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==Plot==

==Plot==

James Clavell's Shogun is set in the year [[1600]] A.D. An Englishman named John Blackthorne, who is Pilot-Major of the English ship ''Erasmus'', is wrecked on the coast of [[Japan]]. He is rescued by Japanese locals and subsequently arrested by the fief's [[samurai]], "Omi-san". Eventually he and his crew are released into the custody of the [[daimyo]] "Yabu-san", who in turn takes them to the senior warlord "Toranaga". Toranaga is curious about this foreigner and decides to use him to further his plans to unite Japan under his leadership.

James Clavell's Shogun is set in the year [[1600]] A.D. An Englishman named John Blackthorne, who is Pilot-Major of the English ship ''Erasmus'', is wrecked on the coast of [[Japan]]. He is rescued by Japanese locals and subsequently arrested by the fief's [[samurai]], "Omi-san". Eventually he and his crew are released into the custody of the [[daimyo]] "Yabu-san", who in turn takes them to the senior warlord "Toranaga". Toranaga is curious about this foreigner and decides to use him to further his plans to unite Japan under his leadership.

==Characters==

==Characters==

===Historical Equivalents of Characters===

===Historical Equivalents of Characters===

*Akechi Jinsai - [[Akechi Mitsuhide]]

*Akechi Jinsai - [[Akechi Mitsuhide]]

*Father Martin Alvito - Joao Rodrigues, SJ

*Father Martin Alvito - Joao Rodrigues, SJ

*Friar Domingo - fictional

*Friar Domingo - fictional

*Elizabeth Blackthorne - Deliverance Adams

*Elizabeth Blackthorne - Deliverance Adams

*Felicity Balckthorne - Mary or Elizabeth Adams

*Felicity Blackthorne - Mary or Elizabeth Adams

*Captain General Ferriera - Hoaratio Neretti

*Captain General Ferriera - Hoaratio Neretti

*Fujiko - fictional

*Fujiko - fictional

*Yoshi Naga - Tokugawa Tadayoshi

*Yoshi Naga - Tokugawa Tadayoshi

*Nakamura - [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]

*Nakamura - [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]]

*Yoshi Noboru - Tokugawa Hideyasu

*Yoshi Noboru - [[Tokugawa Hideyasu]]

*Yoshi Nobunaga - Tokugawa Nobuyasu

*Yoshi Nobunaga - [[Tokugawa Nobuyasu]]

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

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

*Kasigi Omi - fictional

*Kasigi Omi - fictional

*Lord Onoshi - a composite of Konishi Yukinaga and Otani Yoshitsugu

*Lord Onoshi - a composite of Konishi Yukinaga and Otani Yoshitsugu

*Vasco Rodrigues - fictional

*Vasco Rodrigues - fictional

*(Toda) Saruji - Hosokawa Tadatoshi

*(Toda) Saruji - [[Hosokawa Tadatoshi]]

*Lady Suzuko - O-Kane

*Lady Suzuko - O-Kane

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

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

*Sen-no-Nakada - [[[Sen-no-Rikyu]]

*Sen-no-Nakada - [[Sen-no-Rikyu]]

*Paulus Spillbergen - Jacob Quaeckernaeck

*Paulus Spillbergen - Jacob Quaeckernaeck

*Yoshi Sudara - [[Tokugawa Hidetada]]

*Yoshi Sudara - [[Tokugawa Hidetada]]

*Lord Sugiyama - [[Maeda Toshiie]]

*Lord Sugiyama - [[Maeda Toshiie]]

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

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

*Yoshi Tadateru - Tokugawa Tadateru

*Yoshi Tadateru - [[Tokugawa Tadateru]]

*Takashima clan - the Taira clan

*Takashima clan - the Taira clan

*Yoshi Toranaga - [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]

*Yoshi Toranaga - [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]

*Kasigi Yabu - fictional (Possibly his personality was based on Saito Dosan)

*Kasigi Yabu - fictional (Possibly his personality was based on Saito Dosan)

*Yaemon - [[Toyotomi Hideyori]]

*Yaemon - [[Toyotomi Hideyori]]

*Lady Yodoko - Toyotomi [[Onene]]

*Lady Yodoko - Toyotomi [[One]]

*Captain Yoshinaka - fictional

*Captain Yoshinaka - fictional

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

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

==Miniseries==

==Miniseries==

==Book Information==

==Book Information==

 

* Clavell, James. ''Shogun'' Dell, 1986

Clavell, James. ''Shogun'' Dell, 1986

===Purchase Information===

===Purchase Information===

{{ISBN|0440178002}}

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