The Anjin Gets Margin Called

Text on the meme

“tell toranaga-sama this is just a temporary liquidity problem, not a solvency problem. our risk model didn’t account for this level of volatility but we are confident we can weather the storm” “the anjin was on the wrong side of the yen carry trade and is getting margin called”

What it means

A scene from Shōgun shows the Anjin standing beside Mariko in a historical Japanese setting. The joke recasts his political and military predicament as a financial crisis, using liquidity, volatility, carry trade, and margin-call jargon to describe being disastrously on the wrong side of a trade.

Who

John Blackthorne, Shōgun (Anjin)Mariko, Shōgun

Objects

bearded man in blue robe / бородатый мужчина в синей одежде Japanese woman in patterned kimono / японка в узорчатом кимоно woman in gray kimono / женщина в сером кимоно wooden buildings / деревянные здания traditional Japanese courtyard / традиционный японский двор stone roof tiles / черепица на крыше wooden veranda / деревянная веранда background figures / фигуры на заднем плане dark blue robe / тёмно-синяя одежда patterned kimono / узорчатое кимоно gray kimono / серое кимоно historical Japan / историческая Япония serious expressions / серьёзные выражения лиц financial text overlay / финансовый текст поверх изображения