Reviews - Yasuke The True Story of the Legendary African Samurai

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Yasuke The True Story of the Legendary African Samurai

Thomas Lockley

3.69 AVERAGE

gentlegiant303's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging informative inspiring slow-paced

wolfytheblack's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced

barefootsierra's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous medium-paced

0ri's review against another edition

4.25

informative medium-paced

While this book took time to read it is definitely worth. I didn't know that there was an African samurai till I read this book and it was fascinating to find out about Yasuke and now he came to be a samurai in a time when Africans weren't really seen in Japan yet except in a few select circumstances.

I enjoyed this book a lot so I would recommend you check it out should you want to know about mid-1600s Japan when samurai were highly thought of and nearly the ruling class at the time.

ravaviera's review against another edition

I think the high point of this book is the person's excitement to learn about a very interesting historical figure, but as you get deeper into the book it just starts to meander. It tells a very full story and you fear it won't be able to connect any strings. Just could not bring myself to finish it out when there so much more to read.

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aidaninasia's review against another edition

4.0

Very informative, I really enjoyed learning about Japan in the 1500s and Nobunaga was fascinating. As for Yasuke himself, the authors take some creative liberty and a lot more than some at the end but they are at least upfront about it.