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	Shogun Study Guide by James du Maresq Clavell
		Shogun Study Guide by James du Maresq Clavell
		56 pages of summaries and analysis on Shogun by James du Maresq Clavell.
		Each BookRags Literature Study Guide is written by a subject expert or professional educator and is a complete resource on the work.
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	Shogun (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is set in feudal Japan somewhere around the year 1600 and gives a highly fictionalized account of the rise of Tokugawa Ieyasu to the Shogunate, seen through the eyes of an English sailor whose fictional heroics are loosely based on William Adams' exploits.
		In parallel with this plot, the novel also details the power struggle between Toranaga and Ishido (two great daimyos or feudal lords), and the political manoeuvring of the Christians, particularly the Jesuits.
		James Clavell's Shogun and Shogun (Mastertronic) are abandonware, and are no longer available for purchase.
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	Shogun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The so-called transitional shoguns, of 1568–1598, did not receive the title of sei-i taishōgun from the emperor and did not establish shogunates, but did, for a period, hold power over the emperor and most of Japan.
		The term bakufu originally meant the dwelling and household of a shogun, but in time it came to be generally used for the system of government of a feudal military dictatorship, exercised by the shogun, and this is the meaning that has been adopted into English through the term "shogunate."
		Three primary shogunates were each centered around a family which seized power and received the title of shogun during that regime.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shogun (853 words)

	shogun - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Shogun, title of the military dictators who ruled Japan almost continuously from 1192 to 1867.
		The term, which is a contraction of seii tai shogun...
		In 1192, after Yoritomo’s forces subdued a powerful branch of the Fujiwara family based in northern Honshū, the imperial court granted Yoritomo the...
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	Shogun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		From this point in history all that headed shogunates were by tradition descendants the Minamoto princes the sons of emperor Seiwa and the title passed generation to to the eldest sons.
		The so-called Transitional shoguns of 1568 - 1598 were never given the title of Seii Taishogun by the emperor and did not bakufu but did for a period hold over the emperor and most/all of Japan.
		Bakufu (幕府) originally described the dwelling and of a shogun but in time it came to generally used in Japanese to describe the system of government a feudal military dictatorship exercised by the shoguns (literally "tent meaning a military rule) and this is meaning that has been adopted in English known as the shogunate.
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	SHOGUN
		Shogun is a huge, exotic, blood-stained canvas of sixteen century but still medieval Japan, rival war-lords and proselytizing Jesuits, geishas, seppuku, samurai with death-wish and a shipwrecked Elizabethan.
		It is a miracle that Shogun came to pass as a novel, let alone twelve hours for NBC and a motion picture as well.
		It is 1862 and Japan is a land in chaos as the power of the Shogun wanes and the rival factions plan to restore the Emperor.
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	MovieFreak.com - "James Clavell's Shogun" DVD Review by Dennis Landmann
		Shogun also provides viewers with an accurate historical account from which much knowledge can be gained.
		Shogun is also a very beautiful looking film, from the high waters of the ocean to peaceful landscapes in Japan.
		Shogun comes in a 5-disc set and the packaging is arranged very nicely with the discs fitting into a fold-out tray with a cool picture displaying two beautiful samurai swords.
	www.moviefreak.com /dvd/s/shogun_a.htm (1247 words)

	Shogun
		Shogun In 1975, Clavell published Shogun, his magnum opus that took the literary critics by storm.
		The novel seized the popular imagination, and Blackthorne, Toranaga, Lady Mariko, arigato, and konnichi-wa soon became household words among his readers.
		Shogun came to life on televison in 1980 in the form of a five part, 12 hour miniseries shot on location in Japan.
	www.referat.ro /referate/Shogun_3383.htm (232 words)

	Shogun Assassin (1980) - The Bad Movie Report
		In this Americanized version, Itto Ogami is the Official Decapitator for the Shogun, who has apparently gone either impossibly corrupt or insane (the Shogun, not Ogami).
		The Shogun sends ninja to kill Ogami, but they only slay his wife instead, leaving the executioner to care for his infant son, Daigoro.
		Being a villain, the Shogun sends another son, and a slew of armored troops, to tell Ogami, "You won your freedom, but not your son's.
	www.stomptokyo.com /badmoviereport/reviews/S/shogun.html (1418 words)

	SacTicket // DVD/Video
		Based on James Clavell's novel, "Shogun" tells the story of the adaptation to Japanese society and culture of a ship's pilot, an Englishman named John Blackthorne (played by Richard Chamberlain), whose Dutch warship goes aground on the Japanese coast in the year 1600.
		As is explained in "The Making of 'Shogun,'" a lengthy and informative documentary included in the boxed set, in which all of the surviving principal cast and crew members are interviewed, writer Bercovici opted to adapt Clavell's novel so that it is told through the eyes of Blackthorne.
		Before watching "Shogun" again on DVD, what I most remembered from its original broadcast was the touching relationship between Blackthorne and Mariko, their care for each other and the bravery they show in defending each other.
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	Trivial Waste of Time
		Upton Sinclair wrote this novel to chronicle unsafe working conditions and exploitation of immigrant laborers at the turn of the century.
		Name the novel for which mystical German author Herman Hesse was awarded a Nobel prize for literature in 1946.
		This speculative novel by Mary Shelly was subtitled The Modern Prometheus.
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	Shogun Mini-Series
		Shogun was an action adventure mini-series about a 17th century English ship pilot who became shipwrecked on the Japanese coast.
		In 1192, Yoshinaka was officially awarded the title of Shogun and gained the power to arrest & kill virtually anyone he felt was a threat.
		Rule by Shogun ended and rule by Emperor returned in 1867 when the samurai were unable to stop western expansion into the Japans.
	www.crazyabouttv.com /shogun.html (396 words)

	books about: shogun (perspectives shinsengumi illustrated) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Overseeing the political and military defeat of the bakufu military government of which he was the head, Yoshinobu saw the works of his lineage swept under by the restored Meiji Emperor and his...
		Shogun: Total War is the best strategy game to be released this year so far.
		In Native American In The Land Of The Shogun: Ranald MacDonald And The Opening Of Japan, Schodt ably presents the fascinating and true account of a half-Chinook, half-Scot adventurer who braved feudal Japan in 1848, when it was still closed to the outside...
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		"Shogun" masterfully brings Clavell's novel to life, and is the story of John Blackthorne, who washes up on the shores of Japan, only to find himself thrust not only into a culture that is completely alien to him, but a feudal war as well.
		A wide array of focuses mesh together wonderfully in the film, from the battle to be Shogun between Toranaga and rival Lord Ishido, to the developing bond between Blackthorne and Mariko who has been assigned to teach him the language and necessary customs, to Blackthorne's eventual acceptance into the realm he's stumbled upon.
		"The Samurai" is a six-minute introduction to the concepts and historical import of samurai and Shoguns, by Paul Varley PHD, professor of Japanese Culture at the University of Hawaii.
	www.dvdivas.net /movies/reviews/s/shogun.html (1951 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Shogun: A Novel of Japan: Books: James Clavell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Shogun is a highly entertaining story with many twists and side-stories, set in the bizarre surroundings provided by feudal Japan and is, by itself, a very good and interesting read.
		I think that Shogun (and, for that matter, most of Clavell's other books of the "Asian Saga") is a 'must read' for anyone with an interest in Asian culture...
		This novel has everything, action, intrigue, love, drama and is written so cleverly that you find yourself immersed in the Japanese samurai culture of bushido.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Shogun-Novel-Japan-James-Clavell/dp/0340766166 (1110 words)

	Amazon.com: Shogun: Books: James Clavell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Shogun, however, comes close to being a true example of this field, detailing the late 16th century exploration and exploitation of the Orient by the Portuguese, Dutch, Spanish, and English.
		I first read this novel not long after it was first published in 1975, and have just finished rereading it for the third or fourth time.
		'Shogun' also provided me with a hero I could admire, some idealistic behaviour I could aspire to and some wonderfully real tensions between different cultures, beliefs and values.
	www.amazon.com /Shogun-James-Clavell/dp/0440178002 (1877 words)

	Shogun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		I figured that, since traditional fantasy is more or less like historical fiction based in Europe in the middle ages, this might have a similar flavor, based in Japan instead.
		In a lot of ways, Shogun does remind me of fantasy - the epic scope, the adventure and swashbuckling, the fish-out-of-water/ ordinary-joe that becomes important in a political struggle - but for reasons I can't explain it never felt like a fantasy novel.
		Whatever the reason, this reads as both an epic tale and a historical novel that looks at middle-ages japan and the beginning of western influences on their culture, especially the catholic church.
	facstaff.uww.edu /herriotj/books/shogun.html (291 words)

	SHOGUN (in MARION) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The shogun inheritance : Japan and the legacy of the samurai.
		Shogun's ghost : the dark side of Japanese education.
		The Shogun's painted culture : fear and creativity in the Japanese states, 1760-1829.
	www-catalog.cpl.org /MARION?T=SHOGUN (74 words)

	Clavell,James Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
		This epic novel of over 1,100 pages takes place in Iran between February 9 and March 4, 1979, just after the flight of the Shah and the advent of Khomeini.
		Clavell's adventure novel takes place in a World War II prison camp, Changi, where 8,000 English, Australian, and American prisoners of war are incarcerated.
		This novel takes place during one week in 1963 Hong Kong--a brief period which encompasses murder, kidnapping, fire, flood, the opium trade, and a brutal power struggle.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Clavell,James (553 words)

	Japan Resources: Video Cassettes: Feature Films (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Based on the novel "Shogun" by James Clavell, this version chronicles the adventures of a strong-willed English navigator who is shipwrecked in 16th-century Japan and soon becomes enmeshed in a battle between two powerful warlords.
		Based on the novel "Gan" by Mori Ogai, this film is set in the Meiji period and explores the conflict between the demands of society and individual freedom.
		This film, based on a novel by Yukio Mishima, is a love story between a young fisherman and the daughter of the master of the fisherman's guild.
	www.smith.edu /fcceas/japan/jvf.htm (3597 words)

	Shogun Summary & Essays - James Clavell
		Although not considered great literature by most critics, Shogun: A Novel of Japan made its author, James du Maresq Clavell, one of the most widely read twentieth-century novelists.
		Shogun tells the story of an English pilot, John Blackthorne, in charge of five Dutch ships whose purpose is to break the Portuguese monopoly on Japanese trade.
		Shogun uses straightforward storytelling techniques to keep readers riveted as they imagine themselves in the position of the English pilot.
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		Chamberlain had realised the novel would make a great TV series when he read the book three years before - so he was pleased when his hard campaigning for the part paid off.
		In the end, Shogun became one of the most-watched mini-series of all time, and is still regarded as a TV masterpiece.
		What Richard couldn't have known at the time was that Shogun would put him back at the top of the TV tree- although the best was still to come.
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	UGO.com Film/TV - Shogun - UGO's Martial Arts Lesson
		Based on the James Clavell novel, this five-part Emmy-winning miniseries became one of the most popular shows in the history of television and would later be turned into a Broadway musical.
		Shogun tells the story of an English sailor who falls in love with the culture (and women) of feudal Japan after a shipwreck.
		And when Americans saw these ninjas, they knew what was going to bizarrely fascinate them throughout the '80s.
	www.ugo.com /channels/filmtv/features/martialartslesson/filmtv-shogun.asp (346 words)

	Shogun
		The novel follows the exploits of the first Englishman to set foot in Japan John Blackthorne.
		This is a novel with alot of depth, detail, and tons of characters to keep track of, but it's thoroughly impressive and a worthwhile read.
		So much has already been said about this novel, so I won't go into detail except to add that I was impressed by the display of female power in the medieval Japanese court, whether real or imagined by the author.
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	Amazon.co.uk: Shogun [5 Disc Box Set] [1981]: DVD: Jerry London,Richard Chamberlain,Toshirô Mifune,Yôko ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Shogun: A Novel of Japan by James Clavell
		Blackthorne gets over his initial culture shock ("I piss on you and your country", he defiantly proclaims to his samurai captors, which to his humiliation turns out to be an unfortunate choice of words) to become a trusted ally of Toranaga and the lover of the beautiful interpreter Lady Mariko (Yoko Shimada).
		Shogun was a production blessed with good karma, and it remains an awesome achievement from a bygone era when the miniseries was king.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Shogun-5-Disc-Box-Set/dp/B00012SZDG (1573 words)

	eBay - Book: Shogun (ISBN: 0440178002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Shogun by James Clavell (1986) A Novel of Japan
		SHOGUN A Novel of Japan JAMES CLAVELL softcover bk
		To read Shogun is to be mesmerized by Japan in the early 17th Century, with all its moral codes, samurai swords, interactions with European traders, and unquestioning loyalties.
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	James Clavell's Shogun DVD Box Set Review
		Presented over the course of 12 hours including television commercials, “Shogun” captured the imagination of American television viewers who set their schedule around the miniseries because this is still a long time before VCRs had become as common in American homes as TVs were in 1980.
		The computer generated imagery and effects alone would change how sets and sequences as well as background extras for the vast Samurai armies would be produced and in the process possibly alter the humanity of this epic story.
		The presence of Jesuit missionaries and Portuguese traders also provide a threat for Blackthorne, who in spite of the odds slowly assimilates himself into the high levels of Japanese society where a civil war over who will become the military dictator of Japan is eminent.
	www.genreonline.net /Shogun_DVD.html (964 words)

	Shogun: A Novel of Japan - James Clavell - Printed Books Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		Shogun: A Novel of Japan - James Clavell
		Shogun is a story of immense scope, power, and emotion by one of the finest historical novelists of our time, James Clavell.
		I think this was the first book of his I read (though it may have been Taipan, and I've re-read it several times since, despite its immense size (if the thought of a book with well over a thousand pages makes you shudder, this is not the book for you!).
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /printed-books/shogun-a-novel-of-japan-james-clavell (318 words)

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