of vigor and no pox." "You want one, Pi lot?" "T ake you r choice and use my bu n k." "Pi lot doesn't want one of ou r harlots." "He's got h is own, eh, Pi lot?" "Listen, has anyone seen the sh i p?" "Aye." "S he's i n the harbor, careened and scraped and cleaned as if she were bu i It yesterday." "The rigg i ng's perfect and the sai ls..." "Pi lot, you shou ld see the sai ls." "What about them?" "They've made them out of si I k, strong as canvas." "S he's ready to sai I on the tide ton ig ht, if need be." "Are we leavi ng, Pi lot?" "Is there an enemy sh i p i n the waters?" "Are there any prizes to be taken?" "There's a prize beyond you r d reams." "Prize?" "What prize, Pi lot?" "The Jesu it's Black S h i p." "S he's worth m i I I ions i n gold." "Gold?" "!" "Then we' I I be rich!" "Hey, Papists to ki I l-- good!" "Very good!" "How can we sai I her, Pi lot?" "There's six of us now." "There wi I I be a way." "Do you want to eat, Pi lot?" "W e got some lovely roast." "You' re stayi ng with us, Pi lot." "There's plenty of room." "Have some more g rog." "Y eah." "Oh, you' re home agai n, old friend." "Now you' re back." "Ou r prayers are answered." "Th ree cheers for the pi lot." "H i p, h i p..." "Hooray!" "Hooray!" "H i p, h i p..." "Hooray!" "Hooray!" "H i p, h i p..." "Hooray!" "Hooray!" "Hai," "I swore that I'd never set sal I i n fou I weather" "But stay by her side at the shore" "Fare-thee-wel I, oh you Barbary merchants..." "Those God-cu rsed, filthy...!" "Fare-thee-wel I to the straits of G i braltar" "Non desu ka, Anjin-san," "... and took her sweet vow i n retu rn" "I swore..." "Konnichi wa, Anjin-san," "Konnichi wa, Mariko-san," "It g laddens my heart to see thee." "Lord T oranaga has sent for us." "I know." "When can I speak to thee?" "That is very d ifficu It now, Anj i n-san." "It was d ifficu It before, but we d id." "I' m sorry... but we m ust go now." "Konnichi wa, Toranaga-sama," "Anj i n-ka." "My master asks if you saw you r men." "Hai, Todo," "There are on ly five now." "Two have d ied." "Hai, Todo," "My master has sent for h is son, Lord S uga and h is wife, Lady Genj i ko." "My master orders me to translate everyth i ng that is said." "But you m ust not speak at al l." "Wakarimasu, Toranaga-sama," "Lord S uga asks if he has offended my master." "My master asks if treason is cause to be offended." "The Lady Genj i ko says that whoever accused her h usband is a I iar." "My master asks if Lord S uga always obeys orders, and Lord S uga said "always."'" "My master has ordered them to put thei r ch i ld ren to death." "Lord S uga says that h is ch i ld ren are gone." "Lord T oranaga says that the ch i ld ren are safe." "My master needed to be su re of both Lord S uga and Lady Genj i ko." "My master says that fou I ti mes req u i re fou I tests." "Mari ko..." "My master orders me to leave." "You are to remai n here, Anj i n-san." "Ah, open." "Wakarimasu," "I u nderstand you wanted to see me, Pi lot." "Y es." "Domo, Toranaga-sama," "I want you r holy oath, priest, that what you hear now wi I I never be repeated." "Or?" "Or noth i ng wi I I be said." "Perhaps that m ig ht be better." "But you have my oath." "Then let me hear it, before God." "I solem n ly swear before God that what I hear now shal I never pass my I i ps agai n." "Nor shal I you write it down, nor convey it i n any fash ion." "Swear to that." "As you have j ust spoken, so do I swear." "I h u m bly ask that you g rant a d ivorce to the Lady T oda." "I h u m bly ask for her hand i n marriage." "You can't be serious." "Ask h i m, i n my words." "That is a very presu m ptuous req uest, and Lord T oranaga forbids you to ever speak of it agai n." "That is al l." "Hai, Toranaga-sama," "Kinjiru," "Wakarimasu," "Forbidden by Lord T oranaga to even speak of taki ng Mari ko's hand i n marriage," "Blackthorne's world d i m i n ished i nto a sad ness he had never known..." "lost i n th is foreig n land, and now, on ly days before Lord T oranaga had to appear before the Cou nci I of Regents." "F uj i ko-san... how d id you get here?" "Dozo," "Domo," "U h..." "But you r legs, u h..." "S how me." "That's i ncred i ble for bu rns to heal so q u ickly." "How...?" "Iye, Fujiko-san, No tears." "But F uj i ko wept from shame-- the shame that she had not served h i m as her d uty req u i red." "Oh, how I have m issed thee." "And I have m issed thee." "There is m uch to say." "No." "On ly that I love thee with al I my heart, and I fear for thee sti I I." "Do not be afraid." "Everyth i ng is goi ng to be al I rig ht." "That is what I tel I myself... but today, it is i m possi ble to accept karma and the wi I I of God." "You've been so d istant." "Th is is Y edo, my love, and beyond the Fi rst Bridge." "And more?" "Y es... and more." "Lord T oranaga's decision to su rrender is so d ishonorable and useless." "I never thoug ht I cou ld say that out loud... but I have to say it." "Forg ive my weakness." "And when he goes to Osaka, what wi I I happen to you?" "It wi I I be over... for me... for al I of us." "If Lord T oranaga d ies, we can not be left al ive." "Then you m ust come with me." "W e m ust escape." "There is no escape." "You m ust accept that." "There is if Lord T oranaga al lows it." "Why shou ld he al low it?" "Because if I captu re the Black S h i p and th reaten next year's as wel l, then Lord T oranaga can force the priests to make al I the Ch ristian lords come to h is side." "That wi I I make h i m more powerfu l than lsh ido and the Cou nci I of Regents." "That wi I I make h i m shog u n." "I don't u nderstand, my love." "It al I comes down to money." "The Jesu its m ust have money." "S pai n and Portugal m ust have money." "T aki ng th is year's Black S h i p wi I I prove that I can do it, and there's on ly one man who can stop me from taki ng every Black S h i p that sai Is :" "Lord T oranaga." "They' I I have to su pport h i m i n exchange for safe passage." "Do you real ly bel ieve that?" "I know it." "Wil I you hel p me?" "I can not betray the Ch u rch." "I on ly ask that you tal k to Lord T oranaga or hel p me tal k to h i m." "I know he u nderstands th is." "I know I can convi nce h i m." "Lord T oranaga is waiti ng." "Then we m ust go q u ickly." "No matter what happens, remem ber on ly th is :" "I love thee." "The Fi rst Bridge can not change that." "Noth i ng can change that." "Lord Y abu says that my master is not feel i ng wel l, so he has come i n h is place." "Domo," "Those are the fi rst of you r sam u rai." "Lord Y abu asks if you accept them." "What happens if I don't accept them?" "They wi I I lose thei r heads, but Lord Y abu says that has noth i ng to do with it." "I accept them al l." "Hajime," "On my honor as a sam u rai," "I swear you r enem ies are my enem ies and total obed ience." "Lord Y abu suggests you reject th is man." "Do you th i n k I shou ld reject you, U rano-san?" "I beg you to accept me, Anj i n-san." "I wi I I do anyth i ng you ask." "Or anyth i ng Father Alvito asks?" "Please ki I I me the moment you even q uestion my absol ute loyalty." "You wish to keep you r head a I ittle bit longer?" "I wish to serve you, Anj i n-san." "I accept you, U rano-san." "S he says that Lord Onosh i wi I I poison Lord Kiyama d u ri ng the feast of the Blessed Sai nt Bernard th is year." "They are both Ch ristian lords... both mem bers of the Cou nci I of Regents... and she said Lord lsh ido knows of th is and ag rees to it, provid i ng my master is al ready dead." "But if that's true... where d id Ki ku-san get th is i nformation?" "S he says that men need to tel l secrets i n the n ig ht." "Y abu-sama says that my master has g iven you r sh i p back to you." "My sh i p." "Now?" "Y es, now." "Y abu-sama says you m ust go with h i m." "My master has ordered you to take you r sh i p to Anj i ro i m med lately." "What was that?" "Osaka?" "I am to leave tomorrow." "Why?" "I do not know, Anj i n-san." "U nti I Osaka... u nti I then." "U nti I then." "Than k God it' s h i m." "They won't let us move from here." "What's happen i ng, Pi lot?" "One moment we was asleep." "Next m i n ute, the door bu rsts open." "The mon keys broug ht us here." "Thoug ht they were gon na ki I I us." "W e' re taki ng the Erasmus back to Anj i ro." "W e've not enoug h men to set sal I." "W e' re goi ng to be towed, by that gal ley." "If that's al I it is, then what's the h u rry?" "W e've got ou r sh i p back." "Don't arg ue ;" "j ust do as I say." "G i nsel, go forward." "You' I I swi ng the lead." "Vi nck, take the hel m." "Jan Roper, stand by the fore-wi nch." "Salamon and Croocq-- aft." "May God cu rse her and al I who sai I i n her." "Except one, Father." "One of ou r people sai ls with the sh i p." "Y es... a sold ier of God." "I fear the heretic wi I I wou nd us terri bly, Michael." "Perhaps not, Father." "Why else has Lord T oranaga g iven h i m back h is sh i p?" "T o harry us and to attack the Black S h i p." "God hel p us." "Lord T oranaga has forsaken us, too." "W e have forsaken h i m, Father." "But he sti I I has prom ised us the cathed ral." "Y es, the cathed ral." "The work has beg u n." "Mari ko-san?" "It's me" "Father Alvito." "I was j ust com i ng to see you." "What can I do for you?" "I wish to be confessed." "Then let it be here." "Let you r confession be the fi rst i n th is place, thoug h the g rou nd is barely hal lowed." "Before God" "Before I beg i n, Father, I beg a favor." "Of me, or of God?" "I beg a favor before God." "What is thy favor?" "For Anj i n-san's love i n retu rn for knowledge." "I can not g rant such a favor." "It is not m i ne to g ive." "You can not barter with God." "Very wel l." "Then please excuse me." "I wi I I put the req uest before the Father-Visitor." "That is not enoug h." "I wi I I put it before h i m, and I wi I I beg h i m i n God's name to consider you r petition." "Lord Onosh i wi I I poison Lord Kiyama d u ri ng the feast of the Blessed Sai nt Bernard." "Lord Onosh i's son wi I I take over al I of Lord Kiyama's lands... and Lord lsh ido has ag reed to th is, provid i ng my master has al ready gone i nto the G reat Void." "It's not possi ble." "Besides, who cou ld ever fi nd out such i nformation?" "U rano..." "U rano was Lord Onosh i's confessor." "Oh, Mother of God!" "U rano has broken the sanctity of the confessional." "And the E ng I ish man... the heretic is now h is lord." "But you m ust keep you r prom ise before God." "Let me hear thy confession." "Forg ive me, Father, for I have si n ned, but I can on ly confess... that I am not ready to confess." "Daug hter of God," "let me beg God's forg iveness for thy si ns, and let me, i n H is name, absolve thee... and make thee whole i n H is sig ht." "May I speak to you, Anj i n-san?" "Not now, U rano." "But th is can not wait." "What is it?" "I th i n k it is possi ble that there are Ch ristians among you r sam u rai." "It is most i m portant that you fi nd out at once." "You are thei r enemy." "With you r perm ission, Anj i n-san..." "What's that for?" "Please, Anj i n-san, make every sam u rai do the same." "Why?" "If there are Ch ristians, you wi I I fi nd them." "Al I rig ht, order it done." "You do the same." "What for?" "T o show them." "Come on, now, h u rry u p, before I put my foot i n you r backs." "W e' re not sti n ki ng pagan wogs." "They' re not sti n ki ng pagan wogs." "They' re sam u rai, by God!" "I' I I be the fi rst." "Hai, Yabu-sama," "Vi nck, you and U rano come with me." "What about us, Pi lot?" "You' I I leave for Y edo i n the morn i ng." "Lord T oranaga's ordered the sh i p to stay here u nti I my retu rn." "But how do we get there-- to Y edo?" "By land." "And when is you r retu rn, Pi lot?" "After Osaka and Nagasaki." "After I've boug ht a crew." "Crew?" "What about them?" "I thoug ht..." "They' re not sai lors." "But with I uck, I shou ld be able to fi nd 20 men i n Nagasaki." "And after you've fou nd them, how do we know you' I I send for us?" "One more word and you' re dead, Jan Roper." "You hold you r tong ue arou nd these sam u rai, because any one of them wi I I take you r head before I can stop them j ust because of you r dam ned bad man ners." "Open the gate." "How soon can we sai I for Macao?" "An hou r." "What happened?" "About the worst th i ng you can i mag i ne." "The I ngeles?" "He's put to sea?" "But he has no crew." "He can do noth i ng without trai ned men." "You said he can speak thei r g i bberish now." "Why, then, can't he use mon keys?" "There are enoug h Jappo pi lots to crew h i m 20 ti mes over." "Ah, no, Captai n." "He's got to get h is men from Nagasaki." "He's got to buy h is crew there." "And with the prom ise about the Black S h i p, he can buy al I the men he needs." "Perhaps he can even buy you, too." "Watch you r words." "You' re the motherless, m i I kless S pan lard, Rod rig ues." "It's you r fau lt the I ngeles is sti I I al ive." "Twice you've let h i m escape." "You shou ld have ki I led h i m when he was at you r power." "Perhaps." "W el l, that's froth on my I ife's wake." "I went to ki I I h i m when I cou ld." "Did you?" "That's easy to say." "I've told you 20 ti mes-- have you no ears?" "Or is it S pan ish d u ng i n you r ears as usual, as wel I as i n you r mouth?" "!" "I tel I you before God, the I ngeles m ust be devi l-spawned." "You see what he has done?" "He has put a spel i on al I of us." "Y es... it wou ld seem so." "Sai I, Rod rig ues." "Sai I for Macao." "What's the castle I i ke, Pi lot?" "Li ke noth i ng you've ever seen before." "J ust pray you don't see it any closer than you have to." "Rig ht here's close enoug h." "How long do we stay here?" "A day or two, with ou r heads down." "J ust long enoug h for Y abu-san to arrange for safe cond ucts to Nagasaki." "Th is God-cu rsed cou ntry's no good for us." "Aye." "W e' I I be home agai n someday, Vi nck... whenever that day is." "And rich, too, Pi lot, eh?" "Isn't that what you said?" "Aye." "Ask who it is." "I do not have to ask, S i re." "That is Pri nce Ogaki from the cou rt of h is I m perial H ig h ness." "What the hel l is he doi ng here?" "I do not know, S i re, but it is a g reat honor." "Lord lsh ido knows we' re here." "Y es, S i re." "It appears that way." "Lord Y abu has been ordered to the Cou nci I i m med lately." "He i nstructs me to tel I you that you have been i nvited to the formal reception g iven by Lord lsh ido to honor the bi rthday of Lady Och i ba." "An escort wi I I come for you at noon tomorrow." "By God, I' I I not wal k i n that castle agai n!" "Who is th is Lady Och i ba?" "S he's the most powerfu l lady i n al I Japan." "T o be i nvited to her bi rthday reception is tru ly an honor, S i re." "An honor?" "W earl ng the hat and robe of a Budd h ist priest as d isg u ise," "U rano spent the day outside Osaka Castle observi ng everyone who entered." "Then, at n ig htfal I, he passed th roug h Lord lsh ido's g uards and retu rned to the gal ley." "Pi lot." "Look there, by the warehouse." "I tried to be most carefu I." "Please excuse me for not seel ng h i m." "W el l, there's noth i ng to be done about it now." "I' I I fi n ish th is watch and wake you at dawn." "Aye, Pi lot... if that's what you want." "I was beg i n n i ng to worry." "What happened?" "I waited outside the castle u nti I j ust after dark." "Doi ng what?" "Watch i ng, S i re." "Many passers-by put col ns i nto my begg i ng bowl." "I saw Lady T oda arrive." "Y osh i naka-sama was lead i ng the escort." "Go on." "I n the marketplace, they say that the Cou nci I of Regents is to be convened i n 1 9 days, and that h is I m perial Majesty, the E m peror, wi I I be there." "Lord T oranaga has no choice but to appear before h i m." "It wi I I be Lord T oranaga's death day, S i re." "And on that day, we wi I I al I d ie." "But before that day, I' I I buy a crew i n Nagasaki, and my sh i p wi I I sai l." "The Erasmus at sea can change everyth i ng." "Everyth i ng but one th i ng, S i re." "It can not change karma." "Aye... karma." "U rano." "What the hel l's goi ng on?" "Pi lot, you al I rig ht?" "Watch out!" "Oh, death..." "If I was you, Pi lot, I wou ld n't go." "I have no choice, Vi nck." "What am I su pposed to do wh i le you' re gone?" "Wait." "If it was u p to me," "I'd get us the hel l out of here rig ht now." "W e stay." "Can't you get that th roug h you r head?" "W e stay u nti I we' re al lowed to leave." "W e stay u nti I ish ido says we can go." "Do you u nderstand that now?" "I u nderstand it, but I ' I I be poxed if I I i ke it." "By God, you ' d better come back for me." "I ' m I i ke a moth i n a bottle here." "Li ke a moth i n a bottle." "Th is day is beautifu l because of thy presence." "Please tel I the Lady Och i ba that i n my land it is ou r custom always to g ive a g ift to a lady on her bi rthday, even a q ueen." "What are you...?" "J ust tel I her, please." "The Lady Och i ba says she is not a q ueen-- on ly the mother of the hei r and widow of the Lord T ai ko." "But as a lady on her bi rthday," "Lady Och i ba asks perm ission to accept you r present." "Dozo, Ochiba-sama, dozo," "I am not a barbarian." "I am sam u rai." "Fol lowi ng Lord T oranaga' s i nstructions," "Mari ko told them that she had been ordered to escort Lady Ki ri and Lady Sazu ko from the castle." ""l m possi ble!" "You may not leave! "" "Lord lsh ido answered." ""Then you are preventi ng me from doi ng my d uty,"" "Mari ko said..." ""and I can not I ive with th is shame."'" "What the hel I is goi ng on?" "Please I isten, and do not ask q uestions for the moment." "Lord T oranaga ordered me to escort the Lady Ki ri-sama and Lady Sazu ko to meet h i m." "H is order was that we leave tomorrow morn i ng." "Y es, and what happened?" "Lord lsh ido refuses to g ive h is perm ission." "He says that we can not leave." "Therefore, he is preventi ng me from doi ng my d uty to my I lege lord." "I can not I ive with that shame." "And u n less Lord lsh ido changes h is m i nd," "I am bou nd by my honor to com m it seppu ku before su nset." "No." "You m ust u nderstand, my love." "What?" "That you wi I I d ie?" "No." "Hear me, my love." "I wi I I tel I you..." "S hal I we go sit there, Anj i n-san?" "They can hear us." "Y es." "Keep thy voice soft... and tel I me that you love me." "I love thee... and I can not bear the thoug ht of thy death." "My heart is fil led with joy-- joy and love for thee." "Then why?" "Was th is plan ned?" "Was you r th reat g iven on Lord T oranaga's orders?" "It was not a th reat... but the order was h is." "Then he has betrayed you." "You' re on ly bait for h is trap-- you and I and Lord Y abu." "W e've al I been sent here as a sacrifice." "You are wrong." "I am sorry." "I tel I thee thou art beautifu l, and I love thee, but thou art a I iar." "Are we goi ng to q uarrel about th i ngs that can not be changed?" "They can be changed." "I can change them." "No, my love." "Then death is thy ai m?" "The I ife of my master is my ai m... and thy I ife." "Is there no escape?" "Be patient." "The su n has not yet set." "I have no comfort except the su n." "Bel leve, my love." "Bel leve... there is a tomorrow." ""Are you so eager to d ie?"" ""Here are the perm its for you to leave at dawn tomorrow-- al I of you."'" "Hai," "Despite thei r love, Ki ku wept." "Lord T oranaga had boug ht her contract." "S he belonged to h i m." "Now she and Om i cou ld never be together... never." ""Lord Y abu, do you wish to I ive u nti I tomorrow?"" ""Now perhaps you wou ld care to I isten."'" "S leep agai n, my love." "No." "I wou ld rather be with thee." "I am g lad thou art al ive." "I saw thee dead." "Before, I thoug ht I'd never see thee asleep agai n." "I saw on ly death-- you rs, m i ne, everyone's  but then I saw i nto you r plan." "It was very long i n the maki ng." "Y es... si nce the day of the earthq uake." "Please forg ive me." "I was afraid you wou ld n't u nderstand." "It was my karma to bri ng the hostages out of Osaka Castle." "And now it is done." "The victory is th i ne." "Y abu-sama..." "Pretend i ng for the g uards that Captai n Y osh i naka was goi ng to sleep," "Y abu fol lowed the i nstructions Lord lsh ido had g iven h i m." "There was no way Y abu cou ld prevent what was about to happen." "Therefore, if he had any chance to su rvive the n ig ht, it wou ld be on the side of strength... and Lord lsh ido was master of Osaka Castle." "Th is day, more than anyth i ng, had convi nced Y abu that h is karma was to I ive... no matter what it m ig ht cost." "Any I ife was less val uable than h is own." "Keep ru n n i ng!" "Sono!" "What the hel I is goi ng on?" "Th is... th is is Lord T oranaga's secret room." "What d id he say?" "He says to open the door, or they wi I I blow it open." "He says they on ly want you as a hostage." "Everyone else wi I I go free." "No!" "It's a trick." "Don't bel ieve them." "They don't want you." "They want me." "Why?" "Don't you u nderstand?" "It's me!" "And then it wi I I be al I for noth i ng." "Lord T oranaga wi I I have to come." "Get back!" "T ry to delay them." "Keep tal ki ng!" "I, T oda Mari ko, protest th is shamefu I attack, and by my death" "No!" "Mari ko?" "Mari ko?" "Oh, God..." "Is she here?" "Hai," "Iye, wakarimasen," "Who is it?" "I am Brother Michael, Anj i n-san." "I was with Father Alvito at Y okosé." "W e traveled together." "Brother Joseph was my friend." "What do you want?" "I am you r g u ide, Anj i n-san." "I have been sent to g u ide you back to the sh i p." "W e are to leave as soon as you are able." "Who sent you?" "Lord lsh ido made the req uest of H is E m i nence, the Father-Visitor." "The doctor says that you r eyes are heal i ng very wel l." "Soon you wi I I be able to see agai n," "I ittle by I ittle." "He says that you m ust be patient." "I' I I see agai n?" "Y es, Anj i n-san." "Domo, Domo," "May I hel p you u p, Anj i n-san?" "No, than k you." "I can do it." "My swords." "I wi I I get them for you." "Is that rig ht?" "Y es, Anj i n-san." "If you put you r hand on my shou lder," "I wi I I g u ide you." "You' re taki ng me to the gal ley?" "Y es." "Those were my i nstructions." "Nowhere else?" "You can trust me, Anj i n-san." "I don't seem to have m uch choice." "Are we goi ng alone?" "There wi I I be a sam u rai escort," "Anj i n-san." "Brown or g ray?" "Neither." "They are orange Kiyama sam u rai" "Ch ristian sam u rai." "What are they doi ng here?" "My father is cousi n to Lord Kiyama." "W e are al I Ch ristians." "Ch ristians ki I led you r friend U rano." "Mu rderers d id that, Anj i n-san." "They wi I I be j udged." "But it's true that g reat evi I happens on earth i n God's name." "What wi I I happen on the gal ley," "Brother Michael?" "I don't know, Anj i n-san." "You al ready know so m uch, and i n such a short ti me." "Mari ko-sama was a g reat teacher." "You are a worthy sam u rai, Anj i n-san." "You have a q ual ity that is rare here :" "u n pred ictabi I ity." "The T ai ko had it." "T oranaga-sama has it, too." "You see, we are usual ly a very pred ictable people." "Are you?" "Y es." "Then pred ict a way" "I can escape from the trap I' m i n." "There is no way, Anj i n-san." "Where are you taki ng me?" "As I told you, to the gal ley, but fi rst, we wi I I stop at the Jesu it m ission." "I was told to i nform H is E m i nence, the Father-Visitor, as we passed." "You said before that you had I ittle choice." "It is even less than that." "Please," "Anj i n-san, take my shou lder." "I am pleased to see you," "Captai n-Pi lot Blackthorne." "Y es, I can i mag i ne." "Brother Michael has i nformed me that you r eyes are heal i ng very wel l, and that soon, you wi I I see agai n." "If I I ive long enoug h." "When does the i nq u isition beg i n?" "I nq u isition?" "Is that what you were th i n ki ng?" "What else was there to th i n k?" "On ly that I wish to assu re you r safety personal ly." "Why?" "The Black S h i p is here i n Osaka." "You' re not putti ng me on board." "Certai n ly not." "I si m ply want to see you safely back aboard the gal ley." "S hal I we go?" "Blessed Mother of God." "What is it?" "I' m afraid that you were rig ht." "It is the I nq u isition." "Who?" "Captai n Ferriera and h is men." "There is the stake for bu rn i ng, and h is men are al I armed." "Brother Michael, are you here?" "Y es, Anj i n-san, I am here." "Listen, Brother." "Before, you said I was a worthy sam u rai." "Did you mean it?" "Y es, Anj i n-san-- that and everyth i ng else." "Then I beg a favor, as a sam u rai." "What favor?" "T o d ie as a sam u rai." "You r death isn't i n my hands." "It is i n the Hand of..." "God, Anj i n-san." "What are you goi ng to do?" "There is no other way to pass." "Come, Captai n Blackthorne." "Good even i ng, E m i nence." "Th is you r idea?" "Y es, E m i nence." "Go back aboard the sh i p." "But th is is a m i I itary decision, E m i nence." "Go aboard you r sh i p!" "No!" "I have been waiti ng for you, I ngeles." "That pleases me not at al l." "T on ig ht, you' I I be pleased i n hel l... heretic." "You motherless coward!" "Disarm h i m." "Put down you r g u ns." "For God, I order you stop." "Get back, al I of you." "Get back." "I want that man." "You can't have h i m." "Order you r men aboard." "I order you to tu rn arou nd and go away." "You order me?" "Y es, I order you." "I am Captai n of the Black S h i p, Governor of Macao," "Ch ief Officer of Portugal i n Asia, and that man is a th reat to the State the Ch u rch, the Black S h i p and Macao!" "Th is man is bl i nd." "Stand aside." "Stand aside." "Before God, I shal l excom m u n icate you and al I you r crew if th is man is harmed." "Do you u nderstand?" "I am Mi I itary Com mander i n Asia, and I say he's a th reat!" "Th is is a Ch u rch matter, not a m i I itary one." "I caution you agai n, as God is my j udge," "I shal I i nform Lisbon." "If you don't order you r men aboard sh i p now," "I wi I I remove you as Captai n of the Black S h i p." "You don't have that power." "I have the power to excom m u n icate you, and cu rse you and everyone who serves you i n the name of God." "He can do it, Captai n, and Madon na-- he wi I I." "Order the men aboard." "Captai n, do you hear?" "God cu rse you, I ngeles." "What happened?" "Who's dead?" "The captai n, I ngeles." "It's the captal n." "You've got the devi I's I uck on you r back." "Brother Michael." "It was my d uty, E m i nence, to protect you." "My d uty." "Y es, Michael, yes." "What about the Black S h i p?" "W e were sai I i ng on the tide." "Then sai I." "With no captai n?" "You shal I be captai n, Rod rig ues." "I wi I I do the necessary letters." "The captai n's share wi I I be you rs." "Captai n-- me?" "!" "And Governor of Macao?" "Y es, Captai n-Pi lot, and Governor of Macao." "W el l, Captai n, it seems the devi I's I uck is on you r back as wel l, but it won't be enoug h." "What do you mean, I ngeles?" "I' I I sai I after you, Rod rig ues." "I' I I sai I after the Black S h i p." "With what?" "You have no sh i p, I ngeles." "At Anj i ro." "And my eyes are heal i ng." "I' I I catch you at sea." "No, I ngeles." "The Erasmus is dead-- bu rned to her spi ne." "A S pan lard's wish." "It's true." "It was the Hand of God." "You I ie." "No, Captai n Blackthorne, he speaks the truth." "A tidal wave heeled you r sh i p." "The oi I lam ps on deck spread fi re." "I don't bel ieve you." "Before God." "You' re beached, I ngeles." "You' re marooned." "You' re here forever." "Beached forever." "May the wi nds carry you to hel l, Rod rig ues!" "They may, I ngeles, they may... but you wi I I never sai I agai n." "Jesus, Pi lot, what happened to you?" "Where's the captal n?" "T el I h i m to set sal I now." "W e' re goi ng back to Anj i ro." "But you said Nagasaki." "Now, Vi nck, dam n you-- now!" "You are safe here, Captai n Blackthorne." "I wi I I leave you now." "Why?" "Why d id you save me?" "For you r sou I and m i ne, and..." "And what?" "!" "That is reason enoug h." "Good-bye, Anj i n-san." "Go with God." "I told h i m, Pi lot." "Anj i ro it is." "For the love of Ch rist, Pi lot." "What's am iss?" "They told me..." "They told me the Erasmus is lost." "Ou r sh i p is lost-- fi re!" "Oh, God, let it be a I ie." "Can you see her yet?" "No, Pi lot." "W e' re sti I I not at the poi nt." "What is it?" "Can you see, Vi nck?" "T el I me!" "T el I me, dam n you-- is it true?" "Aye, Pi lot." "Even more true than that." "T el I me what you see." "It's j ust..." "Iyi ng there-- what's left of her." "Ag rou nd." "Mast's gone." "Deck's gone." "Everyth i ng..." "Dear God!" "What about the keel?" "Can you see it?" "Aye." "Looks I i ke they beached her." "Mon keys." "You've got a God-cu rsed fi re, you' re by a God-cu rsed shore, you beach her to fig ht it there." "Even these heathens know that." "S hou ld never've left her to them." "What are we goi ng to do now?" "How are we goi ng to get home?" "S hou ld've left her at Y edo." "Maybe they d id beach her." "Y es... but the m uck-eaters d id n't put out the fi re." "God cu rse them al I to hel l!" "S hou ld've never have let Jappos on her." "W e' re hel pless now." "W e' re dead." "The sh i p is dead." "The Erasmus, that was Alvito's cu rse." "What?" "The priest, Father Alvito." "He said the d ie was cast." "What are you tal ki ng about?" "He said I'd never leave these islands." "Marooned... for the rest of ou r I ives, aren't we, Pi lot?" "G rovel i ng to these God-cu rsed heathens for the rest of ou r m uck-eati ng I ives!" "And how long wi I I that be... when al I they tal k about is war?" "!" "War, war!" "Answer me, Pi lot." "Y es, Vi nck, now sh ut u p!" "S h ut u p, is it?" "No..." "I speak when I dam n choose, and I say what I dam n please!" "It's you r fau lt!" "You rs!" "You broug ht us to th is sti n ki ng place!" "You said..." ""Come to the Japans."'" "How many d ied com i ng?" "Answer me that, if you can." "Oh, God, rot you, you' re to blame!" "Y es!" "The blame is m i ne." "Does that make you feel better?" "What do you want me to tel I you?" "I' m sorry, Vi nck." "I' m sorry." "Sorry?" "!" "Is that al I you are?" "Are we gon na get home?" "I don't know." "But you've got to know." "Dam n you, you' re the pi lot!" "What do you expect me to do, Vi nck-- change what's happened?" "If I cou ld..." "My heart's been torn out, Vi nck." "Can't you u nderstand that?" "And the sh i p is lost-- my d reams lost with her." "Everyth i ng." "They've taken everyth i ng of val ue from my I ife!" "S he's gone, Vi nck, and I can't change that." "Gone." "Another of ou r sh i ps wi I I... come here someday." "W e' I I j ust have to wait." "Wait?" "How long are we goi ng to wait?" "Five m uck-plag ued years?" "Twenty?" "The rest of ou r rotten, m iserable I ives... with these black-eyed mon k..." "That's what they are!" "Mon keys!" "Always g i bberi ng and s-stari ng at you." "I can 't stand to look at them anymore!" "Oh, Jesus!" "Dear Jesus!" "Now there's war." "That's what you said, isn't it?" "Al I of them ru n n i ng arou nd with thei r dam n swords." "They' re goi ng to ki I I us, ki I I us!" "W e' re dead, Pi lot... dead!" "Hold you rself, Vi nck!" "The mon keys are com i ng for us!" "They' re goi ng to chop off ou r heads and stick 'em u p for the bi rds to eat." "The bi rds are...!" "Pl uck out the eyes...!" "They' re com i ng!" "They' re com i ng!" "Com i ng!" "Vi nck!" "Vi nck!" "Vi nck!" "Vi nck, where are you?" "Vi nck!" "Vi nck." "Anj i n." "Hai, Scochi," "Hai, Wakarimasu," "Alvito." "Priest!" "He bu rnt my sh i p!" "Anj i n..." "Hai, Toranaga-sama," "Anj i n-sama." "Mari ko?" "Iye, Anjin-sama," "Konbanwa, Fujiko-san," "T oran ag a-sam a..." "Hai, ich i mas," "Oh." "Anj i n-ka." "Lord T oranaga has q uestioned me about the bu rn i ng of you r sh i p." "I told h i m that neither I nor anyone I know of ordered or assisted i n the sabotage of you r sh i p." "He may bel leve you." "I don't." "Lord T oranaga req uests that I swear a holy oath to you and to h i m that I am speaki ng the truth." "He demands it, or he says that he wi I I withd raw al I h is su pport forever from me and my ch u rch." "Then swear, priest." "Swear you r hol lest oath." "And then wi I I you bel ieve me?" "Wil I you?" "I swear solem n ly before God, the Father, the Son and the Holy G host  before al I th i ngs sacred and holy that I speak the truth." "Neither I nor anyone I know of ordered or assisted i n the bu rn i ng of you r sh i p." "Th is I swear before God." "Lord T oranaga asks if you bel ieve me now." "Hai, Toranaga-sama," "I am not you r enemy, Pi lot." "I n fact..." "I ' m a better friend than you suspect." "Om i." "Ki ku..." "Hai," "Lord T oranaga has j ust g iven you th is lady' s contract." "S he now belongs to you." "Belongs?" "Lord T oranaga said that you may do with her as you wish." "What d id he mean, "belongs"?" "S he is you rs." "You own th is lady." "Om i-san." "Hai, Anjin-san," "Hai?" "Iye?" "Hai," "Anjin-sama, hai!" "Lord T oranaga's req uest was a si m ple one." ""W ou ld Lord Y abu please explai n why he ki I led Captai n Y osh i naka."'" ""Who dares to accuse me?" Y abu demanded." "I' m sorry." "I d id n't mean to startle you." "I shal I be leavi ng i n the morn i ng." "I don't know if we' I I have a chance to tal k agai n, and there are some th i ngs I wou ld I i ke to say." "Then say them." "I wanted you to know, before I go, that I know what the loss of Mari ko-san means to you." "And I wanted you to know... that... that I know what you meant to her." "How cou ld you know that?" "S he came to me." "The n ig ht you left Y edo." "I' m afraid ou r desti n ies are i nterlocked, Pi lot." "Did Mari ko-san ever tel I you that?" "S he told me." "What else d id she tel I you?" "S he asked me to be you r friend." "T o protect you if I cou ld." "And I wi I I try." "You see... you wi I I never leave here, Anj i n-san." "I told you that before, and I say it agai n with no mal ice, tru ly." "You' re a brave man." "A fi ne adversary-- one to respect, and I do." "There shou ld be peace between us." "How can there be?" "Anj i n-todo." "Lord Y abu says that he g ives you h is sword to com memorate you r arrival at Anj i ro and as a than k you for the pleasu re the pleasu re that boi I i ng that barbarian gave h i m." "Lord Y abu says that none of these "man u re eaters"" "deserves the blade." "You do." "T ake it, please." "Domo, Yabu-sama," "He asks you to be h is witness." "Hai," "Lord Y abu says that now you wi I I see how a real sam u rai d ies." "That was Lord Y abu ' s death poem." "It goes :" ""The bl ue sky above the earth" ""Wh ite clouds rise towards heaven" ""Life is on ly a butterfly's d ream" "Death-- the way to eternal I ife."'" "Om i..." "Hai, Todo," "Anj i n..." "Lord T oranaga is chang i ng you r fief." "He is g lvl ng you Anj i ro." "Hai, Toranaga-sama," "Domo," "Anj i n..." "Lord T oranaga has made you sam u rai and hatamoto," "He asks why you are stand i ng here so stu pid and weak." "Anj i n..." "Before Mari ko left Y edo, she gave th is to Lord T oranaga." "S he said if you were sti I I al ive after Osaka, you were to have it." "Lord T oranaga asks if you are sti I I al ive." "Hai, ichi mas," "Lord T oranaga said," ""Then act al ive."'" ""Thou, I love thee." "" If th is is read by thee, then I am dead i n Osaka," ""and perhaps, because of me, thy sh i p is dead, too." ""l m ust sacrifice th is most prized part of thy I ife" ""because of my faith," ""to save God, my j udge, but more to save thy I ife," ""wh ich is more precious to me than anyth i ng" ""even the i nterest of my Lord T oranaga." ""lt may come to a choice, my love : thee or thy sh i p." ""l am sorry, but I choose I ife for thee." ""Thy sh i p is doomed anyway, with or without thee." ""l wi I I concede thy sh i p to th i ne enemy" ""so that thou may I ive." ""Th is sh i p is noth i ng." ""Bu i ld another." ""Th is thou can do." ""Lord T oranaga wi I I g ive thee" ""al I the craftsmen and carpenters necessary." ""He needs you and you r sh i ps, and from my personal estate," ""l have wi I led to thee al I the money necessary." ""Bu i ld another sh i p," ""and bu i ld another I ife, my love." ""T ake next year's Black S h i p, and I ive forever." ""Listen, my dear one, my Ch ristian sou I" ""prays to see thee agai n i n a Ch ristian heaven." ""My Japanese hara prays that i n the next I ife" ""l wi I I be whatever is necessary to bri ng thee joy" ""and to be with thee, wherever thou art." ""Forg ive me..." "but thy I ife is al l-i m portant." "I love thee."'" "Y osh i T oranaga, Lord of the Kwanto, told h i mself, "Y es, bu i ld you r sh i p, Anj i n-san," ""and I shal I destroy her as I destroyed the other one." ""And when the ti me is rig ht, I shal I tel I you why:" ""it was you r sh i p or you r I ife." ""l, too, choose you r I ife." ""You have m uch to teach me, Anj i n-san." ""Once I have won, and if I wi n-- when I wi n" ""when the real prize wi I I be won." ""Mari ko, it was you r karma to d ie g loriously" ""and I ive forever." ""Anj i n-san, my friend," ""it is you r karma never to leave th is land." ""And my karma, my karma, wh ich I d id not choose, my karma is to be shog u n."'" "That year, at dawn on the 2 1 st day of the tenth month-- the month without gods-- the mai n arm ies clashed." "It was i n the mou ntai ns near Sekigahara, astride the North Road." "By late afternoon, T oranaga had won the battle, and the slaug hter began." "40,000 heads were taken." "Th ree days later, lsh ido was captu red al ive and T oranaga sent h i m i n chai ns to Osaka for pu bl ic viewi ng, orderi ng h i m planted i n the earth" "with on ly h is head showi ng." "Passersby were i nvited to saw at the most famous neck i n the real m with a bam boo saw." "Ish ido I i ngered th ree days and d ied very old." "With i n the year, the E m peror i nvited Y osh i T oranaga," "Lord of the Kwanto, to become shog u n, and rel uctantly, T oranaga ag reed."