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Toda Mariko, a noblewoman burdened with family shame, spends much ofFXsShogunyearning for death.
Marikos historical counterpart, Hosokawa Gracia, also met a dramatic end.
Heres how Crimson Sky abridges and combines elements of the historical record in the name of dramatic license.
Both, however, shared a willingness to die.
By contrast, womens involvement on an open battlefield was seldom recorded.
A woman of the samurai class would typically cut her neck arteries instead.
The Final Sacrifice
In death, Mariko and Gracias stories rejoin.
Marikos suicide is averted when Ishido barges in with a permit she can leave along with Toranagas family.
Unfortunately, Ishido is a liar.
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