{"id":13101,"date":"2019-02-11T08:00:22","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T16:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/?p=13101"},"modified":"2019-01-12T21:29:55","modified_gmt":"2019-01-13T05:29:55","slug":"sylum-inspiration-yasuke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/sylum-inspiration-yasuke\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylum Inspiration: Yasuke"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Shogun: Hunter<\/h2>\n

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Yasuke<\/a> was taken from his home country of Ethopia and was sold into slavery.<\/p>\n

He arrived in Japan in 1579 in the service of the Italian Jesuit\u00a0Alessandro Valignano, who had been appointed the Visitor (inspector) of the Jesuit missions in the\u00a0Indies. He accompanied Valignano when the latter came to the capital area in March 1581 and his appearance caused a lot of interest with the local people.<\/p>\n

When Yasuke was presented to Nobunaga he suspected his skin to be have been coloured with black\u00a0ink, Nobunaga had him strip from the waist up and made him scrub his skin.\u00a0<\/sup>These events are recorded in a 1581 letter of the Jesuit\u00a0Lu\u00eds Fr\u00f3is\u00a0to Louren\u00e7o Mexia and in the 1582 Annual Report of the Jesuit Mission in Japan, also by Fr\u00f3is. These were published in\u00a0Cartas que os padres e irm\u00e3os da Companhia de Jesus escrever\u00e3o dos reynos de Jap\u00e3o e China II<\/i>, normally known simply as\u00a0Cartas<\/i>, in 1598.\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0When he realized that his skin was not coloured and in fact black Nobunaga seems to have taken an interest in him. At some point, although when is not clear, Yasuke entered Nobunaga\u2019s service.<\/p>\n

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Yasuke was taught Japanese, perhaps due to Nobunaga talking with him.\u00a0He was perhaps the only non-Japanese retainer that Nobunaga had in his service, which could explain Nobungas interest in him. \u00a0<\/sup><\/p>\n

In June 1582, Nobunaga was\u00a0attacked\u00a0and forced to commit\u00a0seppuku\u00a0in\u00a0Honn\u014d-ji\u00a0in\u00a0Kyoto\u00a0by the army of\u00a0Akechi Mitsuhide. Yasuke was there at the time and fought the Akechi forces. Immediately after Nobunaga\u2019s death, Yasuke went to join Nobunaga\u2019s heir\u00a0Oda Nobutada\u00a0who was trying to rally the Oda forces at Nij\u014d Castle. Yasuke fought alongside the Nobutada forces but was eventually captured. When Yasuke was presented to Akechi he said that the black man was an animal as well as not Japanese and should thus not be killed but be taken to the\u00a0nanban-dera or nanban-ji. There is no further written information about him after this.<\/p>\n

It was soon after, that Yasuke met Katsumoto who had admired his skills and gave him a new opportunity. \u00a0He took it without hesitation.<\/p>\n

For more information contact the Vampire Council Library<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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