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  2. John Blackthorne - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. William Adams (samurai) - Wikipedia

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    Statue of the San Buena Ventura ship at Anjin Memorial Park. In 1610, after the Nossa Senhora da Graça incident, Ieyasu replaced Jesuit translator João Rodrigues Tçuzu with William Adams as his counselor of affairs with the Europeans. [45] In the same year, the 120-ton Japanese warship San Buena Ventura was lent to the Spanish

  4. National Register of Historic Places listings in San Mateo ...

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    Location of San Mateo County in California. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in San Mateo County, California.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in San Mateo County, California, United States.

  5. ‘Shōgun’ might be the TV program of the year (again) in FX’s ...

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    In the early heyday of miniseries, “Shōgun” was the show of the year in 1980, and it might be again 44 years later. FX’s updated, sumptuous version of James Clavell’s sweeping novel ...

  6. Anjin (Shōgun) - Wikipedia

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    "Anjin" (Japanese: 按針) is the series premiere of the American historical drama television series Shōgun, based on the novel by James Clavell. The episode was written by series developers Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks , and directed by co-executive producer Jonathan van Tulleken.

  7. Anjin - Wikipedia

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    Anjin is the Japanese word for pilot (of ships, airplanes and similar things). It may also refer to: Anjin Miura, an honorific name given to the sailor William Adams (1564-1620) The name given to the character Blackthorne in James Clavell's 1975 novel Shōgun "Anjin" , the first episode of the 2024 miniseries adapted from the book

  8. Shōgun (1980 miniseries) - Wikipedia

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    Shōgun is a 1980 American historical drama miniseries based on James Clavell's 1975 novel of the same name.The series was produced by Paramount Television and first broadcast in the United States on NBC over five nights between September 15 and 19, 1980.

  9. Shōgun (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Shōgun is a 1975 historical novel by author James Clavell that chronicles 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 restorat