The stated purpose of the novel, like much of Clavell's work, is to expose the cultural clash between Western culture and the Far East, in this case Japanese. Reluctantly, Clavell was an expert on the relationship between Western culture and Japan, as in Malaysia had been captured while serving in the Royal Artillery, and spent the war in a Japanese concentration camp, where he was tortured , forced labor and all kinds of hardship. Despite that, in his novel is not a negative view of the Japanese, on the contrary, if not merely expose the mindset of land of the gods as it was, in all its naked cruelty and obsession with death. The novel is interspersed following 2 frames: The main covers the experiences of John Blackthorne, an English sailor, hired by Holland, who arrives with his ship, the Erasmus, the coast of Japan. Interested in their expertise and water, the Japanese will fill Toranaga clan honors and distinctions to learn everything possible about the European way of waging war. While English will know everything possible language and culture of Japan in 1600, develops a high-level political intrigue between the powerful clan leader and his enemies Toranaga led by the Lord Ishido, loyal protector of the heir of the late Taiko.
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