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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 ... “The model of Toranaga is based on the real shogun, Ieyasu, who created the peaceful era ...
John Blackthorne in FX's Shōgun is based on William Adams, a real-life sailor and navigator who was instrumental in the true story of James Clavell's book.
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 ...
To sequester Blackthorne from the other regents, he is imprisoned with a Franciscan friar who teaches Blackthorne rudimentary Japanese and relates how the Jesuits' rōnin (mercenaries) invaded Japan and launched violent agitations to profit the Portuguese crown. Before the two Catholic regents, urged on by the Jesuits, can have him executed ...
In episode 5, Lord Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada) gifts John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis) a game bird. Wanting to age the pheasant, Johnny B. hangs it in front of his house. Wanting to age the pheasant ...
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 ...
This pilot (or Anjin as his Japanese hosts call him) is John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis). Far from a Robinson Crusoe story of isolated survival against the odds, what proceeds is a journey to the ...