Anjin Miura (William Adams)
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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