- ...real life story of john blackthorne from shogun tv series explored the true story behind shogun | the life of william adams the english samurai | william adams.
- William Adams, also known as Anjin-sama in Japan, was the first Englishman to reach Japan and one of the few Westerners to attain the rank of samurai.
- Samurai status. ... The Shogun decreed that William Adams the pilot was dead and that Miura Anjin (三浦按針), a samurai, was born.
- Biography: Originally a navigator aboard the Dutch trading ship Liefde, William Adams was part of a disastrous expedition of five ships to Asia.
- This article is a summary of a YouTube video "William Adams: Story of the English Samurai in Japan" by Kings and Generals.
- The Shogun decreed that William Adams the pilot was dead and that Miura Anjin (三浦按針), a samurai, was born.
- He is the inspiration for Jack Fletcher. The Young Samurai story began with the question: what if William Adams had had a son and only he had survived?
- On this day in history in 1620, died William Adams. ... He became a shipbuilder to the shogun and the first outsider to become a Samurai.
- ...William Adams, who managed to gain the trust of Tokugawa Ieyasu, a powerful warlord who became a shogun (the military leader of the samurai caste) in 1603.
- William Adams’ story is a remarkable tale of adventure, cultural exchange, and the bridging of two very different worlds. His life as a samurai and advisor to...