Summary of Geoffrey Girard & Thomas Lockley's African Samurai

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#1 The Jesuit missionary Alessandro Valignano had been sent to Japan to spread Christianity. He had brought along a large amount of guns and Catholic artifacts, which he believed would save millions of souls.

#2 The voyage was not all bad for Yasuke. He had gotten on well with the sailors and would miss their company. He had also eaten better than most aboard.

#3 The Jesuit missionary Alessandro Valignano was sent to Japan in the late 1500s. He arrived in Nagasaki, a deep anchorage in a Jesuit-friendly province, and from there, he and Rome hoped the rest of Japan awaited.

#4 The Jesuit mission to Japan was a political maneuver to punish a Japanese lord for not being accommodating enough to their mission. They switched ports, and the ship arrived in Kuchinotsu the next day. Yasuke was a well-traveled man who had experience with many cultures.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 4, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822502581

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#1

The Jesuit missionary Alessandro Valignano had been sent to Japan to spread Christianity. He had brought along a large amount of guns and Catholic artifacts, which he believed would save millions of souls.

#2

The voyage was not all bad for Yasuke. He had gotten on well with the sailors and would miss their company. He had also eaten better than most aboard.

#3

The Jesuit missionary Alessandro Valignano was sent to Japan in the late 1500s. He arrived in Nagasaki, a deep anchorage in a Jesuit-friendly province, and from there, he and Rome hoped the rest of Japan awaited.

#4

The Jesuit mission to Japan was a political maneuver to punish a Japanese lord for not being accommodating enough to their mission. They switched ports, and the ship arrived in Kuchinotsu the next day. Yasuke was a well-traveled man who had experience with many cultures.

#5

The ship finally reached Japan, and the crew and the Jesuits were able to smell land again. It was a fine substitute for the familiar sour stench of unwashed men.

#6

In 1579, the Portuguese ship was one of the largest in the harbor of Kuchinotsu, Japan. The bay was shallow, and the Chinese pilot was suspicious of how deep the harbor was. The Portuguese captain knew the best thing to do was to follow the Chinese pilot’s advice.

#7

When the ship landed in Kuchinotsu, a small port, there was a large welcoming party. The Jesuit missionaries and their attendants fumbled slowly down the side of the ship into a single longboat, their long black robes hoisted and tied at the waist to enable better movement. Yasuke stood guard behind Valignano, who wanted his security seen by all would-be thieves or assassins.

#8

The first Jesuit missionaries had reached Japan almost thirty years before, and more had continued arriving ever since. They had built churches, hospitals, and orphanages, and had befriended many local lords.

#9

The first Jesuits to arrive in Japan had commented that the Japanese people they’d seen so far had never before seen people who relied so much on their arms. The Japanese people had come to see the ship and pay respects to Valignano.

#10

The arrival of Lord Arima was the biggest event in the history of Valignano’s domain. He was accompanied by two European missionaries, Francisco Cabral and Father Fróis.

#11

The arrival of the Jesuits was the most important thing to happen to the region in at least a century. But as the party prepared to leave the beach, it became clear