477 - Yasuke, The African Samurai

Do Go On

Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke

Fact, History, Facts, Comedy

4.9 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2024

⏱️ 138 minutes

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Summary

This week we talk about Yasuke, the first non Japanese person to become a Samurai. Born somewhere in Africa, Yasuke became a samurai and close confident to the powerful Oda Nobunaga during one of the most tumultuous periods in Japan's history.

This is a comedy/history podcast, the report begins at approximately 07:35 (though as always, we go off on tangents throughout the report)

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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yasuke

https://time.com/6039381/yasuke-black-samurai-true-story/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/who-was-yasuke-japans-first-black-samurai-180981416/

https://www.worldhistory.org/Samurai_Sword/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48542673

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oda-Nobunaga

https://www.nichibun-g.co.jp/data/web-magazine/manabito/history/history109/

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/11/arts/assassins-creed-shadows-yasuke-samurai-japan.html

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