Yasuke: In Search of the African Samurai

Yasuke: In Search of the African Samurai

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Warrior. Samurai. Legend."A readable, compassionate account of an extraordinary life." —The Washington PostThe remarkable life of history's first foreign-born samurai, and his astonishing journey from Northeast Africa to the heights of Japanese society.When Yasuke arrived in Japan in the late 1500s, he had already traveled much of the known world. Kidnapped as a child, he had ended up a servant and bodyguard to the head of the Jesuits in Asia, with whom he traversed India and China learning multiple languages as he went. His arrival in Kyoto, however, literally caused a riot. Most Japanese people had never seen an African man before, and many of them saw him as the embodiment of the black-skinned (in local tradition) Buddha. Among those who were drawn to his presence was Lord Nobunaga, head of the most powerful clan in Japan, who made Yasuke a samurai in his court. Soon, he was learning the traditions of...
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Thomas Lockley [Lockley
Thomas]
Язык
Английский
ISBN
9781488098758
Дата выхода
2019

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