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William Adams (Japanese: ウィリアム・アダムス, Hepburn: Uiriamu Adamusu, historical kana orthography: ウヰリアム・アダムス; 24 September 1564 – 16 May 1620), better known in Japan as Miura Anjin (三浦按針, 'the pilot of Miura'), was an English navigator who, in 1600, became the first Englishman to reach Japan.
William Adams, the 16th century navigator-turned-samurai on whom Blackthorne's character in Shōgun is based, actually held the title of "jikatatori hatamoto" in real-life, directly serving the ...
A hatamoto 旗本, "Guardian of ... (subject of a 1980 television series, and a 2024 remake), the protagonist Pilot John Blackthorne, loosely based on William Adams, ...
John Blackthorne, also known as Anjin (按針, lit. "Pilot", "Steuermann"), is the protagonist of James Clavell's 1975 novel Shōgun.The character is loosely based on the life of the 17th-century English navigator William Adams, who was the first Englishman to visit Japan.
Here’s the true story of how a sailor named William Adams became the first westerner to reach that storied rank. William Adams was born in Kent in 1564. In later life, he recalled his childhood ...
He was given the rank of Hatamoto and 50 servants. [10] [11] Under the Tokugawa Shogunate, he chartered several Red Seal Ships. Gillingham, Kent, Kingdom of England: William Adams: Pilot of De Liefde, Dutch ship [12] 1600 [12] Miura Anjin (the pilot of Miura) 三浦按針 Tokugawa Ieyasu→ Tokugawa Hidetada: 250 koku.
It’s not easy being hatamoto. That’s what Shōgun lead Cosmo Jarvis says he learned throughout the FX/Hulu drama’s shoot, including while filming the closing sequence of the latest episode.
Pages in category "Hatamoto" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. ... Hatamoto; A. Abe Masatō; William Adams (samurai) Aoki Konyō ...