Thomas Lockley

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African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan (Reissue)Paperback - Reissue, 2 February 2021

African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan (Reissue)
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Print Length
480 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Date Published
2 Feb 2021
ISBN-10
1335044981
ISBN-13
9781335044983

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"A readable, compassionate account of an extraordinary life." --The Washington Post

**The remarkable life of history's first foreign-born samurai, and his astonishing journey from Northeast Africa to the heights of Japanese society.

Warrior. Samurai. Legend.**

When Yasuke arrived in Japan in the late 1500s, he had already traversed much of the known world. Kidnapped as a child in Northeast Africa, he served as a bodyguard to the head of the Jesuits in Asia, traveling to India and China, and eventually arriving in Japan, where everything would change.

Most Japanese people had never seen an African man before. Some believed he was a god. Others saw him as the black-skinned Buddha.

Among those drawn to him was Lord Nobunaga, head of the most powerful clan in Japan, who made Yasuke a samurai in his court. Soon, Yasuke was learning the traditions of martial arts and ascending the upper echelons of Japanese society, where he would live on to become a legend for the centuries to come.

Product Details

Authors:
Thomas LockleyGeoffrey Girard
Book Edition:
Reissue
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
2 February 2021
Dimensions:
20.07 x 13.21 x 3.3 cm
Genre:
Asian - Japanese
ISBN-10:
1335044981
ISBN-13:
9781335044983
Language:
English
Pages:
480
Weight:
358.34 gm

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