2024-06-28 14:30:35
Yasuke was a black man who came to Japan during the Sengoku period and is known for serving Nobunaga. However, he was not a proper samurai. Here are some reasons why: [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(321-25-31) Author
2024-07-22 09:09:04
As historian Hirayama explains, a man like Yasuke, who was not given a surname, was only "the lowest-ranking samurai," he is similar to a samurai apprentice. Yasuke is recorded due to the rarity of blacks in Japan, which does not indicate his "heroic exploits". [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(377-19-15) Author
2024-07-22 09:29:22
来日時「イエスズ会」の従者・奴隷であり、「織田信長」公のお気に入りとなり、解放されて「織田信長」公の従者になった、とするのが日本に現存する大方の史伝の流れでもある。 「皇帝 ナポレオン」の「秘書」である「ルイ・アントワーヌ・フォヴレ・ド・ブーリエンヌ(Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne、1769年7月19日 – 1834年2月7日」とまではいかず、「織田信長公」の「好奇心」と恵まれた体躯から戦力として「武士」ではあったが、「大名」をも望む厳密な「侍」であったかは、悲劇の「本能寺の変」が起きたため詳細は不明です。 [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(418-48-41) Author
2025-01-31 04:36:18
Yasuke’s status as a samurai is a hotly debated topic. This debate focuses on whether Yasuke technically had samurai status or not. Regardless of his status as a samurai the use of the word 英雄 (hero) is not appropriate. Hero/英雄 does not appear in sources discussing Yasuke. [Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(10-1-1) Author