The Warrior Life of Yasuke: The African Samurai
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- Опубліковано 12 лис 2020
- In this video we dive deep into the warrior life of the African who would come to be remembered as the only ever black samurai, Yasuke!
Thank you again to Thomas Lockley! Below is a link to get yourself a copy of:
"African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, A Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan"
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#Samurai #History #Yasuke
If you are coming here regarding the new trailer for Assassins Creed Shadows and are curious or skeptical regarding Yasuke being a Samurai, I suggest you check out this recent post on r/AskHistorians where you will find that there is certainly evidence to suggest Yasuke can be considered a samurai. In the comments, ParallelPain examined historical documents which shed light on the evidence. I suggest you read it before commenting. www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1css0ye/was_yasuke_a_samurai/
Yasuke was amazing!
I think this deserves its own video, because the only historical text most people will likely use would be Luis Frois' records of Japan. Furthermore, there has been a wave of "historical bastardization" in various games and TV series (Netflix's Cleopatra comes to mind), so thorough explanation is needed.
I’m coming because I saw several UA-camrs getting upset about yasuke having a game about him when there were so many videos for years.
Thank you. It’s so annoying these people are trying to rewrite history, Yasuke was never a problem
To bad they disrespected him
Chadwick Boseman was working on a project to make a film about Yasuke. Sadly, his death likely has brought a complete stop to that.
A genuine shame.
If they don’t recast someone as Yasuke it will be one of the biggest crimes in all of Hollywood. This is such a dope ass story
I think an HBO series would be better. That way to have long episodes that could be like movies in themselves to chronicle all of Yasuke’s life. I would definitely cast American actor Mike Colter as Yasuke cause he I feel most resembles descriptions of Yasuke.
For real, damn
@@JurassicLion2049 I agree, feature films will not be able to truly capture his character growth to the greater extent.
Chadwick Boseman was scheduled to play him a movie. Fuck this year man.
Fa real! Man I would have love to see that.
dude with all respect to the deceased, it would be a horrible attempt. The writer was the guy that wrote PRINCE OF PERSIA or THE GREAT WALL lmao. nah, better leave this story with someone that can do it with respect.
Stop it! Really,really?
Ahhhh! Man that would have been nice.. Rip Chadwick
You just fucked my head up bro..
@@wzero07 i'm talking about the film, not the games.
Fun fact, he's one of the historical characters in Nioh that William Adams/Miura Anjin interacts with during his journey to Japan.
He also shows up in a few missions in Nioh 2 as well in service to Nobunaga, since some of the events of both games seem to cross over. That's actually what interested me enough to watch this video myself. :)
at the beginning? I don't remember seeing him
Thats a video game so who gives a shit. It adds nothing to his history. Worthless fact.
@@crymeariver221 you clearly are an ignorant dumbass who has never played a game in your life. You must have a lot of fun
Btw Nioh is a very historically accurate game
@@crymeariver221 Always interesting when people give their own personal opinion, yet hide it in sayings like, " Who cares?" or "no one cares." Speak for yourself, because as you clearly saw here, not everyonr agrees with you. If it means nothing to you, just say that. Stop assuming everyone else shares your mindset.
This is probably how afro samurai concept was created 👍
i’m bout to watch that just cus lol
No it is not how Afro Samurai concept was created.
The KSH (Kush) were in India called Kshatriya one of the Hindu Castes of India.
I agree facts 💯👊👍✊
I've been to Asia... many if the ancient buddha's look more like the Yasuke than the typical japanese male.
I THINK SO TOO..
Nobungaga was a brutal vicious leader and that's why he was betrayed by Akechi Mitsuhide. Nobungaga did come close to unifying Japan and ending the civil war before Toyotomi Hideyoshi did. Japanese history is amazing and I'm glad to hear about Yasuke's small short lived but interesting role in it.
Imagine how many languages Yasuke spoke...
True... Portuguese, Sudanese, Indian and Japanese.
@@thelaundryman9287 not every Indian speaks hindi, and actually most of India speak different regional languages, so this number could have been much higher still
@@jovannibaeza191 damn... that's crazy 😅, I got alot of respect for Yasuke for this alone.
@@thelaundryman9287 sudanese is not a language 😐
@@skillhunt3r it is tho. Probably he try to say the langguage of the people from the nusantara arcipelago that Yasuke had no doubt had interact with if he went from india to japan
Oda had a fascination with western clothing, food, culture ..... and moustaches
This is very deep because I love black history and us black people will never learn this in school or the history book
Bro it’s amazing how entrenched systemic racism is within American policy and practice. Whenever senators don’t want to do anything about the educational or zoning laws I raise an eyebrow at their old anti-MLK asses
@@shadowgun22 Almost like the racists are telling you "everything is racist you poor black soul."
This is Japanese history though...in Japan you might learn about him. Makes no sense in American schools unless you specifically take a Japanese history class.
Why would American schools teach about a figure in Japanese history?
Probably because it isn’t true and has been made up by a woke liberal prof who knows a book on this will win him money and woke points. I know Japanese and culturally they hate foreigners but view Africans lower than any other. I don’t think it’s realistic that they would find it unthinkable that a lower class Japanese could become a Samurai but Africans were fine. This is ridiculous.
Interesting vid! I never new about this. Would make a great movie.
Oda Nobunaga was visionary, ahead of his time.. Unlike his sucessors
Much like myself, never equal to any ruler before or after. Oda was betrayed by his own, much like me. I'll be back in 2024 though. I'll make america great again...again....
How so? Hideyoshi's invasion of Korea nearly succeeded. Tokugawa shogunate reigned for 300 years. The Oda clan couldn't even last beyond Nobunaga's death.
@@schong163 Hideoshy and especially Tokugawa just continued what Nobunaga started, Nobunaga was great military leader but also saw great benefits of foreign weapons, technology and ideas for Japanese people.. Closing down a country and turning it in a shithole for 300 years is not my idea of "visionary".. And also I always saw Korean campaing as great faliure, a lot of bloodbath and little to none gains in a long run.. But that is just me
@@tigar007 Hideyoshi's Korean expedition drove the Korean government out of the peninsula within 3 weeks of the invasion. The Imjin war was an extremely astute political maneuver to direct the energies of ambitious daimyos towards an external enemy. Tokugawa reorganised the sociopolitical mileu from warfare state to a peaceful state, after losing the Imjin war. Japan wasn't a shithole just because it refused foreign baubles and subversive ideas to run rampant within its borders. Did foreign trade and ideas bring anything positive for the Qing court? Just because the West perceives the world according to the biases of 18th century merchants, does not mean the entire world must be judged according to their money-grubbing ways.
@@schong163 im not arguing agains it, Hydeoshi had very good reasons to attack Korea, alls im saying it is still a faliure.. Today Japan is richest and most advenced nation in the world because they were smart enough to adapt foreing technology and ideas, im just wondering what would happen if they did it 500 years ago? How much difference would there be?
I hugely enjoyed reading the book. Love your work, a delight to discover this channel during lockdown.
How have I just heard of this man today ? Fascinating story they should teach more about him .
This is great for "doubting Thomases ", who thought that yasuke is just a fable,----- pure history lesson.
He was definitely real. The only thing up for debate was if he was actually a samurai or not. There's been a lot written of Yasuke over the years, but nothing written about him during his time mentions he was a samurai. He was likely just a sword bearer (samurai caddy) or a bodyguard, though the possibility of him being given the title of samurai is plausible. It's just odd that no one from that era mentioned it happening, especially since it was mentioned when Adams was named a samurai.
They don't teach this during BLACK HISTORY MONTH 🤔
They don’t teach us anything outside US black history. 👎 we missing out on a hella history
Unfortunately so-called black history month has become a virtual mockery of black history. Outside of MLK, MX, & Harriet Tubman and a few modern people of pop-cultural interest, does it have any teeth? Hell, mainstream outlets will spend equal time talking about Valentine's Day, and then women's history month which is in March, & has 3 extra days to it. Fcked up sh*t I tell ya
Why do you ONLY need a month to know your people, fool ?
There's tons of things that are not taught about black history my friend. An American of African descent.
1 black samurai. So?
Frist time hearing of Yasuke was in Nioh and was shock and in amazement oh hearing that he was real person
@Cegesh I mean, you just took the bait, so you're not really proving your point very well. This is why you're meant to ignore troll posts, otherwise you're just letting them clown on you.
Cegesh *tips fedora
Yeah I only learned of him from Nioh.
i love how none of these desktop historians had any problem with all these documentaries 3 years ago
they all knew he was gonna be in the game even way before the trailer dropped. I guess maybe they thought since its a black male character he'll just be some side character or comic relief, something they can be comfortable with. But now that the trailer shows that he's gonna be one of the main characters, they're flipping out.
This channel a breath of fresh air away from the ordinary.
So I’m actually just learning about this because Lakeith Stanfield will be voicing Yasuke I guess in a animated Netflix series. But wow this is so cool.
You really explained well.
I really enjoyed watching this video.
There was a video from another channel about Yasuke, but I realized it didn't really explained these details.
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I was having a bad day, but you uploading this changed my whole perspective. Very well put together, thank you for sharing this information.
Thanks for listening to all of the requests for this video!
Thomas Lockley look like a Tom Cruise who played a role "The Last Samurai" xd
Fascinating thank you 😊.
Amazing! Thank you
I noticed a lot of the people that tend to deny Yasuke's existence tends to be Foreigners( mainly white dudes, no offense intended), people not of Japanese decent , and people that don't know much about Japanese history whereas the actual Japanese people have no issue claiming him as apart of their culture as that is their history and that the man was real. Example the man you shouted out in this video. He also brought me to this channel much love from Shogo's viewer. Hopefully Japan does a movie on Yasuke. I don't trust the western media with this, I mean have you seen the anime live actions? Nope Nope Nope. Plus this is Japan's culture and history after all best it come from them.
EDIT: because people keep commenting this. I'm not implying Yasuke is Mitushide levels in terms of importance or anything like that but if people want to learn about one of the first non Japanese samurai then why not? There's nothing wrong with it, I get it not much is fully known about him but even still the Japanese felt he was important enough to include in their history instead of ignoring him and I think that says something. If you're going to comment to say I'm pushing an agenda please don't. You and the person accusing me already are wrong in that regard. I don't need to push an agenda.
Part of japanese culture? That's eh a large stray away, he is part of the history of Japan but culturally makes 0 sense
@@kyomademon453 it really does make sense like what I was implying isn't hard to understand. He may not have been born in that culture but that's his legacy, what he assimilated to and what he will be remembered as and for. He is part of their history and part of them. Unless you're studying Japan you aren't going to learn about Yasuke
Yasuke wasnt a big deal alright.
@@baldwintheleper8290 maybe to you. To people that like to study and talk about the history of these warriors he is. Why are you even on this video if that's your mindset?
@@baldwintheleper8290 there's a reason there's a list of the non Japanese samurai that people look into because it's foreigners joining the warrior ranks and assimilating into a culture they weren't born into, and it's interesting. Again it's cool if he or the other warriors aren't a big deal to you but that's you. Looking at the comments here and the comments made by other people on different platforms discussing this man, who was the first on the list, they feel otherwise.
Man. What an amazing life he led. And Yasuke didnt choose greatness. Greatness chose him!
I'm confused, what great things did he do again?
@@garethlewis1984i guess d1ying
Very interesting and worthwhile video.
Thanks so much just got the book on Amazon!
Wow. I actually just subbed to your channel from Shogo's channel. I'm so glad you made a video based on Yasuke. I'm still learning about him
JUST TO LET YALL KNOW THERES AN ANIME ABOUT HIM COMING TO NETFLIX,SHIT IS FIREEEEEEEE!!!
Just finished watching the anime and can confirm there is robots, but it is still soooo good🥰. Came here for actual historical context
Watching the series now! I’m hooked!
It’s pretty good and flying lotus did the soundtrack so you know it’s good
Yusuke just plays a sideline character. It won't be ABOUT him sadly
Shut
Perfect. Thanks!
What an awesome man to learn about.
Did anyone noticed the resemblance of Dr. Thomas Lockley to Tom Cruise?
Maybe its his clone. 😂
YESSS I WAS LIKE THE LAST SAMURAI HAS RETURNED😂
@@MilkTankz that's totally ironic!
Right! With the same first name! Weird indeed. He's vicariously living out the Last Samurai Movie
He’s the Last Samurai😂
This book is amazing. I've only recently received it as a gift and I've hardly put it down. The detail on the story combined with historical fact make it such an addictive read.
This was great 👌
Appreciated the video
A rare and intriguing character , fine job as usual mate.
弥助は侍では無い。 He was only in Japan from August 17, 1579 to June 21, 1582, and of those three years he spent 2 as a servant/slave of the Portuguese Jesuits and one under the orders of Oda Nobunaga (to whom the Portuguese gave him as a page. He used it as a decorative object to show to his guests.
黒人は日本では珍しい人種だった。
Some interesting info about Yasuke nice video
Very good.....i love it
I feel like this should be a video game made about this and there's studios under the xbox umbrella to do so. This was very cool thx
I’d love to see a video on the Wako, the Japanese pirates and how much of a problem the became for the area and for international relations between Japan, Korea, and China. Korea even went to Tsushima to confront the leading sago family about the problem.
I would like to see a video on the wako aswell
I heard that they were lead by Chinese, with some Japanese and other ethnicities as lower ranking pirates. China and Japan had a rivalry, so China blamed it all on Japan at the time, while Japan accepted it because it saw it as "glorious Japanese imperialism".
@@thelordandsaviorgigachadrr888 China and Japan is like those sibling rivalries that never ended till they are almost dying. Funny how similiar their culture and roots of ancestry are, yet they can't ever stand each other.
"Lord Nagakatsu Tomiya 4,000 koku
Shogun swordplay instructor Munenori Yagyu, 5,000 koku
the Lord of Tsushima... 6,000 koku.
What will my swordplay bring me?"
- SEIGAN IRAKO, FROM SHIGURUI DEATH FRENZY
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Very very informative
Wow thanks that was very interesting.
This book as you so ably described it, is a great read. You took this material, and made a superb video on this subject. You turned it deftly inserting it in it's place in the Sengoku Jidai. Overall all of a minor note, but a lasting historical place in Samurai lore.
Imagine being a member of Nobunaga's retinue when Yasuke was introduced. A man with a skin color you had never even seen a hint of before, a whole foot taller than anyone around you, and broader than men who were nicknamed demon for their size and strength. It would have been like meeting an nba player/bodybuilder with purple skin.
This is great. Knowing your positive past gives you positive power with in your self, and helps you move forward with your good deeds. USMC respected
Yasuke, probably the officer I want to see added to Samurai Warriors as a playable character the most along with Joun Takahashi, Hideaki Kobayakawa, Otomo Sorin, Harukata Sue and William Adams
I agree 100%
Definetely. I create him in Samurai Warriors Empire series.
@@nemesis3587 Same!
Agreed. He was a badass and yet we don’t know much about his past. Even his place of birth is debated. I hope someday we can find his body and conduct an isotope analysis to pinpoint where he grew up.
i know right, but sadly SW somehow didn't have many characters compared to the DW counterparts. There aren't even big name generals and damiyos yet to be added. It might take a lot of time till they get to Yasuke or William
Sucks that Chadwick never got to see this grow in a live action film. Hopefully they'll get michael jait White
@I HATE ANIME 🙏🏾
@TERRY KWAY absolutely right. Keep it original 👑
I've always wanted to asked if you would do a video about Yasuke. But I was hesitant because of I can't write well in english.
Thank you for the video... I found it most informative.
Wow!! Make this a movie or series. What a cool history lesson.
Great Video
It's unfortunate that so many people have been suckered by Lockley. When you read his book he doesn't offer any sources for all the detail he gives. This is a work of historical fiction. Yasuke only has but a few sparse original sources. Lockley filled in all the gaps with his own imagination. I'm not sure why the scholarly community isn't calling him out on this. I urge everyone who's read the book to try substantiating the bulk of his tale with original sources. I couldn't find a single original source for the majority of his book.
People who believed this are the same people who believed Bushido.
It is called politics and crafting a fictitious narrative for the political identity of an oppressed minority group. Not that I agree, but that is quite a formula for making $$$.
@@andei_I prefer the lie better....
What book are you reading because the one I read definitely has sources and was factually correct from the research I did
@@wewuzaryansI'd like to know too as it just seems like another cop-out to disqualify possible black history
I found you from Shogo's channel. Love this video. Liked and subbed.
Thank you!!
Great video
Thank you for this I love hearing about Japanese History I hope I go there one day
The story of Yasuke and Malik Ambar, that's would make a great movie.
What really gets me about the comments on this post, is all the folks determining what it takes to be considered Samurai. Ive read that he wasnt trained as a samurai, didnt have a last name, was a novelty, and all other manner of things.
If any of you read Japanese you would be able to read the first hand accounts of the man in 5 different works, I believe 3 are letters, and a few are various official documents. Do you have any idea how many documents the average samurai had about them? Ill give you a hint, the average is less than 1. You would also see that the words used to describe a lot of the mans life, including his stipend, the land granted to him, and even his actions as a warrior were all used to describe nobility....
Some of yall just want to go on about your culture wars. Get over it. Its a game.
ALSO AC.... the first game was about the fall of a guild of assassins correct? From the mid east, notorious for their forts and being a key player in the region? Well in the game their fort is toppled by Christian Crusaders, which apparently ended their order. In the real world, it was the task of the mongols. Not the crusaders. But I dont see you bunch of racist going on about historically inaccurate that is.
Thanks for your help with my own interests about HIM.
I knew about him before and he was brought up again during the secret meetings we would have and when we watched the Naruto series(Sasuke) and Afro Samurai.
Has anyone heard of the Twin Pilipino Samurais called Sinuka and Nasuka and their sister warrior Tinae?
can you link the media objects you mentioned there in the end? The manga, anime, tv shows and so on plis :)
Thank you.
one good turn deserves another 😁 you "featured" Shogo's channel and some of your subscribers subbed to him; he "featured" your channel so I watched this video liked it and subscribed to yours. This is how a good community of you tubers work 😁 may you never have trolls bothering you
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Oda Nobunaga was a reverse weeb
LMAO
Do you speak of rear engagements?
Still forced for tradicional, submit tradicional, no matter clasificación, black ,achieved history as ex slave trained máster to be product and icon period,to have the history removed from achieved history.
the book is very good I have read it like 5 times nows and now re reading my 6th time
One thing interesting, he was given only a short sword wouldn't that be what would exclude him from being a samurai? Everything I've seen about it has shown that being a samurai allowed you to wear Daisho why would Nobunaga not have given him both? Eitherway he's a really interesting figure.
The REAL Afro Samurai!!!! Great vid!
Yasuke was in Malabar India where a lot of Israelites were at. The Portagues invaded that land in 1498 and capture only black men of that land to convert them. So Yasuke was an Israelite that went to Japan.
Wouldn’t believe it unless someone told you thank you sir!
There's another argument against considering him a samurai. After nobunaga's death akechi had him returned to Jesuit custody. It doesn't sounds like he had a recognised status
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OMG I got emotional watching this video. Thank you! Thank you so very much for making this video. I have such pride
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kinda cringe
It seems more likely that at 19 he was a convert and a servant rather than already a great warrior
I have never heard this narrative that he arrived in Japan as a great warrior.
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I'm interested to take a look at the stories and shows and games you found involving Yasuke.
Happen to have a that list still?
I'm a Japanese Kendoka, but if Yasuke was a samurai, why wasn't he given a surname?
In feudal Japan, surnames were samurai privilege and a sign of samurai status, so why doesn't he have a surname?
This is strange because in Japanese history there have never been a samurai without a surname. Even foreign-born samurai were all given surnames.
I don't believe a surname was strictly required until the Edo Period.
Yayosou didnt have a surname
@@TheShogunate This is what a lot of people are ignoring, Edo period started in the 1600's, Yasuke was there before that time, before Edo period if Daimyo naimes you Samurai then you are Samurai
I've often felt with the movement of people and cultures for various reasons, in the early ages of our planet. The story of Yasuke the African Samurai . Validates what l've been thinking for some time.
"In order for a samurai to be brave he must have a bit of black blood" -Japanese proverb
What era is that quote from?
@@chancethewrapper3557 I'm sure that quote is from the feudal Japanese book the 'Hagakure'
Metaphorically - as in dark, cold, strong, and uncompromising - black.
😂 interpret it as you wish
@@kismkasm3178 ...most likely the truer meaning as killing in times of war, then & now requires a certain dark nature...
Interesting!!!
I just came across this channel. I've been watching your videos all morning. I think I'm an addict. LOL. This is incredible content. An amazing window into the past. I am learning so much and am so intrigued by some of these historical figures I knew little to nothing about. Thank you for sharing. I am going to buy and read this book. I can't wait to get it and read it.
The issue that so many seem to conveniently overlook is that the bulk of bigoted complaints concerning AC Shadows originated as "why is there a black protagonist in Japan? This is DEI/woke/SJW race swapping!" As soon as the majority of those ignoramuses were shut down with the historical facts of Yasuke being a real human being who existed in Sengoku-Jidai Period Japan, they started deflecting and gaslighting to save face, so it became a debate over whether he was really Samurai. Even if every single Japanese historian were to take to UA-cam in one monumental video collectively showcasing their unanimous agreement that Yasuke was a Samurai, I guarantee that these types of complainers would then switch up their arguments to something ludicrous like "Okay, okay, but how can you even be sure he was really black? He could've just been a really, really tan Japanese guy."
I'm black but when my mom told me there was a black samurai about 5 years ago I thought she was crazy. But as an African American I would absolutely lie if I said that eminem didn't contribute to hip hop to some degree right? We are at a point where we accept eminem as our own right? So why can't other groups accept us?
@@Kurisu91because Yasuke is not the Eminem of the Sengoku Period. He's more like the Vanilla Ice.
lmfao, they just announced he's going to be gay as well. Looks like it was just a DEI/woke insert. You're beyond braindead.
@@Kurisu91 Because Eminem is a rapper. Yasuke wasn't a Samurai.
@@wildeyshere_paulkersey853and you aren’t a historian or a game developer….
Thomas Lockley does look like Thomas Cruise.
I would love to see you do a video about Tomoe Gozen.
It's kind of funny that you mention scrubbing. My dad was a merchant marine and told me that somewhere in the Middle East (I forget where) came across a man who had never seen a Black person. In his words the man, "tried to scrub the black off me." The novelty of him was quite a hit with the ladies apparently.
Is there historic artwork of Yasuke? I can't find it.
It is largely believed that this could be a depiction of Yasuke en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke#/media/File:Black_sumo_wrestler_in_17th_century.jpg
@@TheShogunate Thought he was taller(probably was still tall but some of the art depicts hims having normal height to Japanese standards if that's really him)
@Eclipse Au I just remembered a few versions stating how he was taller compared to the Japanese
Yasuke is the perfect role for samurai... at early age he was sold to become a slave warrior... so he doesnt have strong connection memory with family or homeland.... He can only feel peace/success/rewarded by being the best bodyguard...
Who sold him to become a Slave Warrior?
@@Omega1st the arabic slave trade, more than likely
@@thefirstdark arabic? Weren't they portuguese?
@@zeusinfi4154 portuguese supplied by African warlords using their enemy captives
By an Italian actually
This is badass
I enjoyed this, and grateful to Black Widow's Hidenori Onishi for telling me about him back in 2011 or so about him.
I appreciate you for sharing this valuable information,ともありがとうございました!
I have to recommend African Samurai! It's very very good! Also great video!
Another excellent episode!
quero muito pra FILME !
I'd read previously that Yasuke studied in Portugal. He went to Kyoto as the paige of a Jesuit priest. He was also a missionary. Nobunaga summoned him because the priest had been killed in an accident.
Wow that's kind of amazing because in all my Years of Living I never heard of him once something that was never taught in public schools for minority kids it's such a shame how they would not let you know about this type of History of a black man thank you very much for putting that out there
Why would you be taught about a minor figure, a footnote in Japanese history, in American school? Or are you so starved for history, identity and recognition that you will take literally anything?
It's a very minor figure in a foreign country. Why the HELL is school supposed to teach that?
Yes go figure, a figure in Japanese history who is a very minor, albeit interesting, is not talked about in American schools. I wonder why lol
Bunch of bitter white men under this comment
Indeed
The authorities who sheltered Yaske died in a coup d'etat. Yaske fought the rebels but was taken prisoner. When asked by his men what to do with Yasuke, the rebel commander
He is not a human being. He is the same as a pet animal, so there is no need to execute him. He should be handed over to the missionaries and returned to his country of origin.
I read the book and also highly recommend it.. The best part was the going into all the various background detail of his life (slavery in his era was quite different than the type of slavery that would come to exist in the US. Also lots of information about the politics of Kyushu (Sorin Otomo does not really come off so well) etc... Really a well done book (and this was another great video)
sorin loved the portugese more than his own countrymen
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