James Clavell's Shogun

Characters

Historical Equivalents of Characters

Akechi Jinsai-Akechi Mitsuhide

Father Martin Alvito-Joao Rodrigues, SJ

Beppu Genzaemon-Hojo Ujimasa

John Blackthorne-William Adams

Friar Braganza-St. Pedro Bautista OFM

(Toda) Buntaro-Hosokawa Tadaoki

Alban Caradoc-Nicholas Diggins

Chano-Tsubone - Saigo-No-Tsubone

(Yoshi) Chikitada-Matsudaira Kiyoyasu

Chimmoko-fictional

Father Carlo Dell’Aqua-Alessandro Valignano SJ

Friar Domingo-fictional

Elizabeth Blackthorne-Deliverance Adams

Felicity Balckthorne-Mary or Elizabeth Adams

Captain General Ferriera-Hoaratio Neretti

Fujiko-fictional

Fujimoto clan-Fujiwara

Lady Genjiko-Asai Ogo (Tokugawa Hidetada’s wife)

Go-Nijo �" Go-Yozei

Goroda-Oda Nobunaga

Gyoko-fictional

Harima Tadao-Arima Harunobu

(Toda) Hiromatsu-Hosokawa Fujitaka

Ikawa Tadazuki-Imagawa Yoshimoto

Ishido Kazunari-Ishida Mitsunari

Ikawa Jikkyu-fictional

Kiku-fictional

Kiritsubo-noh-Toshiko �" Acha-no-Tsubone

Kiyama-Konishi Yukinaga

(Toda) Mariko-Hosokawa Gracia

Brother Michael-Chijiwa Seizaemon

Minikui-fictional

Minowara clan-Minamoto clan

Mura-fictional

Yoshi Naga-Tokugawa Tadayoshi

Nakamura-Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Yoshi Noboru-Tokugawa Hideyasu

Yoshi Nobunaga-Tokugawa Nobuyasu

Lady Ochiba-Asai Chacha (Oichi’s daughter, Hideyoshi’s consort)

Kasigi Omi-fictional

Lord Onoshi- a composite of Konishi Yukinaga and Otani Yoshitsugu

Vasco Rodrigues-fictional

(Toda) Saruji-Hosokawa Tadatoshi

Lady Suzuko-O-Kane

Father Sebastio-unidentified ‘Portugall Iesuite’ who confronted Will Adams in Kyushu

Sen-no-Nakada �" Sen-no-Rikyu

Paulus Spillbergen-Jacob Quaeckernaeck

Yoshi Sudara-Tokugawa Hidetada

Lord Sugiyama-Maeda Toshiie

Lady Tachibana-Lady Tsukiyama (Ieyasu’s first wife that he had put to death)

Yoshi Tadateru-Tokugawa Tadateru

Takashima clan-the Taira clan

Yoshi Toranaga-Tokugawa Ieyasu

Tudor Blackthorne-never named son of William Adams

Uraga-noh-Tadamasa/Brother Joseph-Chijiwa Seizaemon (also the model for Brother Michael, as he was baptized Don Michael)

Usagi (Fujiko’s husband)-fictional

Kasigi Yabu-fictional (although I believe his personality was based on Saito Dosan)

Yaemon-Toyotomi Hideyori

Lady Yodoko-Toyotomi Onene

Captain Yoshinaka-fictional

Saigawa Zataki (Toranaga’s half brother)-fictional, although the daimyo of Zataki’s fief were historically the Satake

Book Information

Clavell, James. Shogun Dell, 1986