African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan

by Thomas Lockley, Geoffrey Girard, Lockley Girard, et al.

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1335044981
• ISBN13: 9781335044983
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Hanover Square Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.2" x 7.9"