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 bibliographic references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

mapsportraitsphotographsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

African samurai

Nature of contents

bibliography

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 Japan's first foreign-born samurai, detailing his near-mythical journey from a boy soldier in late-sixteenth-century Northern Africa to the heights of Japanese society, where his presence triggered cultural riots." --, Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

True story of Yasuke, a legendary black warrior in feudal Japan

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