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Originally Posted by HarryT
It is a wonderful series - I read it right through, many years ago (at the time of "Shogun" TV mini series, which Wikipedia informs me was 1980). Must re-read it - I still have all the paper books.
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The series is a great read for anyone who hasn't read it. It is a great reread for those who have. Shogun grabs you from the beginning. My only complaints with Shogun were minor compared to the story. The book is loosly based on actual events and I wish he had not changed the names. It is similar to reading a historical fiction based on the American Revolutionary War and having the historical character's names changed. George Washing changed to Horace Wallingford for example. If I did not know the history behind the book it would not bother me.
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Yoshinaga Toranaga - Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616)
Sudara - Tokugawa Hidetada (1579-1632)
Naga - Takeda Nobuyoshi (1583-1603)
Ishido - Ishida Mitsunari (1561-1600)
Ochiba - Yodo-dono (1569-1615)
Yaemon - Toyotomi Hideyori (1593-1615)
John Blackthorne - Miura Anjin/William Adams (1564-1620)
Vinck - Jan Joosten van Lodensteijn (1560-1623)
Toda Mariko - Hosokawa Gracia (1563-1600)
Toda Hiromatsu "Iron Fist" - Hosokawa Fujitaka (1534-1610)
Toda Buntaro - Hosokawa Tadaoki (1563-1646)
Toda Saruji - Hosokawa Tadatoshi (1586-1641)
Goroda - Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582)
Akechi Jinsai - Akechi Mitsuhide (d. 1582)
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