William Adams

aka Will Adams, Anjin Miura, Anjin-sama, Wiliam Adams, Wiliam Adams (1564-1620), William Adams (1564-1620)

English Navigator and Samurai

First Englishman to reach Japan (1600). Became adviser to Tokugawa Ieyasu and was granted samurai status. The real-world basis for John Blackthorne in Clavell's Shōgun.

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