Daimyo (闇の大名, Yami no Daimyо̄) is the main antagonist in Yasuke. Masako Hojo is the Hojo Daimyo also known as the Dark Lord. She took control over Japan ...

Yasuke (弥助 or 弥介) was a man of African origin who came to Japan in the Sengoku period and became a retainer in the household of Oda Nobunaga.

Jan 10, 2023 · Yasuke was an African warrior in the employ of Nobunaga, a powerful feudal lord known as the “Great Unifier,” during Japan's Sengoku period. The ...

Apr 30, 2021 · In 1579, an African man now known by the name of Yasuke arrived in Japan. Much about him remains a mystery: it's unconfirmed which country ...

Mar 29, 2024 · Yasuke (born c. 1550s) Black samurai who served the daimyo Oda Nobunaga in Japan during the Sengoku (“Warring States”) period. He was the first ...

May 16, 2021 · The daimyo Oda Nobunaga personally gave the titular hero a pair of swords to promote him to the rank of samurai, the first time a non-Japanese ...

Feb 22, 2013 · The possibility of an African slave as the first of his kind in Japan is indeed somewhat true. Yasuke, means, “the black one,” in Japanese. He's ...

Nov 3, 2019 · Yasuke: The African Samurai in Japan. The story of Yasuke, a black slave who rosed above all odds to the rank of a samurai in Japan, ...

Jun 5, 2022 · But this samurai, who went by the name Yasuke, was not from some long line of Japanese warriors; he was originally from Africa, and was brought ...