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The Real Story Behind Shogun TV Show: William Adams - English Samurai
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In one of our past animated historical documentaries, we told the story of the African Samurai Yasuke However, he wasn't the only foreign Samurai who found fortune and adventure in Japan and Englishmen William Adams was a prominent player in the battle for the Shogunate and his story will be told in this video.
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Sources:
Dalton, William. 1861. Will Adams, The First Englishman in Japan: A Romantic Biography. London: Cassel, Peter, and Galpin.
Pletcher, Kenneth. 2012. William AdamsEnglish Navigator. October 5.
Veith, Ilza. 1945. "Englishman or Samurai: The Story of Will Adams." The Far Eastern Quarterly 5-27.
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