• lorty@lemmy.ml
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    6 months ago

    There’s no historian that contests that he was a samurai, Nobunaga trusted his son’s life to the man.

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      6 months ago

      Historians don’t make a lot of strong claims about Yasuke - there’s very little written on him (in English, that I can access through journal databases) other than a pop history book that seems to play a little fast and loose with the facts.

      I think the lack of information makes him a better protagonist though.