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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, 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 ...
Blackthorne finds the Erasmus and attempts to sail in a boat, only to be stopped by Mariko, who informs him that his ship has been confiscated and now belongs to Toranaga, and his men have been sent to an unspecified location. Toranaga converses with the villagers before leaving for Edo. Blackthorne is given a home and provided with a good salary.
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.
Shōgun: The Musical is a musical with a book and lyrics by John Driver [1] and music by Paul Chihara. [1]Based on James Clavell's 1975 novel [1] and the 1980 television mini-series of the same name, the musical centers on shipwrecked English sea captain John Blackthorne, who finds himself drawn into a political power play while involved in an illicit affair with a married noblewoman in 17th ...
James Clavell based his best-selling novel Shōgun (1975) on Adams' life and changed the name of his protagonist to "John Blackthorne". It has been adapted in various forms: 1980, as the NBC miniseries, Shōgun [96] 1989, as a video game James Clavell's Shōgun; 1990, as a Broadway production, Shōgun: The Musical
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The player assumes the role of John Blackthorne, pilot-major of the Dutch trading ship Erasmus. During a voyage in the Pacific Ocean in the year 1600, the Erasmus is shipwrecked in Japan . Blackthorne must survive in a land where every custom is as unfamiliar to him as the language.