Japanese Historian Yūichi Goza Speculates That Yasuke Was Simply Oda Nobunaga’s Bodyguard And Entertainer Rather Than A Samurai As He’s Depicted In ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ - Kotaku In Action 2

Japanese Historian Yūichi Goza Speculates That Yasuke Was Simply Oda Nobunaga’s Bodyguard And Entertainer Rather Than A Samurai As He’s Depicted In ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ (thatparkplace.com)

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Japanese Historian Yūichi Goza Speculates That Yasuke Was Simply Oda Nobunaga's Bodyguard And Entertainer Rather Than A Samurai ...

Japanese historian Yūichi Goza speculates that Yasuke was not a samurai as video game developer Ubisoft has claimed, but was rather just Oda Nobunaga's bodyguard and entertainer.

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– BeefyBelisarius 20 points 136 days ago +20 / -0

Given how prolific a writer Nobunaga was, Yasuke clearly wasn't real. The myth claims Nobunaga was so surprised by his appearance that he ordered him to try and scrub off the color, but nothing like that is in his writings. Literally the only source is the journal of one Jesuit.

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– SoctaticMethod1 11 points 136 days ago +11 / -0

And given they were Catholic and the Japanese had a very.....messy history with them, it's even less believable.

It would be more creditable if it was an account from a Dutch Protestant as they were lifelong friends for centuries.

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