Encyclopedia > Shogun (novel)

Article Content

Shogun (novel)

Shōgun is the first novel in James Clavell's Asian Saga. It is set in feudal Japan somewhere around the year 1600 AD.

Major characters in the novel were based upon actual historical personages, including the character Blackthorne who was based on the english trader William Adams.

The novel has been adapted as a movie, a television miniseries, and even as an Infocom computer game.

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

East Islip, New York

... for a family is $77,593. Males have a median income of $51,554 versus $36,959 for females. The per capita income for the town is $27,356. 3.7% of the population and 2.8% of ...