The True Story of Toda Mariko | Akechi Tama (Hosokawa Gracia)

Toda Mariko as referred to in the Shogun tv show is based of the real life of the noblewoman Akechi Tama, now remembered to history as Hosokawa Gracia. She was born during the tumultuous era of the Sengoku period, a period in Japanese history in which civil wars took place continuously throughout the 15th and 16th centuries. During this time the power of the Ashikaga Shogunate and the emperor were both greatly diminished, with both unable to unify or control the Daimyos in the country. So dire was the situation, that the shogun, the de-facto rulers of the country held no influence and were reduced to puppets of various war lords. At the same time, christian missionaries had arrived in Japan and by the 1540s over 100,000 people had converted, including many Daimyos and also the noble lady Akechi Tama would also convert, however, Christianity would soon represent a threat to the national unity of Japan. Many Daimyos converted to christianity to gain access to gunpowder and weapons which the Christians had brought over from Europe. The first Daimyo to convert to christianity was Omura Sumitada , the first ever Roman Catholic Japanese lord in 1562. He began a scorched earth campaign against local Buddhists destroying their temples. This example of fanaticism or religious devotion added to the Japanese suspicion against the new religion.

Nevertheless Akechi Tama's faith would not waver even though there were edicts by the Emperor himself (ogimachi) to ban the religion. She was one of the only upper class women in Japanese history to convert to catholicism during this era. This is her story.

00:00 Introduction
02:50 Early Life
04:00 Honnō-ji Incident
06:00 Aftermath
07:03 Conversion
09:48 Death of Hideyoshi
11:56 War & Death

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