Shōgun (2024)

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Shogun Promotional poster Country USA Language English Japanese Channel Hulu, FX (USA) Disney+ (international) Creator Rachel Kondo Justin Marks James Clavell (original novel) Genre Drama Historical Broadcast 2024 No. of Episodes 10 Main Cast Character Actor Yoshii Toranaga Hiroyuki Sanada John Blackthorne Cosmo Jarvis Toda Mariko Anna Sawai Kashigi Yabushige Tadanobu Asano Ishido Kazunari Takehiro Hira Martin Alvito / "Tsuji" Tommy Bastow Ochiba no Kata Fumi Nikaido

The following weapons were used in the miniseries Shogun:

Pistols

Sea Service 1716 Flintlock Pistol

A Sea Service Flintlock Pistol is seen with John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis) in "Anjin". While befitting of seamen, it's anachronistic by more than a century. A more period fitting and pragmatic choice would have been an Elizabethan era matchlock pistol and for a more fancier option, a wheellock pistol.

English Sea Service 1756 Flintlock Pistol non firing replica (63P in Henry Krank catalogue). Supposed manufacturer is Rajasthan Armoury, India.

John shows his flintlock in "Anjin".

A shot of the flintlock, a mechanism which wouldn't exist for at least three decades more.

Queen Anne Flintlock Pistol

A Queen Anne Flintlock Pistol is used by Vasco Rodrigues (Nestor Carbonell) as his personal sidearm, it appears to be a Pedersoli replica. Like its name suggests, it is anachronistic and should be a XVI century matchlock or wheellock instead.

English "Queen Anne" breech-loading pistol with detachable barrel

The pistol aimed at Pilot Major John Blackthorne in "Anjin".

Vasco can't help, but be cocky in this one. Understandable, given that he is a Spaniard who somehow obtained an English pistol from the future.

Muskets

Tanegashima

The Tanegashima is a recurring weapon in the show; its use in pre-Meiji Japan was recorded back from 1543 when Japan acquired arquebuses from Portuguese sailors.

Long barreled tanegashima

Ashigaru forces arrive on the beach to the shipwrecked Erasmus in "Anjin".

Others

Cannons

Cannons of what looks like Malay Archipelago types such as cetbang or lela are confiscated from John's ship. It is not specified whether these are captured by the privateers during raids in South Asia or are meant to be genuine European guns.

Porters carry the cannons seized from the Erasmus in "Anjin".