"The Real History Behind FX’s ‘Shogun’" Topic
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Tango01  | 09 Jun 2025 4:59 p.m. PST |
"When a powerful Japanese feudal lord with aspirations of seizing control of the warring nation learned that a ragged group of European sailors had landed on the archipelago's southern shores in April 1600, he was eager to arrange a meeting with their leader. The outsiders, Tokugawa Ieyasu believed, could be of assistance in his grand plan. With the Dutch ship's captain too ill to move, the crew sent English navigator William Adams in his place. "Coming before [Ieyasu], he viewed me well and seemed to be wonderfully favorable," wrote Adams in a letter to his wife. "I showed unto him the name of our country, and that our land long sought out the East Indies, and desired friendship with all kings and potentates in way of merchandise, having in our land diverse commodities which these lands had not."…" More here
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| BillyNM | 09 Jun 2025 11:33 p.m. PST |
If you want to know about the real history behind Clavell's novel you should read Samurai William by Giles Milton. |
| Tango01 | 10 Jun 2025 11:59 p.m. PST |
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