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Yasuke
It is a period of turmoil and civil war during the Sengoku Period of Japan. With the weakening of Ashikaga Shogunate, various clans, led by Samurai Warlords fight for control in the power vacuum. It comes at a time when Europeans first appear, most notably the Portuguese, introducing new warfare techniques and weapons. Japan is in Chaos.Oda Nobunaga, Daimyo and head of the powerful Oda Clan, looks to reunify the fractured land. Defeating rival clans, the Shogun and even Buddhist rebels, Nobunaga now stands at the brink of his greatest victory. The Takeda Clan stands as the last great threat, with a hope that victory could mean unification.As Japan wars, Jesuits, missionaries of Christianity look to spread their influence and faith on whoever comes out on top. In service to Alessandro Valignano, a trusted Italian missionary, a tall, large East African native is struggling with the thoughts of the past and wary of what his future could hold. He will one day go by the name… Yasuke.
148 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 1, 2023
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February 12, 2023
the black one
It is an extraordinary story though this being my first reading of anything to do with the African samurai, Yasuke, “the black one”, and this being historical fiction, I have no way of knowing how accurate the novel is.
The book picks up considerably at the halfway point when he begins training as a warrior and starts to engage in battles powerfully wielding his katana. To be taken as a slave from what is now Mozambique at a very young age, to become a servant of the Portuguese Jesuits, and then to become a samurai in Japan - it is an astonishing tale.
Unfortunately the book is marred by typos, lost words, awkward grammar - the list is endless and makes me feel like the author is not fully adept at English or else there was no editor.
It is a story I will need to revisit elsewhere because this is a man I wish to get to know much better.
It is an extraordinary story though this being my first reading of anything to do with the African samurai, Yasuke, “the black one”, and this being historical fiction, I have no way of knowing how accurate the novel is.
The book picks up considerably at the halfway point when he begins training as a warrior and starts to engage in battles powerfully wielding his katana. To be taken as a slave from what is now Mozambique at a very young age, to become a servant of the Portuguese Jesuits, and then to become a samurai in Japan - it is an astonishing tale.
Unfortunately the book is marred by typos, lost words, awkward grammar - the list is endless and makes me feel like the author is not fully adept at English or else there was no editor.
It is a story I will need to revisit elsewhere because this is a man I wish to get to know much better.
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