James clavell makes no claim to this, and has changed all the names involved john blakthorn is actually william adams, and toranaga is actually ieyasu tokugawa. Shogun, by james clavell, is perhaps the most familiar samurai book and miniseries to western readers. Shogun a novel of japan published in 1975 by james clavell. A beautiful woman torn between two ways of life, two ways of love.
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