The Making of Shōgun - Chapter Three: Creating the Costumes | FX 

This is a Carlos Rosario appreciation post.

As a Japanese I really surprised these costumes designed by not Japanese. That's accurate so much. He is so talented not only artist but also scholer, I can't imagine how much he studied. Thank you for your respect, Carlos.

He’s so getting nominated for a outstanding costumes Emmy

Please release a gallery image of all costumes. This is art.

Carlos Rosario did a magnificent job in creating all the Japanese customs for Shogun. He truly deserves credit & recognition for such brilliant job.

平民と武士、大老の小物の差別化がしっかりできていたのと、光の使い方がとても良い。光が明るすぎると出せない真実味みたいなものが画像で見えてとても良かった。真田さんが言っているが、日本人だけでは作り出せなかったものが確かにあると思う。内側から見える美意識だけではなく外から見える美意識をみんなで築き上げて最高の映像になっていると思う。おかげで人の仕草、立ち振る舞い、小物が気になって物語に集中できないということが全くなかった。

日本人が見て衣装に違和感がないってのは本当にすごいです。どれだけご尽力されたのか、敬服します。

外国の方がこの衣装を手掛けていたなんて!　まさに完全に当時の日本の衣装だし、美しい日本の着物に美しい刺繍。素晴らしすぎる✨✨

Please, please,please that they produce a coffee table book of these costumes…. And a website showing at least a few dozen of them.

I'm so happy costume designers are starting to get a lot more credit for how much they bring to a production.

That's exactly how I saw Yabushige: a total rock star! The dude nailed it PERFECTLY!

Ok, so bear with me on this one. The attention to detail is so spot on for this show (and speaks to the accurate portrayal of the period in question) that there's even the presence of some Indic/Mughal-esque brocade in the costumes: the brocade strip on the neck and parts of the front breast of Lord Toranaga's jinboari at 2:08, and also the brocade robe you see at 2:42. This makes sense since the Mughal world (via the Portuguese and eventually the Dutch East India Company) unofficially traded goods with Japan beginning at the end of the 16th century-so much so that Japanese porcelain and lacquerware became costly status items in South Asia. Conversely, textiles such as printed calico/chintz (sarasa fabric), as well wool/silk carpets, were imported to Japan commencing around the 16th-17th centuries (and later). The scholar Yumiko Kamada has written about the presence of Deccani carpets in Japan, which were/are still used to decorate floats in the Kyoto Gion Festival. Anyway, long story short, fantastic accuracy!

If he doesn’t win multiple awards for best costume design, we riot. The whole cast and even the entire extras have such beautiful costumes that are faithful to historical pieces, the kabuto’s crests, the kimonos and their floral patterns, the traditional colors used by clans as well as the textiles are flawless.

え！衣装は日本人が全てやってるのかと思いました。着物や日本の心をここまで正しくかつゴージャスに表現するとは、、。今後ずっとあなたの仕立てる服に注目していきます。

I have not seen costumes and wardrobe this awe-inspiring, this phenomenal, since Ngila Dickson’s work on The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

The costume design in this show is phenomenal ⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️ .

Yabushige has the most drip in a show full of great costumes

They really need to make more historically accurate shows like this on different cultures, stuff like this is some of the most interesting shows/movies to watch when they’re done right.

I hope he earns an Emmy for this work.

Honestly the costumes caught my eye through the whole show. What an expert!

this show is 10/10 its so perfect and its because of hiroyuki

I absolutely SWOONED over the costumes in every single episode! The fabrics, the attention to detail. Incredible!

The sets & costume designs have been incredible. The scale of the production is massive, you can totally see how Shōgun is FX's bigger production yet.

Ugh this show would've been a dream for me when I was really deep into costume design as a teen. It's astonishing.

別に専門家じゃないけどまるで違和感がないどころか想像を超えて良い。やはりハリウッドって凄いんだな。ハリウッド関係ないかもしれんけど。

Wow, the effort they made for the costumes was incredible. Every time I watched a characters in Kimono in previous historical Japanese movies/shows had been somehow odd to me. But I have never disturbed by the costumes, their behavior and posture at all. The way people move in 1600s and Edo period was completely different from nowadays Japanese. The Kimono itself made our way of move and posture. I think everyone can try the proper way of move in old days once people wear real Kimono.

The costumes are all gorgeous. I’m almost in disbelief because it’s too good.

日本の歴史を再現して頂いて大変嬉しいです。 I'm very happy to be able to recreate Japanese history.

This serie deserve multiple Oscars.

This show is not just gorgeous but fascinating in every detail - I have to restrain myself from pausing at every scene to look at the costuming. I want a 10 hour special going into every detail please! Also, Sanada is so handsome and mesmerising I stop breathing every time he is on screen. Give him the Emmy now!

Probably the best series in 5 years or more.

Mariko's kimonos are to die for ❤

some of the best costume design i have ever seen and we are only 3 episodes in...insane. He has already displayed such an insane difference narratively through social structures. dont even get me started on the armor. Every single one is gorgeous.

The costumes in the original series were fantastic, especially those worn by Toshiro Mifune as Toranaga. But the costumes on this series here have surpassed the original by far in my opinion. Phenomenal work.

It's telling just how excited the people at FX are about this show, they've produced so much more explanation on the minutia of this production than basic promotion on most TV shows I've seen. I think this is gonna be one for the history books.

Fumi is so beautiful, I can't take my eyes off her!

和洋折衷、これもまた日本に生まれてよかったと思える瞬間です。真田さん本当にありがとうございます。

I hope they win an emmy or multiple awards at least. Such phenomenal acting by all the actors. This is also such a tasteful way to "westernize" or adapt a time period from another culture to make it more palatable to the western audience. You don't sacrifice the story or aesthetic at all but make subtle changes or shift the storytelling model to where anyone, anywhere can watch it and be immersed in that time. I love it and kudos to the team for utilizing japanese teams as well for their expertise to help bring the show to life.

I am in love with the show. Thank for sharing these behind the scenes stories. I really appreciate all the work that is being done to keep this show as authentic as possible.

These works create the illusion that they are still happening somewhere in this world. Because contemporary artists are making things that fuse the past with the present. I respect them from the bottom of my heart.

so much of the costume designing for me, personally, is to set your mind into that universe you're being presented. i thought carlos did an absolutely brilliant job, in this aspect, for just now i'm getting an idea of how historically accurate the costume design was. congratulations!

So many streaming shows and movies recently have cut budgets when it comes to costumes and i am so glad Shogun did the opposite, as a costume lover and someone with a high regard for Japanese art, the costumes immediately caught my eye. There really is no understating how much they add to a story like this; Shogun would not have been the same without Carlos and his team.

definitely winning a lot of best wardrobe awards, this coming awards season.

I am already thinking multimple emmy awards for this show

I respect that you understand Japanese and Japanese kimono very well, even more than Japanese people.

Truly incredible. Costumes in this show make every scene very enjoyable.

Yabushige's outfit is by far my favorite! The way the black feathers are placed and contrasts with the brighter colors is so eye catching. Amazing work team!

Just the other day while watching the 2nd episode I said to my gf that next to the beautiful cinematography, the costumes are absolute stunning and totally draw you into the set time and scenery. An absolute magnificient tv series, trough and trough!

This level of hard work and pure creativity must surely be awarded the highest honour! 🌸

I would like to see a costume exhibition for “SHOGUN” I want to see the real thing up close！😊

The costumes were outstanding. Every single one is exquisite. Kudos to Carlos and his team for the thousands of hours of hard work they put in - it hasn’t gone unnoticed.

All the costumes were really stunning. The design were really cool, the attention to detail is so wonderful..

The costumes are the whole reason i watched the show!! Outstanding work😍

They did such a good job the costumes look like works of art. Adds so much to making there production authentic vibes. They should be very proud of themselves good job.

You can really tell a lot of love went into this series. Really amazing work, and especially all the costume designers, writers and actors did such an amazing job.

THank you for using some colour. I'm tired of everything medieval being portrayed as black and brown. Although it could have even more colour, this is a step in the right direction

the costumes are just stunning in this show

Everything about this production seems to be a labour of love... and it shows Beautiful costumes ✨

Really enjoying these behind the scenes Shogun is without a doubt my newest favorite show Been waiting quite a while for this kind of quality

The costumes , for detail that went into each piece absolutely amazing , just stunningly beautiful. Mr Carlos, did that !

Mr. Rosario, you have something to be proud of!! Great work, sir!

Honestly want every episode of this show to be uploaded all at once. It’s great to see a time period one that’s far past my generation, and the performances from the actors/actresses are top notch.

This was immaculately made, just fantastic 🔥🔥

I love the costumes in this movie. I'm Japanese and used to have a hobby of wearing kimonos. Thank you for expressing Japanese culture so beautifully. I sometimes wore Kimono'Komon. But now I'm learning more about fashion from this movie.

An incredible job. I hope you get rewards for your work.

This series is truly amazing, I have read all of James Clavells books, and this series feels like the book. Kudos for having it in Japanese and the costumes, sets, actors, writing and everything is unreal. I see Gai-Jin coming up as season 2!

The characterisation,emphasis on minute details and the culture representation tells how amazing this show’s gonna be ❤❤❤ Already loved the three eps

日本人から見ても何の違和感もなく作られているの本当に凄い。 デザイナーさん素晴らしいですね。 そして真田さん、日本文化や歴史を大切にしてくださりありがとうございます。何歳になってもかっこ良くて憧れの人です。 ※【日本で育った日本人ではない国の人】や【日本語を学んだ人】が日本や日本人を何とか貶めようと日本人になりすまし工作する事がよくあります。 全く違う国の言語を使い日本人を攻撃する事もあります。 彼らは色んな場所のコメント欄で活動しているという事を一応知っておいてください。

日本の織物着物を再現した素晴らしい衣装の数々、此れこそ文化美意識のアラベスク！

I would be happy if everyone could learn about the true history and culture of Japan through this work. Past Hollywood productions did not understand the Japanese aesthetic sense. And he didn't use money to express Japanese culture. 　from japan🙏

Costume designer is killing it

海外の人が判断するときの日本の衣装その他の小道具の基準を上げた功績は計り知れないかなあ。将軍は今後侍関連の作品の小道具などの基準となったと言ってもいいからね。将軍が基準となって、ああこれはちゃんと考えてる考えてないと言われるんだから、日本人として有難い。真田さん然り、将軍の撮影スタッフは本当に頑張られたなあと、尊敬しかない。

Costumer designer deserves an OSCAR ...

This man is genius! Absolutely stunningly beautiful costumes. He and his team deserve every award that I’m sure will be coming their way!

My fave is Yabu's feather vest

The intricacy of all the costumes on the show, especially those that are worn by the noble characters contributed a huge chunk to the authencity of the show. Even a character like Ishido had my eyes glued on the screen because his kimonos were just so exquisite. It will be a joke if this team doesn't win at the Emmys.

Absolutely. beautiful. A little over the top, but not in a bad way. The designer and his team definitely did their research.

The costumes are amazing, impressive in every way and equal to Game of Thrones

The armors were chef's kiss

Fantastic show. Each costume was a feast for the eyes. Details, patterns, colors, texture all were beautiful & breathtaking.

fantastic job on these costumes!

Beautiful costumes. Well done Carlos and your team.👍❤

Amazing team worked on this project. Congratulations to all worked behind the scenes. Enjoy watching every frame of this show

Stunning costumes! I just love Mariko too - she is *gorgeous!* Japanese women are so lovely!

Every piece was an ART ❤

I am Japanese, but I was surprised that I felt no sense of discomfort regarding the costumes.

This story is truly a spectacle. I watched the 1980 edition starring Richard Chamberlain. Then I read James Clavell's book. The Japanese have a lot of culture to teach us. My most sincere congratulations to the entire team who are helping us learn more about this extraordinary nation. Essa história é realmente um espetáculo. Eu assisti em 1980 a edição estrelada por Richard Chamberlain. Depois eu li o livro de James Clavell. Os Japoneses tem muita cultura para nos ensinar. Meus mais sinceros parabéns a toda a equipe que estão nos proporcionando conhecer mais sobre essa nação extraordinária.

Absolutely breathtaking!

I absolutely love the attention to detail and care that was put into this series

Some of the best costumes in media!

I feel the same thing about this show as I felt about the book and the 80’s series: i wish it did not end.

Carlos a creative genious! Super amazing person! 🎉

absolutely incredible work

Yo Carlos Rosario! WTF man?! What an awesome job you did and I hope continue doing. I am so emerged in this show and you have a huge part in that! Thanks for the work you put in this show! I know you'll never read that comment, but it's my duty to give thanks when people are amazing at what they do.

Everything about this movie is amazing!

bro has hiroyuki proud.. that speaks volume, actually one of the things i say to friends in order to watch the show was "look at the costume design"

absolutely legendary work. i am infinitely mesmerized by all the costumes and all the different patterns and materials. i want to see them all. all at once

Omg this is such a treat for us fans!!

I hope that other productions take inspiration from the work you guys did on the costumes and outfits. The most historically accurate outfits I've seen in Years.

This epic series is a total masterpiece. The actors did a phenomenal job, the directors and producers excelled. When the time comes I hope they win, one of the best I have seen.The costumes were absolutely breath taking, and the work of all the designers hopefully will pay off. I hope Carlos Rosario wins an award for all he did. to make this show as authentic and real as it was back in the 1600 time period.