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| Tango01 | 10 May 2019 9:10 p.m. PST |
,..Became The First Foreign Samurai
"If you've ever played the video game Nioh, you might have noticed a tall, ax-wielding, black samurai named Yasuke. Maybe you're a fan of the Afro Samurai anime. Perhaps you're a Hollywood insider all about Lionsgate's Black Samurai film, which was announced in spring 2017. All of these projects are based on a real person. Yasuke was an African samurai who arrived in Japan with Jesuits during the Sengoku period (the Yasuke Nioh character's massive ax is a fabrication, alas).
During his short stay in the annals of Japanese history, Yasuke rose from slave to vassal to sword bearer. The (maybe) former African slave samurai arrived on Japanese shores in 1579, and only appears in recorded history until 1582. In that small window, he made a huge impression on a very important figure in Japanese history: daimyō (warlord) Oda Nobunaga, whom he served in various capacities. Yasuke was one of few foreigners officially designated a samurai, and he fought in a few major battles, which ought to earn him a spot on the list of awesome samurai…"
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| Lion in the Stars | 11 May 2019 1:45 a.m. PST |
Huh, interesting! Neat find, Armand! |
| Tango01 | 11 May 2019 11:21 a.m. PST |
Happy you enjoyed it my good friend!. (smile)
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| goragrad | 11 May 2019 9:42 p.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 12 May 2019 4:15 p.m. PST |
Glad you enjoyed it my friend!. (smile)
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