Shōgun (novel)
First edition cover (UK) | |
| Author | James Clavell |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Ed Vebell (illustrated edition only) |
| Series | The Asian Saga |
| Genre | Historical fiction |
| Publisher | Delacorte Press (US) Hodder & Stoughton (UK) |
Publication date | 1975 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom, United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback and paperback) |
| Pages | 1152 pp (first edition, paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-440-08721-X (US) – ISBN 0-340-20316-1 (UK) |
| OCLC | 9326267 |
| 823/.914 19 | |
| LC Class | PS3553.L365 S5 1975 |
| Followed by | Tai-Pan |
Shōgun is a 1975 historical novel by author James Clavell that chronicles the end of Japan's Azuchi-Momoyama period (1568–1600) and the dawn of the Edo period (1603–1868). Loosely based on actual events and figures, Shōgun narrates how European interests and internal conflicts within Japan brought about the Shogunate restoration.
By 1980 six million copies of Shōgun had been sold worldwide. The novel has been adapted into two TV series (in 1980 and 2024), a stage production (Shōgun: The Musical), a board game, and three video games. Though its historical setting is the earliest, it is the third of six published books in Clavell's broader Asian Saga series.