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Correcting James Clavell's novel "Shogun" from the viewpoint of Japanese history and culture.
Shiratsuyu Asano
ASIN: B011ZIHC1U
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 77

Here is a question for you. Back in 1600, do you know which country had the most firearms in the world?The answer is Japan.Firearms were introduced to Japan in 1543. Since then, over a decade, Japan had produced and possessed a hundred thousand firearms, according to a report of the Society of Jesus that had propagated Christianity in Japan in those days. In addition, around 1600, it is considered that the country possessed more than half a million firearms that accounted for half of all the firearms in the world.In “Shōgun”, a novel by James Clavell and broadcasted as a TV drama, as well as in “The Last Samurai”, a film starring Tom Cruise, Japan was described as if there had been almost no firearms and the country had attacked with only bows and arrows and swords around that time. However, it is completely wrong because, as stated above, Japan was the world’s top possessor of firearms ...
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3.5 stars from 61 ratings