Käpt'n Korky 50 Report post Posted April 4 This 50 minute documentation tells the story of a Russian crew shipwrecking in Japan and building a new ship with the locals. https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/3016038/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Legate of Mineta 0 Report post Posted April 4 Now this is fascinating! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrYuriMom 21 Report post Posted April 4 Reminds me of the Clavell book Shogun. That's likely not unintentional either. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Käpt'n Korky 50 Report post Posted April 5 16 hours ago, DrYuriMom said: Reminds me of the Clavell book Shogun. That's likely not unintentional either. Yes, but that story is based on this man: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Adams_(sailor,_born_1564) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrYuriMom 21 Report post Posted April 7 Oh, I know. But Clavell was enough of an historian to have collected lots of basis for his character. I expect Blackthorne was based on several Europeans who ended up in Japan right around 1600. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
