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Further to the information in the above link...
Over 5 years later .... The new SHOGUN miniseries is arriving...!
Shōgun is an upcoming historical drama television limited series based on the 1975 novel of the same name by James Clavell. The novel was previously adapted into a 1980 television miniseries. The series is set to premiere with its first two episodes on February 27, 2024, on Hulu and FX, with new episodes of the 10-episode series then releasing weekly.
Shōgun follows "the collision of two ambitious men from different worlds and a mysterious female samurai; John Blackthorne, a risk-taking English sailor who ends up shipwrecked in Japan, a land whose unfamiliar culture will ultimately redefine him; Lord Toranaga, a shrewd, powerful daimyo, at odds with his own dangerous, political rivals; and Lady Mariko, a woman with invaluable skills but dishonorable family ties, who must prove her value and allegiance".[1][2]
Clavell's Shōgun is a fictionalized version of real events and history. The character of Blackthorne is loosely based on the historical English navigator William Adams,[3][4] who in Japan rose to become a samurai under the strongest powerful daimyo and later the founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan, Tokugawa Ieyasu whose life and reign lasted from 1543 to 1616 and on whom Shogun's character Yoshii Toranaga is based.[5][6]
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With the 19th Century opening of Yokohama port and the beginning of the Meiji Restoration, curiosity about (long forgotten) William Adams revived. In particular, Englishmen in the foreign concession wished to know more about the first Englishman to arrive in Japan.
In the June 1872 issue of The Far East, an English language publication born in the foreign concession, an article appeared describing an unsuccessful search in (Yokosuka's) Anjin-cho for information about Adams.
James Walters, a Yokohama businessman, showed early interest in Adams. Upon hearing that Saris had reached The Great Budda of Kamakura, he set off to visit this site himself, and there obtained clues that Adams lived in a small Yokosuka village called Hemi, and later died there; and that relics of Adams remained at Jodoji temple in Hemi.
Excited, Walters proceeded to Jodoji, where the high priest showed him to Adams’ grave. The high priest also reported that other foreigners had visited the site before, and one had even made sketches of the surrounding area.
When Walters’ findings appeared in The Far East, Hemi became a widely visited destination. Walters himself continued to visit Hemi, always dining in the Fujisan Hotel, thought to be the first hotel in Yokosuka.
Walters was saddened by the dilapidated state of the Anjinzuka area, and in 1874 he began working to restore it. Anzai Zenroku, owner of the Fujisan Hotel, learned of his efforts and contributed 50 yen (modern-day 2,000,000 yen) to support them.
About 15 years later, an article appeared in the Tokyo Mainichi Newspaper reporting on the ruined state of Anjinzuka and opining that the British residents in the Yokohama foreign concession should transfer Adams’ remains to the Gaijin Bochi, or cemetery for foreign residents.
Upon reading this article, Suzuki Fukumatsu, a person of local influence in Hemi, took initiative and called for the help of regional governors including Ogawa Shigechika of Miura and neighborhood leaders in Yokosuka. As the Japanese leader, Suzuki also spoke with Walters and Hall, the British Consul, and reached an agreement that each party should provide 250 yen (modern-day 10,000,000 yen) for restoration.
In 1902, with the signing of the British-Japanese Alliance, interest in Adams arose once more. Restoration of Anjinzuka restarted, with Suzuki yet again making valuable contributions; enough donations were collected to attract the attention of the governor of Kanagawa and the British ambassador.
In 1906 the gigantic area renovation was complete, producing Tsukayama Park as it can be seen today. The tomb itself was investigated at this time, and it was found that Adams’ remains had not actually been buried there.
Before World War II, an “Anjin Festival” had been held annually at the park, though this ceased after 1935. With the war over it was held in June 1948, it has been properly honored by Yokosuka City ever since. It now occurs on April 8th of every year, as one of Yokosuka’s four international ceremonies.
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