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Yasuke: English Wikipedia Japanese Wikipedia: May 15, 2024: Unclear Following the announcement of Yasuke as a playable character in the video game Assassin's Creed Shadows, editors conflicted on if the historical Yasuke was ever granted samurai status. — [45] [46] Nuseirat rescue and massacre: English Wikipedia: June 8, 2024: Unclear
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 ...
Since this is getting lengthy, and for the benefit of those who may be looking for an executive summary of the current state of sourcing on Yasuke's samurai status: at the conclusion of the last RfC on this topic it was noted that there is a plethora of reliable sourcing that refers to Yasuke as a samurai.
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.
Furan is a bandit with a tri-color tattoo on his face who serves Shōkan, and faces off against Fubuki. Sasaki Dōyo (佐々木 道誉) Dōyo is one of Takauji's close advisors and a priest, who seems apathetic to the fate of people other than his daughter, Mima. Nagao Kagetada (長尾 影只)
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The blurb refers to Yasuke as a Samurai, but the section about Yasuke also concludes with "Akechi decided to spare his life, although it seems more out of contempt than mercy; he stated Yasuke was more of an animal than a man, so could not be considered a samurai, and therefore could not be held to account with his life as was expected of a ...
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.