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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. Tachibana Ginchiyo - Wikipedia

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    Tachibana Ginchiyo was the daughter of Tachibana Dōsetsu, a powerful samurai known as "Lightning God". Her mother was the daughter of Monchūsho Akitoyo(問注所鑑豊). Her mother and her former husband Yasutake Shigenori(安武鎮則) had a son Yasutake Moan(安武茂庵) and a daughter who married Netami Shigehisa(米谷比鎮久).

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

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    Others accused the fans who were criticizing the game of racism, pointing out that Yasuke is a historical figure. “With the new Assassin’s Creed game main character being black, the racists ...

  5. Talk:Yasuke/Archive 8 - Wikipedia

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    Yes, Lockley himself has stated there is debate as to whether Yasuke truly became a samurai:; In this era, the boundaries between samurai and other classes were unclear, and there is debate as to whether Yasuke truly became a "samurai," but it is believed that, at least for his lifetime, he was undoubtedly appointed as a vassal of Nobunaga.

  6. 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 ...

  7. Black people in Japan - Wikipedia

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    In 2015, Ariana Miyamoto, who was born in Japan to a Japanese mother and an African-American father, became the first hāfu (a term denoting mixed ancestry) contestant to win the title of Miss Universe Japan. [4] The decision to allow Miyamoto to win the title, as she is not full Japanese by descent, was controversial. [5]

  8. Yasuke (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Yasuke (弥助) Voiced by: Jun Soejima [7] (Japanese); Lakeith Stanfield (English) Once a servant of Jesuits named Eusebio Ibrahimo Baloi and originally of Yao descent, he was named Yasuke upon becoming a samurai under Oda Nobunaga, after which his skill and honor earned much of his Lord's favor, despite the discrimination for his skin and distrust for his foreign origin.

  9. People of the Sengoku period in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Azai Nagamasa makes appearances as a general in the Main Campaign and in various historical battles and historical campaigns in the strategy game Shogun Total War.; Nagamasa is a featured playable character in the video game series Samurai Warriors, which depicts him as an honorable man who will stop at nothing to ensure that his notions of justice are enforced.