Anjin Miura (William Adams)
November 30th, 2007
From the Japanese123.com Everything Japanese Guide…
“William Adams’ life was the inspiration for James Clavell’s bestselling novel, Shogun. The main character of Shogun is John Blackthorne, a British seaman whose Dutch-owned ship crashes in Japan during a typhoon. The Japanese originally treat Blackthorne with suspicion. In time, though, the Englishman manages to ingratiate himself with a local warlord (daimyou) and eventually becomes an honorary member of the samurai warrior caste…”
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