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The Eightfold Fence was explained by Mariko to Blackthorne in episode 4 of Shogun, and the concept has a great deal of historical significance.

There’s not much shogun-era history left in Japan but Matsumoto, north-west of Tokyo, is a great place to relive samurai rule and shogunate warfare.