Käpt'n Korky Posted April 4, 2019 Report Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted April 4, 2019 Report Share Posted April 4, 2019 Now this is fascinating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrYuriMom Posted April 4, 2019 Report Share Posted April 4, 2019 Reminds me of the Clavell book Shogun. That's likely not unintentional either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Käpt'n Korky Posted April 5, 2019 Author Report Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrYuriMom Posted April 7, 2019 Report Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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