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Oct 13, 2019 · The fall of Nobunaga at the hands of a treacherous general resulted in the exile of the first black samurai, possibly back to a Jesuit mission in Kyoto.
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On 21 June 1582, Oda Nobunaga was betrayed and attacked by his senior vassal Akechi Mitsuhide at Honnō-ji temple in Kyoto, an event known as the Honnō-ji incident. At the time of the attack, Nobunaga was accompanied by a retinue of about 30 followers, including Yasuke.
4 days ago · What happened to Yasuke after his time with Nobunaga ended? Some historians suggest he may have stayed in Japan, with records hinting at the presence of a tall African man in Japan during the 1590s.
Oct 22, 2024 · What happened to Yasuke? With great fearlessness, The first black samurai Yasuke tried escaping with Oda’s remaining Army but was soon collared by General Mitsubide. Not falling under the general’s jurisdiction, he had to release Yasuke into Jesuit custody as he was not Japanese.
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Claims about the extraordinary acts of little-known Africans and Black Americans are a tradition in February, which marks Black History Month in the United States. A Feb. 4 Instagram postby user Kollege Kidd describes a seemingly anachronistic historical figure: an African samurai named Yasuke. "Almost 500 years ago, a tall African man named Yasuke...
The post caption is copied from the six opening paragraphs of a 2019 BBC News article, "Yasuke: The mysterious African samurai." Yasuke — likely a Japanese stylized version of "Yasufe", according to Jeff Taylor, author of "Yasuke (African Samurai): The Life and Legend of Japan's First African Samurai"— arrived in Japan in 1579 with Alessandro Valig...
The legend of Yasuke lives on in the modern era. Japanese children's author Kurusu Yoshio in the late-1960s published "Kuro-suke" about the samurai's life, according a websiteby filmmakers Floyd Webb and Deborah Ann DeSnoo. South African artist Nicola Roosconstructed several life-size figurative sculptures based on Yasuke for her 2015 and 2017 inst...
We rate this claim TRUE, based on our research. An Instagram post correctly cited a BBC News piece about an African samurai named Yasuke. He arrived in Japan almost 500 years ago as a servant to Jesuit missionaries and quickly ingratiated himself in society. At least one movie about Yasuke's life is planned for production.
BBC News, Oct. 13, 2019: "Yasuke: The mysterious African samurai"Yasuke: the real Afro-Samurai, accessed Feb. 9: "Japanese children's book on Yasuke"CNN, May 20: 2019: "African samurai: The enduring legacy of a black warrior in feudal Japan"Variety, May 7, 2019: "Chadwick Boseman Boards Samurai Story ‘Yasuke’"Apr 30, 2021 · But Yasuke was a real-life Black samurai who served under Oda Nobunaga, one of the most important feudal lords in Japanese history and a unifier of the country.
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May 17, 2024 · Yasuke was a man of African origin who arrived in Japan in the late 16th century, and is widely held to have been the first and only black samurai (though not the only foreign samurai, lest we forget William Adams, the inspiration for Shōgun's John Blackthorne).
