Käpt'n Korky 56 Report post Posted April 4, 2019 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, 2019 Now this is fascinating! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrYuriMom 21 Report post Posted April 4, 2019 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 56 Report post Posted April 5, 2019 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, 2019 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
