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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. Talk:Yasuke/Archive 9 - Wikipedia

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    The sources on Yasuke don't give their definition of samurai, simply saying that Yasuke qualifies as a "samurai" because he was given a stipend, a house and a sword by his lord, served Nobunaga in a military capacity and was in a relatively close relationship with him as a member of his retinue.

  4. 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.

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

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    Hi there. Tre Watson, B.A. Asian studies, focus on Japanese history. Retainers were still samurai. Yasuke was favored by Nobunaga and was by his side until the Honnouji incident, where he ran to ...

  6. Blitz Bazawule to direct ‘Black Samurai’ for Warner Bros.

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    The director of “The Color Purple” is set to helm the tentatively titled “Black Samurai” for Warner Bros., which tells the story of an African warrior who became the first Black samurai ...

  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. 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. Warner Bros. Lands ‘Black Samurai’ Movie From ‘The Color ...

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    In a competitive situation, Warner Bros. has landed “The Color Purple” director Blitz Bazawule’s next project, which takes on the legendary Yasuke, an African warrior who became the first ...