running the house and, apparently, taking care of his finances as well).

By the end of the episode, they’re even performing a gift swap with each other!

(It is impossible for this mannotto fail upward!)

Anna Sawai as Lady Mariko writes in a book in Shōgun Episode 4

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Naturally, this all coincides with Toranaga’s convenient disappearance earlier in the episode.

Nagakado rides out in front of the cannons, disrupting the demonstration before it even starts.

Men and horses are reduced to bloody explosions of limbs and organs in a single round of cannon fire.

Yuki Kura on horseback in Episode 4 of Shogun

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shortly before the young man ends his life with the swift sweep of a blade.

Cosmo Jarvis and Anna Sawai anchor a more intimate, character-driven episode of Shogun.

New episodes ofShogunpremiere each Tuesday on FX and Hulu.

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