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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 ...
Servant of Jesuit missionary Alessandro Valignano [3] 1579 [3] Yasuke 弥助: Oda Nobunaga: He was given a stipend and a house by Oda Nobunaga. He fought at 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 (Kanji: 金如鐵) [7]
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.
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 ...
Historia de Iapam, manuscript page. Plaque of Luís Fróis, Nagasaki - Japan. Luís Fróis (1532 – 8 July 1597) was a Portuguese Catholic priest and missionary who worked in Asia, most notably Japan, during the second half of the 16th century.
The first known African person in Japan came with a Jesuit delegation in 1579 and was then employed by Oda Nobunaga for 15 months (1581–1582) as a retainer. His African name and birthplace are unknown; he was given the name Yasuke.
Yasuke, an African man, possibly from Mozambique, arrived in Japan in the late-16th century alongside Jesuit missionary Alessandro Valignano. He found favor with Oda Nobunaga, the daimyō and warlord, and ultimately achieved the status of a samurai. [2]
Alessandro Valignano, S.J., sometimes Valignani (Chinese: 范禮安 Fàn Lǐ’ān; February 1539 – January 20, 1606), [1] was an Italian Jesuit priest and missionary born in Chieti, part of the Kingdom of Naples, who helped supervise the introduction of Catholicism to the Far East, and especially to Japan.