Yasuke: Story of the African Samurai in Japan
February 28, 2019
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In our new animated historical documentary we will tell the story of the first foreign samurai in Japan, the man from Africa, they called Yasuke. He traveled to Japan with the Portuguese missionaries and played an interesting role in the Sengoku Jidai period and in the life of the daimyo Oda Nobunaga.
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Sources:
Lamers, J. P. (2000). Japonius Tyrannus: The Japanese Warlord Oda Nobunaga Reconsidered. Hotei Publishing.
Nyugen-Okwo, L. (2017, March 28). The Incredible Legend of the First Black Samurai. Retrieved from Ozy:
Xavier, F. (n.d.). Letter from Japan, to the Society of Jesus in Europe, 1552 . Retrieved from Fordham University Sourcebook
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