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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 ...
Creator LeSean Thomas and writer Nick Jones, Jr. discuss their new Netflix fantasy anime Yasuke and its real historical origins. The post How a Real-Life African Samurai Inspired the Anime YASUKE ...
Yasuke is a character introduced in the upcoming 2025 action role-playing game Assassin's Creed Shadows. A former African slave, he arrives in Japan as the bodyguard of Catholic Jesuit missionaries. Upon meeting Oda Nobunaga, the ruler takes Yasuke into his service and has him trained to be a samurai. [9]
William Adams (Japanese: ウィリアム・アダムス, Hepburn: Wiriamu Adamusu, 24 September 1564 – 16 May 1620), better known in Japan as Miura Anjin (三浦按針, 'the pilot of Miura'), was an English navigator who, in 1600, became the first Englishman to reach Japan.
Set in 16th Century Japan, Assassin's Creed Shadows features two playable protagonists. They are Naoe – a female ninja – and Yasuke – who's based on a real-life figure often referred to as ...
African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan (2019) Thomas Lockley (born 1978) is a British academic who is an associate professor of the College of Law of Nihon University , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and a visiting researcher for the SOAS University of London . [ 2 ]
Yasuke 弥助: Oda Nobunaga: He was given a stipend and a house by Oda Nobunaga. He fought during the Honnō-ji incident. [4] He participated in the inspection tour of Koshu following its conquest. [5] Hanseong, Joseon [6] (now South Korea) Kim Yeo-cheol (金如鐵) [7] Son of Kim Si-seong (金時省), civil officer of Joseon [7] 1592 [6 ...
Stanfield voices Yasuke in the English version while Japanese/African American actor and television personality Jun Soejima voices Yasuke in the Japanese version. Takeru Satō is the chief episode director of the series with Satoshi Iwataki as chief animation director, Junichi Higashi as art director, Yuki Nomoto as the director of 3DCG , and ...