Shogun "Shogun" is a book written by the famous writer James Clavell telling us about the way of life, customs and traditions existing in feudal Japan in the 16th century and the life and adventures of an English shipwrecked man. ship pilot who suddenly finds himself in medieval Japan with its rival warlords, samurai, seppuku, geishas and other things and notions that seem strange and even wild to a European man. The main characters of the book are John Blackthorne, an English ship pilot of the Dutch ship "Erasmus"; a beautiful lady Toda Buntaro Mariko who falls in love with him; Japan's most important feudal lord and warlord Yoshi Toranaga, the leader of half the country aiming to become Shogun (a supreme military dictator); and his rival Ishido.The novel begins with the description of the violent storm that caught a Dutch ship "Erasmus" not far from the coast of Japan. British Pilot Major John Blackthorne and part of his crew who managed to survive find themselves on a strange island captured by strange people following strange and unknown customs and codes. The ship is confiscated as well as Blackthorn's stolen protégés, "rutter", of which I am their only card. Everything is strange and unknown to Blackthorne. He discovers that the town he is in is ruled by a samurai named Omi. The author describes a terrible scene in which Omi decapitates a peasant for nothing – so as not to bow, we show here that in this country life costs nothing, we also show that lack of respect can cost life. The samurai Omi put the pilot and his crew members in a pit which serves as a prison. It became clear to the samurai that the only captive worth dealing with was Pilot Major Blackthorne. After one of the crew members is tortured and killed and Omi threatens to harm the other members if he behaves badly, the pilot agrees to behave properly. And after that he is allowed to come out of the pit. It's hard for the Japanese to pronounce "Blackthorne", so Omi renames him "Anjin" which means "pilot". When Blackthorne or Anjin realizes that he is actually out of prison, he has a hard time believing it. It later becomes clear that it was Toranaga who threw him in prison in an attempt to keep him away from his enemy Ishido..