Yasuke
person
9 mentions
3 recordings
first heard Apr 2025
last heard 25 Feb
↓1 vs the 12 months before
Historical black samurai who served Oda Nobunaga in Japan
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Peak in the week of 24 Feb — 4 mentions across 1 series.
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentMark GagnonCamp Gagnon · The Black Samurai Who Fought For Ancient Japan · 4:17 · 25 Feb
…Now, researcher Thomas Lockley, he wrote the first full-length book on Yasuke in 2019, has proposed that he may have originated from the Dinka people, which is now South Sudan based on descriptions of, you know,…
Mark GagnonCamp Gagnon · The Black Samurai Who Fought For Ancient Japan · 2:54 · 25 Feb
…In order to understand Yasuke and his story, you first have to understand the world that he existed in and ultimately the world that he left.…
Mark GagnonCamp Gagnon · The Black Samurai Who Fought For Ancient Japan · 0:41 · 25 Feb
…Because after one of the most dramatic betrayals in Japanese history, Yasuke vanishes from the historical record entirely.…
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