Hiroyuki Sanada
Lord Yoshii Toranaga
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- 1. Anjin Feb 27, 2024
- Destinies converge in Japan after a barbarian ship washes ashore in a poor fishing village.
- 2. Servants of Two Masters Feb 27, 2024
- Blackthorne's arrival in Osaka stirs up a hornet's nest of rivalries; Mariko is trapped.
- 3. Tomorrow Is Tomorrow Mar 5, 2024
- Blackthorne survives a brazen assassination attempt; Toranaga must ferry his allies out of Osaka.
Shōgun. James Clavell’s Shōgun is a 1975 novel fictionalizing incidents and personages in 17th century feudal Japan effecting the Edo period’s advent. The third published, and the first chronologically placed, book in Clavell's six-volume Asian Saga, by 1980 it sold six million copies worldwide.
shogun, in Japanese history, a military ruler. The title was first used during the Heian period, when it was occasionally bestowed on a general after a successful campaign. In 1185 Minamoto Yoritomo gained military control of Japan; seven years later he assumed the title of shogun and formed the first bakufu, or shogunate ( see Kamakura period ).
Shogun: With Richard Chamberlain, Toshirô Mifune, Yôko Shimada, Furankî Sakai. An English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in the complex political games in feudal Japan.
Feb 27, 2024 · The Real History Behind FX’s ‘Shogun’. A new adaptation offers a fresh take on James Clavell’s 1975 novel, which fictionalizes the stories of English sailor William Adams, shogun Tokugawa ...
Mar 5, 2024 · 5 March 2024. By James Balmont,Features correspondent. FX. Cosmo Jarvis and Hiroyuki Sanada star in the new hit Hulu/FX/Disney+ series Shōgun, which brings to life Japan's violent feudal past in ...
shogunate, government of the shogun, or hereditary military dictator, of Japan from 1192 to 1867. The term shogun appeared in various titles given to military commanders commissioned for the imperial government’s 8th- and 9th-century campaigns against the Ezo (Emishi) tribes of northern Japan.
Jul 3, 2019 · The Shogun s of medieval Japan were military dictators who ruled the country via a feudal system where a vassal's military service and loyalty was given in return for a lord's patronage. Established as an institution by the first shogun proper, Minamoto no Yoritomo in 1192 CE, the shoguns would rule for seven centuries until the Meiji ...
