African samurai the true story of Yasuke, a legendary black warrior in feudal Japan

Kidnapped as a child, Yasuke 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...

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Main Authors:	Lockley, Thomas (Author), Girard, Geoffrey (Author)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Yasuke > (Black Samuraï) Blacks > Japan > Biography. Samurai > Japan > History. Japan > History > Azuchi-Momoyama period, 1568-1603. Biographies.
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