Bibliograph

African samurai, the true story of Yasuke, a legendary black warrior in feudal Japan, Thomas Lockley and Geoffrey Girard

Type

Label

African samurai, the true story of Yasuke, a legendary black warrior in feudal Japan, Thomas Lockley and Geoffrey Girard

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

African samurai

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1091716966

Responsibility statement

Thomas Lockley and Geoffrey Girard

Sub title

the true story of Yasuke, a legendary black warrior in feudal Japan

Summary

Traces the remarkable life story of history's first foreign-born samurai, detailing his near-mythical journey from a boy soldier in late-16th-century Northern Africa to the heights of Japanese society, where his presence triggered cultural riots. 75,000 first printing

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