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[–] 41 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Reminds me of William Adams the first english Samurai. He had a wife and two kids at home in England, but got stranded in Japan in the 1600s after a shipwreck. He was not allowed to leave the country for a whole decade, but gained employment and trust from the emporer as an advisor. He did send money and letters home to his family using East India merchants, but they never saw him again and his wife died in the same year as he did, thousands of miles apart

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  • [–] 15 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Neat! That sounded very similar to the character John Blackthorne from James Clavell's novel Shogun, and turns out that's who the character is based on.

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