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  2. Yasuke - Wikipedia

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    Yasuke is the first known African to appear in Japanese historical records. Much of what is known about him is found in fragmentary accounts in the letters of the Jesuit missionary Luís Fróis, Ōta Gyūichi's Shinchō Kōki (信長公記, Nobunaga Official Chronicle), Matsudaira Ietada's Matsudaira Ietada Nikki (松平家忠日記, Matsudaira Ietada Diary), Jean Crasset's Histoire de l ...

  3. Assassin's Creed Shadow Sparks Controversy Over Black Samurai

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    Some fans accused Yasuke of not being a “real” samurai, calling him just a “retainer.” But a retainer is still a samurai—the term refers to a vassal in feudal Japan, usually a samurai ...

  4. Talk:Yasuke/Archive 9 - Wikipedia

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    Each information is based on each sources, but there is no explicit source refering to the combination of these information. The listed souces are "Academic sources on Yasuke's samurai status", not what status Yasuke serverd as. Similarly, "As a samurai, he was granted a sword, a house and a stipend" may be WP:SYNTH. It may imply "Yasuke was ...

  5. Talk:Yasuke/Archive 4 - Wikipedia

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    Yasuke was not born into a samurai clan. Yasuke was a slave brought to Japan and given to Nobunaga by missionaries. Therefore, any foreigners who want to claim that Yasuke was a samurai historically must provide valid historical sources of how and when Yasuke became a free man first and then how and when he became a samurai.

  6. The True Story of Yasuke, the Legendary Black Samurai ... - AOL

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    A new Netflix series tells a story based on Yasuke, widely regarded as the first-ever foreigner to be given warrior status in Japan The True Story of Yasuke, the Legendary Black Samurai Behind ...

  7. How a Real-Life African Samurai Inspired the Anime YASUKE - AOL

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    The post How a Real-Life African Samurai Inspired the Anime YASUKE appeared first on Nerdist. Creator LeSean Thomas and writer Nick Jones, Jr. discuss their new Netflix fantasy anime Yasuke and ...

  8. Talk:Yasuke - Wikipedia

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    Each information is based on each sources, but there is no explicit source refering to the combination of these information. The listed souces are "Academic sources on Yasuke's samurai status", not what status Yasuke serverd as. Similarly, "As a samurai, he was granted a sword, a house and a stipend" may be WP:SYNTH. It may imply "Yasuke was ...

  9. Wakizashi - Wikipedia

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    The wakizashi was one of several short swords available for use by samurai including the yoroi tōshi, and the chisa-katana. The term wakizashi did not originally specify swords of any official blade length [10] and was an abbreviation of wakizashi no katana ("sword thrust at one's side"); the term was applied to companion swords of all sizes. [11]