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class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Mozambique" title="Portuguese Mozambique">Portuguese Mozambique</a> (most likely)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">After June 1582</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jesuits" title="Jesuits">Jesuits</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alessandro_Valignano" title="Alessandro Valignano">Alessandro Valignano</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Oda_clan" title="Oda clan">Oda clan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oda_Nobunaga" title="Oda Nobunaga">Oda Nobunaga</a> (1581–1582)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Battles / wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Honn%C5%8D-ji_Incident" title="Honnō-ji Incident">Honnō-ji Incident</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Yasuke</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a>: <span lang="ja">弥助 / 弥介</span>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ja-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Japanese" title="Help:IPA/Japanese">[jasɯ̥ke]</a></span>)</span> was a man of African origin who served as a <a href="/wiki/Samurai" title="Samurai">samurai</a><sup id="cite_ref-Samurai-academic_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Samurai-academic-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to <a href="/wiki/Oda_Nobunaga" title="Oda Nobunaga">Oda Nobunaga</a> between 1581 and 1582, during the <a href="/wiki/Sengoku_period" title="Sengoku period">Sengoku period</a>, until Nobunaga's death. </p><p>There are few historical documents on Yasuke. From the fragmentary accounts, Yasuke first arrived in <a href="/wiki/Japanese_archipelago" title="Japanese archipelago">Japan</a> in the service of Jesuit <a href="/wiki/Alessandro_Valignano" title="Alessandro Valignano">Alessandro Valignano</a>. Nobunaga summoned him out of a desire to see a black man.<sup id="cite_ref-Leupp-1995_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leupp-1995-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Subsequently, Nobunaga took him into his service and gave him the name Yasuke. He was granted a sword, a house and a <a href="/wiki/Stipend" title="Stipend">stipend</a>, indicating samurai status<sup id="cite_ref-Kaneko-2009_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaneko-2009-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yasuke accompanied Nobunaga until his death and fought at the <a href="/wiki/Honn%C5%8D-ji_Incident" title="Honnō-ji Incident">Honnō-ji Incident</a>. Afterwards, Yasuke was sent back to the <a href="/wiki/Jesuits" title="Jesuits">Jesuits</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ando-2021_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ando-2021-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are no records of his life afterwards. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Birth_and_early_life">Birth and early life</h2></div> <p>Yasuke is the first known African to appear in Japanese historical records. Much of what is known about him is found in fragmentary accounts in the letters of the <a href="/wiki/Jesuit" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesuit">Jesuit</a> missionary <a href="/wiki/Lu%C3%ADs_Fr%C3%B3is" title="Luís Fróis">Luís Fróis</a>, Ōta Gyūichi's <i><a href="/wiki/Shinch%C5%8D_K%C5%8Dki" title="Shinchō Kōki">Shinchō Kōki</a></i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">信長公記</span></span>, Nobunaga Official Chronicle)</span>, <a href="/wiki/Matsudaira_Ietada_(Fuk%C5%8Dzu)" title="Matsudaira Ietada (Fukōzu)">Matsudaira Ietada</a>'s <i>Matsudaira Ietada Nikki</i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">松平家忠日記</span></span>, Matsudaira Ietada Diary)</span>, <a href="/wiki/Jean_Crasset" title="Jean Crasset">Jean Crasset</a>'s <i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Histoire de l'église du Japon</i></span></i> and <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Solier" title="François Solier">François Solier</a>'s <i><span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">Histoire Ecclesiastique des Isles et Royaumes du Japon</i></span></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-WARAKU_web-2019_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WARAKU_web-2019-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The earliest record of Yasuke dates to 1581.<sup id="cite_ref-Lockley-2024_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lockley-2024-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He received his name from Oda Nobunaga.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His birth name is unknown.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Based on Ōta Gyūichi's biography of Nobunaga, <i>Shinchō Kōki</i>, Yasuke was estimated to be in his mid-twenties in 1581.<sup id="cite_ref-Lockley-2024_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lockley-2024-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Accounts from his time suggest Yasuke accompanied <a href="/wiki/Alessandro_Valignano" title="Alessandro Valignano">Alessandro Valignano</a> from "the <a href="/wiki/East_Indies" title="East Indies">Indies</a>", a term encompassing <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Empire" title="Portuguese Empire">Portuguese overseas territories</a> like Goa and Cochin (modern-day <a href="/wiki/Goa" title="Goa">Goa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kochi" title="Kochi">Kochi</a> in India) as well as <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Portuguese Mozambique</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lockley-2024_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lockley-2024-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Researcher <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Lockley" title="Thomas Lockley">Thomas Lockley</a> has also proposed that Yasuke might have originated from the <a href="/wiki/Dinka_people" title="Dinka people">Dinka people</a> of what is now <a href="/wiki/South_Sudan" title="South Sudan">South Sudan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lockley-2024_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lockley-2024-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some historians believe that he was a slave when he arrived in Japan, only gaining his freedom when serving Nobunaga.<sup id="cite_ref-Lopez-Vera-2020_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lopez-Vera-2020-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A 1581 letter by Jesuit Lourenço Mexia<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a later account from 1627 by <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Solier" title="François Solier">François Solier</a> refer to Yasuke as a <i><a href="/wiki/Kaffir_(racial_term)#Historical_usage" title="Kaffir (racial term)">Cafre</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cafre_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cafre-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Solier further described Yasuke as a <i>More Cafre</i>, which has been interpreted as "Moorish infidel", and identified him as a servant from Mozambique. Due to these descriptions, some historians have suggested that Yasuke may have been <a href="/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslim</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Morris-2018_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Morris-2018-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Thomas-2017_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thomas-2017-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Documented_life_in_Japan">Documented life in Japan</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Odanobunaga.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Odanobunaga.jpg/220px-Odanobunaga.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Odanobunaga.jpg/330px-Odanobunaga.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Odanobunaga.jpg/440px-Odanobunaga.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1313" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Oda_Nobunaga" title="Oda Nobunaga">Oda Nobunaga</a>, late 16th-century depiction</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1579, Yasuke arrived in Japan in the service of the Italian Jesuit missionary <a href="/wiki/Alessandro_Valignano" title="Alessandro Valignano">Alessandro Valignano</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Leupp-1995_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leupp-1995-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Crasset-1925_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crasset-1925-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Valignano had been appointed the Visitor (inspector) of the <a href="/wiki/Jesuit" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesuit">Jesuit</a> missions in the <a href="/wiki/Indies" class="mw-redirect" title="Indies">Indies</a> (which at that time meant <a href="/wiki/East_Africa" title="East Africa">East Africa</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South</a>, <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast</a>, and <a href="/wiki/East_Asia" title="East Asia">East Asia</a>). Valignano's party spent the first two years of their stay in Japan, mainly in <a href="/wiki/Kyushu" title="Kyushu">Kyushu</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WARAKU_web-2019_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WARAKU_web-2019-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Entering 1581, Valignano decided to visit the capital <a href="/wiki/Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyoto</a> as an envoy. He wanted to have an audience with Oda Nobunaga, the most powerful man in Japan, to ensure the Jesuits' missionary work before leaving Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-WARAKU_web-2019_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WARAKU_web-2019-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These events are recorded in a 1581 letter Luís Fróis wrote to Lourenço Mexia, and in the <i>1582 Annual Report of the Jesuit Mission in Japan</i> also by Fróis. These were published in <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">Cartas que os padres e irmãos da Companhia de Jesus escreverão dos reynos de Japão e China II</i></span> (1598), normally known simply as <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">Cartas</i></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UC-1965_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UC-1965-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 27 March 1581, Valignano, together with Luís Fróis, who had arrived in Japan earlier, had an audience with Nobunaga, and Yasuke is said to have accompanied them as an attendant.<sup id="cite_ref-Ando-2021_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ando-2021-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Jesuit Luís Fróis wrote that while in the capital, a melee broke out among the local townsfolk who fought amongst themselves to catch a glimpse of Yasuke, breaking down the door of a Jesuit residence in the process and ended in a number of deaths and injuries among the Japanese.<sup id="cite_ref-Russell-2007_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Russell-2007-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Leupp-1995_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leupp-1995-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Luís Fróis's <i>Annual Report on Japan</i> states that Nobunaga also longed to see a black man, and summoned him.<sup id="cite_ref-Leupp-1995_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leupp-1995-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fr. <a href="/wiki/Gnecchi-Soldo_Organtino" title="Gnecchi-Soldo Organtino">Organtino</a> took Yasuke to Nobunaga, who upon seeing a black man for the first time, refused to believe that his skin color was natural and not applied later, and made him remove his clothes from the belt upwards.<sup id="cite_ref-UC-1965_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UC-1965-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Suspecting that Yasuke might have ink on his body, Nobunaga made him undress and wash his body, but the more Yasuke was washed and scrubbed, the darker his skin became.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFujita20058–9_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFujita20058–9-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nobunaga's children attended the event and one of his nephews gave Yasuke 10,000 copper coins.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELockley201765_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELockley201765-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-UC-1965_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UC-1965-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Shinch%C5%8D_K%C5%8Dki" title="Shinchō Kōki">Shinchō Kōki</a></i> manuscript describes Yasuke as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-本の万華鏡_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-本の万華鏡-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WARAKU_web-2019_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WARAKU_web-2019-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Russell-2007_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Russell-2007-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>On the 23rd of the Second Month, a blackamoor came from the Kirishitan Country. He appeared to be twenty-six or twenty-seven years old. Black over his whole body, just like an ox, this man looked robust and had a good demeanor. What is more, his formidable strength surpassed that of ten men. The Bateren brought him along by way of paying his respects to Nobunaga. Indeed, it was owing to Nobunaga's power and his glory that yet unheard-of treasures from the Three Countries and curiosities of this kind came to be seen here time and again, a blessing indeed.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p></blockquote> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alessandro_Valignano_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Alessandro_Valignano_2.jpg/170px-Alessandro_Valignano_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="231" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Alessandro_Valignano_2.jpg/255px-Alessandro_Valignano_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Alessandro_Valignano_2.jpg/340px-Alessandro_Valignano_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="950" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Alessandro_Valignano" title="Alessandro Valignano">Alessandro Valignano</a>, late 16th-century depiction</figcaption></figure> <p>Nobunaga was impressed by Yasuke and asked Valignano to give him over.<sup id="cite_ref-Leupp-1995_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leupp-1995-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He gave him the Japanese name <i>Yasuke</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> accepted him as attendant at his side and made him the first recorded foreigner to receive the rank of samurai.<sup id="cite_ref-Lockley-2024_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lockley-2024-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yasuke served as a kind of bodyguard to Nobunaga, was granted the honor of being his sword-bearer.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Lopez-Vera, he was occasionally allowed to share meals with the warlord, a privilege extended to few other vassals. <sup id="cite_ref-Lopez-Vera-2020_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lopez-Vera-2020-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i>Shinchō Kōki</i> of the <i>Sonkeikaku Bunko</i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">尊経閣文庫</span></span>)</span> archives states: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>It was ordered that the young black man be given a stipend<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">扶持</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">fuchi</i></span><span style="margin-left:.09em">)</span></span>, named Yasuke, and provided with a sword<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">さや巻</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">sayamaki</i></span><span style="margin-left:.09em">)</span></span>, and a private residence. At times, he was also entrusted with carrying the master's weapons.<sup id="cite_ref-Kaneko-2009_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kaneko-2009-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p></blockquote> <p>According to historians this was the equivalent to "the bestowing of warrior or '<a href="/wiki/Samurai" title="Samurai">samurai</a>' rank" during this <a href="/wiki/Sengoku_period" title="Sengoku period">period</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lockley-2024_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lockley-2024-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yasuke was also granted servants according to Thomas Lockley.<sup id="cite_ref-Lockley-2024_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lockley-2024-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Father Lourenço Mexía wrote in a letter to Father Pero da Fonseca dated 8 October 1581:<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>{{blockquote |The black man understood a little Japanese, and Nobunaga never tired of talking with him. And because he was strong and had a few skills, Nobunaga took great pleasure in protecting him and had him roam around the city of Kyoto with an attendant. Some people in the town said that Nobunaga might make him as <i>tono</i> ("lord"). </p><p>Yasuke next appears in historical records on 11 May 1582. <i>The Ietada Diary</i> of <a href="/wiki/Matsudaira_Ietada_(Fuk%C5%8Dzu)" title="Matsudaira Ietada (Fukōzu)">Matsudaira Ietada</a>, a vassal of <a href="/wiki/Tokugawa_Ieyasu" title="Tokugawa Ieyasu">Tokugawa Ieyasu</a>, mentions that Yasuke accompanied Nobunaga on his inspection tour of the region after he destroyed his long-time arch-enemy, the <a href="/wiki/Takeda_clan" title="Takeda clan">Takeda clan</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kai_Province" title="Kai Province">Kai</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ando-2021_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ando-2021-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WARAKU_web-2019_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WARAKU_web-2019-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The description of 11 May 1582 states: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Nobunaga-sama was accompanied by a black man who was presented to him by the missionaries and to whom he gave a stipend. His body was black like ink and he was 6 <i><a href="/wiki/Shaku_(unit)" title="Shaku (unit)">shaku</a></i> 2 <i>bu</i> [182.4 cm or near 6 feet] tall. His name was said to be Yasuke. </p></blockquote> <p>According to Fujita, on 14 May 1581, Yasuke departed for <a href="/wiki/Echizen_Province" title="Echizen Province">Echizen Province</a> with Fróis and the other Christians.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFujita20057–8_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFujita20057–8-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They returned to Kyoto on May 30th.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFujita20058_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFujita20058-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honnō-ji_Incident"><span id="Honn.C5.8D-ji_Incident"></span>Honnō-ji Incident</h2></div> <p>On 21 June 1582, Oda Nobunaga was betrayed and attacked by his senior vassal <a href="/wiki/Akechi_Mitsuhide" title="Akechi Mitsuhide">Akechi Mitsuhide</a> at <a href="/wiki/Honn%C5%8D-ji" title="Honnō-ji">Honnō-ji</a> temple in <a href="/wiki/Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyoto</a>, an event known as the <a href="/wiki/Honn%C5%8D-ji_Incident" title="Honnō-ji Incident">Honnō-ji incident</a>. At the time of the attack, Nobunaga was accompanied by a retinue of about 30 followers, including Yasuke. They fought but were defeated by the <a href="/wiki/Akechi_clan" title="Akechi clan">Akechi</a>'s forces, and Nobunaga committed <a href="/wiki/Seppuku" title="Seppuku">seppuku</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lockley-2024_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lockley-2024-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Watanabe-2021_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watanabe-2021-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the same day, after his lord's death, Yasuke joined the forces of <a href="/wiki/Oda_Nobutada" title="Oda Nobutada">Nobutada</a>, Nobunaga's eldest son and heir, who was garrisoned at the nearby Nijō-goshō imperial villa. They fought against the Akechi clan but were overwhelmed. Yasuke was captured by Mitsuhide's vassals, then sent to the Jesuits by Mitsuhide who suggested that because Yasuke wasn't Japanese, his life should be spared.<sup id="cite_ref-Lockley-2024_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lockley-2024-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Watanabe-2021_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watanabe-2021-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are no historical documents to show the true meaning of Mitsuhide's statement, and it is not known whether it was a sign of his discriminatory mindset or an expedient to save Yasuke's life.<sup id="cite_ref-Ando-2021_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ando-2021-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ayukawa-2020_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ayukawa-2020-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is certain that Yasuke did not die, as Luís Fróis wrote five months after the Honnō-ji Incident, thanking God that he did not lose his life.<sup id="cite_ref-WARAKU_web-2019_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WARAKU_web-2019-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, there are no historical sources about him since then and it is not clear what happened to him afterwards.<sup id="cite_ref-Vaporis-2019_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vaporis-2019-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Possible_depictions_of_Yasuke">Possible depictions of Yasuke</h2></div> <p><b>Sumō Yūrakuzu Byōbu</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:172px;max-width:172px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:170px;max-width:170px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:184px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Black_sumo_wrestler_in_17th_century.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Black_sumo_wrestler_in_17th_century.jpg/168px-Black_sumo_wrestler_in_17th_century.jpg" decoding="async" width="168" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Black_sumo_wrestler_in_17th_century.jpg/252px-Black_sumo_wrestler_in_17th_century.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Black_sumo_wrestler_in_17th_century.jpg/336px-Black_sumo_wrestler_in_17th_century.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1550" data-file-height="1700" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:170px;max-width:170px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:53px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sum%C5%8D_y%C5%ABrakuzu_by%C5%8Dbu.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Sum%C5%8D_y%C5%ABrakuzu_by%C5%8Dbu.jpg/168px-Sum%C5%8D_y%C5%ABrakuzu_by%C5%8Dbu.jpg" decoding="async" width="168" height="53" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Sum%C5%8D_y%C5%ABrakuzu_by%C5%8Dbu.jpg/252px-Sum%C5%8D_y%C5%ABrakuzu_by%C5%8Dbu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Sum%C5%8D_y%C5%ABrakuzu_by%C5%8Dbu.jpg/336px-Sum%C5%8D_y%C5%ABrakuzu_by%C5%8Dbu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2412" data-file-height="768" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Detail from the <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sum%C5%8D_y%C5%ABrakuzu_by%C5%8Dbu.jpg" class="extiw" title="commons:File:Sumō yūrakuzu byōbu.jpg">Sumō Yūrakuzu Byōbu</a></i></span>, drawn in 1605. It has been suggested that the black man on the left is Yasuke.</div></div></div></div> <p>The <i>Sumō Yūrakuzu Byōbu</i><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">相撲遊楽図屏風</span></span>, <a href="/wiki/Sakai_City_Museum" title="Sakai City Museum">Sakai City Museum</a> collection)</span>, drawn in 1605 by an anonymous artist, depicts a dark-skinned man wrestling a Japanese man in the presence of noble samurai. There are various theories regarding the work: some believe that this samurai is Oda Nobunaga or <a href="/wiki/Toyotomi_Hidetsugu" title="Toyotomi Hidetsugu">Toyotomi Hidetsugu</a>, while others believe that the dark-skinned man wrestling in the center is Yasuke and the one further to the right of the wrestlers (not depicted in the detailed image), playing the role of a <a href="/wiki/Gy%C5%8Dji" title="Gyōji">gyōji</a> (referee), is Oda Nobunaga.<sup id="cite_ref-Ayukawa-2020_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ayukawa-2020-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Rinpa Suzuri-bako</b> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rinpa_style_ink-stone_box.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Rinpa_style_ink-stone_box.jpg/170px-Rinpa_style_ink-stone_box.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="234" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Rinpa_style_ink-stone_box.jpg/255px-Rinpa_style_ink-stone_box.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Rinpa_style_ink-stone_box.jpg/340px-Rinpa_style_ink-stone_box.jpg 2x" data-file-width="697" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Rimpa-style <i><a href="/wiki/Suzuri-bako" title="Suzuri-bako">suzuri-bako</a></i>, depicting a dark-skinned man in Portuguese clothing</figcaption></figure> <p>An ink-stone box (<span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Suzuri-bako" title="Suzuri-bako">suzuri-bako</a></i></span>) made by a <a href="/wiki/Rinpa_school" title="Rinpa school">Rinpa</a> artist in the 1590s, owned by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Museu_do_Caramulo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Museu do Caramulo (page does not exist)">Museu do Caramulo</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museu_do_Caramulo" class="extiw" title="pt:Museu do Caramulo">pt</a>]</span>, depicts a black man wearing Portuguese high-class clothing. Author <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Lockley" title="Thomas Lockley">Thomas Lockley</a> argues that it could be Yasuke, as he does not appear to be subservient to the other Portuguese man in the work.<sup id="cite_ref-Lockley-2017_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lockley-2017-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, none of these theories are supported by firm historical evidence. Therefore, it is not possible to determine with certainty whether any of these works depicts Yasuke.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The slave trade was widespread in the world at the time, and it was not uncommon for individual Africans and other people from European colonial areas to come to Japan as followers and slaves of Jesuit missionaries and visitors.<sup id="cite_ref-Ando-2021_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ando-2021-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Nanban byōbu</b> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Namban-17.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Namban-17.jpg/170px-Namban-17.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Namban-17.jpg/255px-Namban-17.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Namban-17.jpg/340px-Namban-17.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2591" data-file-height="2357" /></a><figcaption><i>Nanban byōbu</i> (painted by Kano Naizen), Europeans and their African followers</figcaption></figure> <p>A <i><a href="/wiki/Nanban_art" title="Nanban art">Nanban byōbu</a></i> painted by <a href="/wiki/Kan%C5%8D_Naizen" title="Kanō Naizen">Kanō Naizen</a>, a painter active in the same period, depicts dark-skinned followers holding parasols over Europeans as well as a spear.<sup id="cite_ref-Watanabe-2021_37-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Watanabe-2021-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literature">Literature</h3></div> <ul><li>In 1968, author Yoshio Kurusu and artist Genjirō Mita published a children's book about Yasuke titled <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Kurosuke</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">くろ助</span></span>)</span>. The following year, the book won the Japanese Association of Writers for Children Prize<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">日本児童文学者協会賞</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Nihon Jidō Bungakusha Kyōkai-shō</i></span>)</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Jozuka-2019_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jozuka-2019-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Yasuke inspired the 1971 <a href="/wiki/Satirical" class="mw-redirect" title="Satirical">satirical</a> novel <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Kuronbō</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">黒ん坊</span></span>)</span> by <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%ABsaku_End%C5%8D" title="Shūsaku Endō">Shūsaku Endō</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Berlatsky-2021_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Berlatsky-2021-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Yasuke appears in the 2008 novel <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Momoyama_Beat_Tribe&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Momoyama Beat Tribe (page does not exist)">Momoyama Beat Tribe</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A1%83%E5%B1%B1%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%96" class="extiw" title="ja:桃山ビート・トライブ">ja</a>]</span></i> as one of the main characters. This novel was later made into a play in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Manga_and_anime">Manga and anime</h3></div> <ul><li>Yasuke appears as Alessandro Valignano's servant in volume 29 of the ongoing manga series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Knife_and_the_Sword" title="The Knife and the Sword">The Knife and the Sword</a></i> by Takurō Kajikawa.<sup id="cite_ref-Kayama-2021_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kayama-2021-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The ongoing time-travel manga series <i><a href="/wiki/Nobunaga_Concerto" title="Nobunaga Concerto">Nobunaga Concerto</a></i> by Ayumi Ishii portrays Yasuke as a Black baseball player from the present day.<sup id="cite_ref-Kayama-2021_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kayama-2021-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Yasuke was the inspiration for <a href="/wiki/Takashi_Okazaki" title="Takashi Okazaki">Takashi Okazaki</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Afro_Samurai" title="Afro Samurai">Afro Samurai</a></i> franchise.<sup id="cite_ref-Jozuka-2019_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jozuka-2019-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Yasuke plays a minor role in the 2005 to 2017 manga series <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Hyouge_Mono" title="Hyouge Mono">Hyouge Mono</a></i></span> by Yoshihiro Yamada.<sup id="cite_ref-Kayama-2021_47-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kayama-2021-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Yasuke is featured in the 2016 to 2020 manga series <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Nobunaga o Koroshita Otoko</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">信長を殺した男</span></span>, "The Man Who Killed Nobunaga")</span> by Akechi Kenzaburō and Yutaka Tōdō.<sup id="cite_ref-Kayama-2021_47-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kayama-2021-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Yasuke is the main protagonist in the 2021 <a href="/wiki/Netflix" title="Netflix">Netflix</a> anime series <i><a href="/wiki/Yasuke_(TV_series)" title="Yasuke (TV series)">Yasuke</a></i>, created by <a href="/wiki/LeSean_Thomas" title="LeSean Thomas">LeSean Thomas</a> and animated by <a href="/wiki/MAPPA" title="MAPPA">MAPPA</a>. He is voiced by Jun Soejima in Japanese and <a href="/wiki/LaKeith_Stanfield" title="LaKeith Stanfield">LaKeith Stanfield</a> in English.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film">Film</h3></div> <ul><li>In March 2017, <a href="/wiki/Lionsgate" title="Lionsgate">Lionsgate</a> announced plans for a live-action film about Yasuke titled <i>Black Samurai</i>. <sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2019, <i><a href="/wiki/Deadline_Hollywood" title="Deadline Hollywood">Deadline</a></i> reported that the film, retitled <i>Yasuke</i>, had left Lionsgate for <a href="/wiki/Erik_Feig#Picturestart" title="Erik Feig">Picturestart</a>. <a href="/wiki/Chadwick_Boseman" title="Chadwick Boseman">Chadwick Boseman</a> signed on to portray Yasuke.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of September 2021, Picturestart's official website states that the film is "in development".<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In April 2019, <a href="/wiki/MGM" class="mw-redirect" title="MGM">MGM</a> announced plans for their own live-action film about Yasuke, to be produced by Andrew Mittman and <a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Braun" title="Lloyd Braun">Lloyd Braun</a> of <a href="/wiki/Whalerock_Industries" title="Whalerock Industries">Whalerock Industries</a>, with a script written by Stuart C. Paul.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In the 2023 historical drama film <a href="/wiki/Kubi_(film)" title="Kubi (film)">Kubi</a> directed by <a href="/wiki/Takeshi_Kitano" title="Takeshi Kitano">Takeshi Kitano</a>, Yasuke, in another portrayal by Jun Soejima, served as a retainer to Oda Nobunaga.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In April 2024, a new feature film <a href="/wiki/Spec_script" title="Spec script">spec script</a> titled <i>Black Samurai</i> written by <a href="/wiki/Blitz_Bazawule" class="mw-redirect" title="Blitz Bazawule">Blitz Bazawule</a> was acquired by <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros." title="Warner Bros.">Warner Bros.</a> for Bazawule to direct.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Video_games">Video games</h3></div> <ul><li>The 2017 video game <i><a href="/wiki/Nioh" title="Nioh">Nioh</a></i> and its <a href="/wiki/Nioh_2" title="Nioh 2">2020 sequel</a> feature a portrayal of Yasuke, voiced by <a href="/wiki/Richie_Campbell_(actor)" title="Richie Campbell (actor)">Richie Campbell</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koei_Tecmo" title="Koei Tecmo">Koei Tecmo</a>'s 2021 video game <i><a href="/wiki/Samurai_Warriors_5" title="Samurai Warriors 5">Samurai Warriors 5</a></i> includes Yasuke as a playable character, voiced by Paddy Ryan.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>A black samurai inspired by Yasuke, named Nagoriyuki, appears in <a href="/wiki/Arc_System_Works" title="Arc System Works">Arc System Works</a>' 2021 fighting game <i><a href="/wiki/Guilty_Gear_Strive" title="Guilty Gear Strive">Guilty Gear Strive</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Yasuke is set to be one of the protagonists of <a href="/wiki/Ubisoft" title="Ubisoft">Ubisoft</a>'s upcoming video game <i><a href="/wiki/Assassin%27s_Creed_Shadows" title="Assassin's Creed Shadows">Assassin's Creed Shadows</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> voiced by <a href="/wiki/Tongayi_Chirisa" title="Tongayi Chirisa">Tongayi Chirisa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3></div> <ul><li>In February 2023, the Brazilian samba school <a href="/wiki/Mocidade_Alegre" title="Mocidade Alegre">Mocidade Alegre</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Carnival_of_S%C3%A3o_Paulo" title="Carnival of São Paulo">São Paulo city carnival</a> performed a <a href="/wiki/Samba-enredo" title="Samba-enredo">samba song</a> about Yasuke, winning that year's competition.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Black_people_in_Japan" title="Black people in Japan">Black people in Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_foreign-born_samurai_in_Japan" title="List of foreign-born samurai in Japan">List of foreign-born samurai in Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abram_Petrovich_Gannibal" title="Abram Petrovich Gannibal">Abram Petrovich Gannibal</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Cafre-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Cafre_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Originally, the Portuguese used the word <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">Cafre</i></span>, plural <span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">Cafres</i></span> — from <a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a> <span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">kāfir</i></span> (<span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">كافر</span></span>), meaning "infidels", "renegade" — to designate the non-<a href="/wiki/Bantu_peoples" title="Bantu peoples">Bantu</a> peoples they encountered in southern Africa, particularly the <a href="/wiki/Khoisan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Khoisan people">Khoisan people</a> of southern Africa. In Asia, the term was applied to individuals with dark skin, who were often enslaved.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The origin of his name is unknown.<sup id="cite_ref-Wright-1998_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wright-1998-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Midori Fujita says that during this trip they met local warlords such as <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shibata_Katsutoyo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shibata Katsutoyo (page does not exist)">Shibata Katsutoyo</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9F%B4%E7%94%B0%E5%8B%9D%E8%B1%8A" class="extiw" title="ja:柴田勝豊">ja</a>]</span>, <a href="/wiki/Hashiba_Hidekatsu" title="Hashiba Hidekatsu">Hashiba Hidekatsu</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Shibata_Katsuie" title="Shibata Katsuie">Shibata Katsuie</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Lockley-2024-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Lockley-2024_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lockley-2024_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lockley-2024_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lockley-2024_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lockley-2024_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lockley-2024_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lockley-2024_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lockley-2024_1-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lockley-2024_1-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lockley-2024_1-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFLockley" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Lockley" title="Thomas Lockley">Lockley, Thomas</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yasuke">"Yasuke"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Britannica_Online" class="mw-redirect" title="Britannica Online">Britannica Online</a></i>. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1085-9721">1085-9721</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240716194719/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yasuke">Archived</a> from the original on 16 July 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 November</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Yasuke&rft.btitle=Britannica+Online&rft.place=Chicago&rft.pub=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica%2C+Inc.&rft.issn=1085-9721&rft.aulast=Lockley&rft.aufirst=Thomas&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britannica.com%2Fbiography%2FYasuke&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYasuke" class="Z3988"></span> </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Samurai-academic-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Samurai-academic_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sources by scholars on Yasuke's samurai status include: <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Lockley" title="Thomas Lockley">Lockley, Thomas</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yasuke">"Yasuke"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Britannica_Online" class="mw-redirect" title="Britannica Online">Britannica Online</a></i>. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1085-9721">1085-9721</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240716194719/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yasuke">Archived</a> from the original on 16 July 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 November</span> 2024</span>. <q>In an unpublished but extant document from about this time, Ōta states that Nobunaga made Yasuke a vassal, giving him a house, servants, a sword, and a stipend. During this period, the definition of samurai was ambiguous, but historians think that this would contemporaneously have been seen as the bestowing of warrior or "samurai" rank.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Yasuke&rft.btitle=Britannica+Online&rft.place=Chicago&rft.pub=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica%2C+Inc.&rft.issn=1085-9721&rft.aulast=Lockley&rft.aufirst=Thomas&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britannica.com%2Fbiography%2FYasuke&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYasuke" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1">Atkins, E. Taylor (2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=LPySEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22%20height%20and%20strength%20(which%20%22surpassed%20that%20of%20ten%20men%22)%2C%20Nobunaga%20gave%20him%20a%20sword%20signifying%20bushi%20status.%20Yasuke%20served%20as%20Nobunaga%27s%20retainer%20and%20conversation%22&pg=PA72"><i>A History of Popular Culture in Japan: From the Seventeenth Century to the Present</i></a> (2nd ed.). <a href="/wiki/Bloomsbury_Academic" class="mw-redirect" title="Bloomsbury Academic">Bloomsbury Academic</a>. p. 72. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-350-19592-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-350-19592-9"><bdi>978-1-350-19592-9</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240726213742/https://books.google.com/books?id=LPySEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22%20height%20and%20strength%20%28which%20%22surpassed%20that%20of%20ten%20men%22%29%2C%20Nobunaga%20gave%20him%20a%20sword%20signifying%20bushi%20status.%20Yasuke%20served%20as%20Nobunaga%27s%20retainer%20and%20conversation%22&pg=PA72">Archived</a> from the original on 26 July 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 July</span> 2024</span>. <q>Impressed with Yasuke's height and strength (which "surpassed that of ten men"), Nobunaga gave him a sword signifying bushi status.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+History+of+Popular+Culture+in+Japan%3A+From+the+Seventeenth+Century+to+the+Present&rft.pages=72&rft.edition=2nd&rft.pub=Bloomsbury+Academic&rft.date=2023&rft.isbn=978-1-350-19592-9&rft.aulast=Atkins&rft.aufirst=E.+Taylor&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DLPySEAAAQBAJ%26dq%3D%2522%2520height%2520and%2520strength%2520%28which%2520%2522surpassed%2520that%2520of%2520ten%2520men%2522%29%252C%2520Nobunaga%2520gave%2520him%2520a%2520sword%2520signifying%2520bushi%2520status.%2520Yasuke%2520served%2520as%2520Nobunaga%2527s%2520retainer%2520and%2520conversation%2522%26pg%3DPA72&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYasuke" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1">López-Vera, Jonathan (2020). <i>A History of the Samurai: Legendary Warriors of Japan</i>. Tokyo; Rutland, VT: Tuttle Publishing. pp. 140–141. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9784805315354" title="Special:BookSources/9784805315354"><bdi>9784805315354</bdi></a>. <q>He was granted the rank of samurai and occasionally even shared a table with Nobunaga himself, a privilege few of his trusted vassals were afforded.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+History+of+the+Samurai%3A+Legendary+Warriors+of+Japan&rft.place=Tokyo%3B+Rutland%2C+VT&rft.pages=140-141&rft.pub=Tuttle+Publishing&rft.date=2020&rft.isbn=9784805315354&rft.aulast=L%C3%B3pez-Vera&rft.aufirst=Jonathan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYasuke" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </span></li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGermain2023" class="citation web cs1">Germain, Jacquelyne (10 January 2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/who-was-yasuke-japans-first-black-samurai-180981416/">"Who Was Yasuke, Japan's First Black Samurai?"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Smithsonian_Magazine" class="mw-redirect" title="Smithsonian Magazine">Smithsonian Magazine</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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(March 1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09555809508721524">"Images of black people in late medieval and early modern Japan 1543–1900"</a>. <i>Japan Forum</i>. <b>7</b> (1): 1–13. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1080%2F09555809508721524">10.1080/09555809508721524</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0955-5803">0955-5803</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230201053947/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09555809508721524">Archived</a> from the original on 1 February 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 May</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Japan+Forum&rft.atitle=Images+of+black+people+in+late+medieval+and+early+modern+Japan+1543%E2%80%931900&rft.volume=7&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=1-13&rft.date=1995-03&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1080%2F09555809508721524&rft.issn=0955-5803&rft.aulast=Leupp&rft.aufirst=Gary+P.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tandfonline.com%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1080%2F09555809508721524&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYasuke" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Kaneko-2009-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Kaneko-2009_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kaneko-2009_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKaneko2009" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Kaneko, Hiraku (2009). <i>織田信長という歴史－「信長記」の彼方へ</i> [<i>The History of Oda Nobunaga: Beyond the Shinchōki</i>] (in Japanese). <a href="/wiki/Iwanami_Shoten" title="Iwanami Shoten">Iwanami Shoten</a>. p. 311. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4-585-05420-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-4-585-05420-7"><bdi>978-4-585-05420-7</bdi></a>. <q>然に彼黒坊被成御扶持、名をハ号弥助と、さや巻之のし付幷私宅等迄被仰付、依時御道具なともたさせられ候、</q> [It was ordered that the young black man be given a stipend, named Yasuke, and provided with a sword, and a private residence. At times, he was also entrusted with carrying the master's weapons]</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%E7%B9%94%E7%94%B0%E4%BF%A1%E9%95%B7%E3%81%A8%E3%81%84%E3%81%86%E6%AD%B4%E5%8F%B2+%EF%BC%8D+%E3%80%8C%E4%BF%A1%E9%95%B7%E8%A8%98%E3%80%8D%E3%81%AE%E5%BD%BC%E6%96%B9%E3%81%B8&rft.pages=311&rft.pub=Iwanami+Shoten&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-4-585-05420-7&rft.aulast=Kaneko&rft.aufirst=Hiraku&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYasuke" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAtkins2023" class="citation book cs1">Atkins, E. Taylor (2023). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=LPySEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22%20height%20and%20strength%20(which%20%22surpassed%20that%20of%20ten%20men%22)%2C%20Nobunaga%20gave%20him%20a%20sword%20signifying%20bushi%20status.%20Yasuke%20served%20as%20Nobunaga%27s%20retainer%20and%20conversation%22&pg=PA72"><i>A History of Popular Culture in Japan: From the Seventeenth Century to the Present</i></a> (2nd ed.). <a href="/wiki/Bloomsbury_Academic" class="mw-redirect" title="Bloomsbury Academic">Bloomsbury Academic</a>. p. 72. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-350-19592-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-350-19592-9"><bdi>978-1-350-19592-9</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240726213742/https://books.google.com/books?id=LPySEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22%20height%20and%20strength%20%28which%20%22surpassed%20that%20of%20ten%20men%22%29%2C%20Nobunaga%20gave%20him%20a%20sword%20signifying%20bushi%20status.%20Yasuke%20served%20as%20Nobunaga%27s%20retainer%20and%20conversation%22&pg=PA72">Archived</a> from the original on 26 July 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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The model for the Netflix anime Yasuke]. <i><a href="/wiki/HuffPost" title="HuffPost">HuffPost</a></i> (in Japanese). BuzzFeed Japan. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230919001439/https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/entry/yasuke_jp_609347f7e4b09cce6c26a9b2">Archived</a> from the original on 19 September 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Who was Yasuke, a black man who served Nobunaga?]. <i>WARAKU web</i> (in Japanese). <a href="/wiki/Shogakukan" title="Shogakukan">Shogakukan</a>. 30 August 2019. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230919001439/https://intojapanwaraku.com/rock/culture-rock/28746/">Archived</a> from the original on 19 September 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Taylor & Francis. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781000880526" title="Special:BookSources/9781000880526"><bdi>9781000880526</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Japan+and+Its+Partners+in+the+Indo-Pacific+Engagements+and+Alignment&rft.pub=Taylor+%26+Francis&rft.date=2023-05-12&rft.isbn=9781000880526&rft.aulast=Choudhury&rft.aufirst=Srabani+Roy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYasuke" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Lopez-Vera-2020-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Lopez-Vera-2020_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Lopez-Vera-2020_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLopez-Vera2020" class="citation book cs1">Lopez-Vera, Jonathan (2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=qXvgDwAAQBAJ&q=yasuke&pg=PT8"><i>A History of the Samurai: Legendary Warriors of Japan</i></a>. <a href="/wiki/Tuttle_Publishing" title="Tuttle Publishing">Tuttle Publishing</a>. pp. 140–141. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4629-2134-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4629-2134-8"><bdi>978-1-4629-2134-8</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240925085617/https://books.google.com/books?id=qXvgDwAAQBAJ&q=yasuke&pg=PT8#v=snippet&q=yasuke&f=false">Archived</a> from the original on 25 September 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Cooper, Michael (ed.). <i>They came to Japan: an anthology of European reports on Japan, 1543-1640</i>. Berkeley: <a href="/wiki/University_of_California_Press" title="University of California Press">University of California Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-520-04509-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-520-04509-5"><bdi>978-0-520-04509-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=They+came+to+Japan%3A+an+anthology+of+European+reports+on+Japan%2C+1543-1640&rft.place=Berkeley&rft.pub=University+of+California+Press&rft.date=1981&rft.isbn=978-0-520-04509-5&rft.aulast=Cooper&rft.aufirst=Michael&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYasuke" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCrasset1925" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a href="/wiki/Jean_Crasset" title="Jean Crasset">Crasset, Jean</a> (1925). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/971162"><i>日本西教史 (</i>Histoire de l'eglise du Japon<i>)</i></a> (in Japanese). Vol. 1. 太陽堂書店 (Taiyōdō Bookshop). <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/835444691">835444691</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230919001438/https://dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/971162">Archived</a> from the original on 19 September 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Sébastien Cramoisy. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/BNF_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="BNF (identifier)">BnF</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb31381883n.public">31381883n</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240708140407/https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k8553004?lang=EN">Archived</a> from the original on 8 July 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 July</span> 2024</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Histoire+Ecclesiastique+des+Isles+et+Royaumes+du+Japon&rft.pub=S%C3%A9bastien+Cramoisy&rft.date=1627%2F1629&rft.aulast=Solier&rft.aufirst=Fran%C3%A7ois&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fgallica.bnf.fr%2Fark%3A%2F12148%2Fbpt6k8553004%3Flang%3DEN&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYasuke" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFujita2005" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Fujita, Midori (2005). <bdi lang="ja">アフリカ「発見」日本におけるアフリカ像の変遷</bdi> [<i>Discover Africa―History of African image in Japan (World History series)</i>] (in Japanese). <a href="/wiki/Iwanami_Shoten,_Publishers" class="mw-redirect" title="Iwanami Shoten, Publishers">Iwanami Shoten</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4-00-026853-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-4-00-026853-0"><bdi>978-4-00-026853-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%E3%82%A2%E3%83%95%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E3%80%8C%E7%99%BA%E8%A6%8B%E3%80%8D%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E3%81%AB%E3%81%8A%E3%81%91%E3%82%8B%E3%82%A2%E3%83%95%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AB%E5%83%8F%E3%81%AE%E5%A4%89%E9%81%B7&rft.pub=Iwanami+Shoten&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=978-4-00-026853-0&rft.aulast=Fujita&rft.aufirst=Midori&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYasuke" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLockley2017" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-script">Lockley, Thomas (February 2017). <bdi lang="ja">信長と弥助本能寺を生き延びた黒人侍</bdi>. Translated by Yoshiko Fuji. <a href="/wiki/Ohta_Publishing" title="Ohta Publishing">Ohta Publishing</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4-7783-1556-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-4-7783-1556-6"><bdi>978-4-7783-1556-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%E4%BF%A1%E9%95%B7%E3%81%A8%E5%BC%A5%E5%8A%A9+%E6%9C%AC%E8%83%BD%E5%AF%BA%E3%82%92%E7%94%9F%E3%81%8D%E5%BB%B6%E3%81%B3%E3%81%9F%E9%BB%92%E4%BA%BA%E4%BE%8D&rft.pub=Ohta+Publishing&rft.date=2017-02&rft.isbn=978-4-7783-1556-6&rft.aulast=Lockley&rft.aufirst=Thomas&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYasuke" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div> <ul><li>Matsuda, Kiichi, ed., <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn">Jūroku-jūnanaseiki Iezusukai Nihon Hōkokushuu</i></span>, Hōdōsha, 1987–1998.</li> <li>Ōta, Gyūichi, <span title="Japanese-language romanization"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Shinch%C5%8D_K%C5%8Dki" title="Shinchō Kōki">Shinchō Kōki</a></i></span>, 1622.</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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