

Samurai Champloo is supposed to take place at a fictional version of Japan in
the Edo period. However, some settings/characters/events seem to be based in
real events (the case of the [Shimabara
Rebellion](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimabara_Rebellion) is one of them).

What are the settings/characters/events portrayed in Samurai Champloo that are
based in real-world events? And how historically accurate are they?


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What settings/characters/events portrayed in Samurai Champloo are based in real events?


According to [this
wiki](http://champloo.wikia.com/wiki/Samurai_Champloo/Plot),

> The show relies on factual events of Edo-era Japan, such as the Shimabara
> Rebellion ("Unholy Union;" "Evanescent Encounter, Part I"), Dutch
> exclusivity in an era in which an edict restricted Japanese foreign
> relations ("Stranger Searching"), Ukiyo-e paintings ("Artistic Anarchy"),
> and fictionalized versions of real-life Edo personalities like Mariya
> Enshirou and Miyamoto Musashi ("Elegy of Entrapment, Verse 2").

However, there are a number of things within the show that are not
historically accurate, such as "bandits behaving like 'gangstas'". There is
also a large amount of hip hop culture within the show, which is not
contemporary to the period.

Also, according to Wikipedia:

> The exact placement within world history is questionable, however, and is
> likely somewhat distorted by artistic license. For instance, the appearance
> of a six shooter in the episode of Misguided Miscreants Part I suggests that
> the story takes place after 1814, which is when that style of weapon was
> first invented, yet in the episode Stranger Searching it is explicitly
> stated that trade relations between Japan and the Dutch East India Company
> exist, the latter of which went defunct in 1798.

Six shooter:

![Six shooter](https://i.stack.imgur.com/WyiA1.jpg)

In show:

![In show](https://i.stack.imgur.com/oultt.jpg)


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