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Pilot major 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.
John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis) is an English sailor who ends up shipwrecked in Japan. Lord Toranaga ... a powerful local lord who had designs on ruling Japan as shogun – the military governor ...
James Clavell's Shōgun (1975) is a historical novel chronicling the end of Japan’s Azuchi-Momoyama period (1568-1600) and the dawn of the Edo period (1603-1868). Loosely based on actual events and figures Shōgun narrates how European interests and internal conflicts within Japan brought about the Shogunate restoration.
John Blackthorne in FX's Shōgun is based on William Adams, ... who was the first Englishman to reach Japan. Blackthorne isn’t there for a vacation, but rather to gain the upper hand in breaking ...
Although Clavell beefed up both the story of John Blackthorne’s arrival in Japan and his influence on Tokugawa’s ascent, ... Shogun: The First Novel of the Asian Saga. amazon.com. $23.74.
John Blackthorne, a risk-taking English sailor who ends up shipwrecked in Japan, a land whose unfamiliar culture will ultimately redefine him; Lord Toranaga, a shrewd, powerful daimyo, at odds with his own dangerous, political rivals; and Lady Mariko, a woman with invaluable skills but dishonorable family ties, who must prove her value and ...
John Blackthorne. Much like in Shōgun’s finale, John Blackthorne’s (Cosmo Jarvis) real-life counterpart, William Adams, was friends with Tokugawa long beyond the events of the series.Tokugawa ...
The miniseries is loosely based on the adventures of English navigator William Adams, who journeyed to Japan in 1600 and rose to high rank in the service of the shōgun. It follows fictional John Blackthorne's (Chamberlain) experiences and political intrigues in feudal Japan in the early 17th century.