The Untold Story of Black Samurais in Japan! 

Lies, i just researched this samurai and it said that he was the son of chinese emperor ling and is not african.

Anyone who knows Japanese culture knows that Samurai are nobleman. You can’t just become a samurai.

Blacks do not need to steal warriors from other countries with which they have no connection, be proud of your Maasai warriors.

Shaka Zulu was Japanese. Do your research.

There are words written down from central japan on when a black man retainer came in a party of people. These words state that they could not believe his skin color was real and swore that he was dyed with ink . Those written words show that they had never seen a black man prior to this.

So, let's be historically accurate. First, Sakanoe no Tamuramaro was not black. And as for Yasuke, he was indeed black, but he wasn't a samurai. He was a novelty in Japan (brought as a slave or servant by a Portuguese priest) and a Japanese leader was so fascinated by him (especially by his black skin. Tried to have him prove it was real by having him try to wash it off), that he wanted to use him as a way of gaining popularity. He at first made him his retainer (which is a step up from an indentured servant) and later made him a page, which is a special servant to a samurai. There wasn't much recorded about his live in Japan but the last record of him was the following: "The vassal asked Akechi what should be done with the black man, and he said, 'A black slave is an animal (bestial) and knows nothing, nor is he Japanese, so do not kill him, and place him in the custody at the cathedral of Padre in India."

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Black man here, please stop spreading false information.

As a Japanese who studies human history, I find such discourse ridiculous. Plz understnd that you are now doing the saeme thing as netizens in North korea and SK. In fact, they are also promoting Japan's unique culture such as Samurai, Kimono, Ninja, Sumo, Karate and Judo as their own. It is shameful.sry my bad english.

I am Japanese. The story in this video is mostly bullshit. In particular The black theory of Sakanouye Tamuramaro in this video is wrong. The Sakanoueye family is descended from Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty and has nothing to do with black people. Because of his family background, he was trusted by the emperor of Japan and served him for generations. Also, the phrase "for a Samurai to be brave he must have a bit of Black blood" does not exist. This is an insult to us Japanese. Please quit introducing false history. Also, the Ainu are not black. It was from Yasuke that blacks first appeared in Japanese history. As a descendant of samurai and a Japanese, I cannot overlook these videos. If you have questions about Japanese history, please write to us.

He was Chinese but went to fight in Japan

Oh, lord !!!! Afrocentric sites claim the most bizarre, incorrect theories. In the first example, Sakanoue was not a Negro whatsoever. I think a LOT of these sites don’t understand because one author put something in a book years ago, doesn’t make it true. In actual Japanese history there is NO reference to him having black ancestry at all. In the second case, Yasuke- he was DEFINITELY black but he was NEVER a Samurai. He was brought over by a Portuguese slave owner. He was sold to a Japanese man because he had never seen a black man before. The person who bought him died and he was given a short-sword and may have fought with a peasant army. He was only in Japan for a total of 3 years then was deported and sold to missionaries in India. Afrocentrism sure does make a LOT of unsubstantiated claims which are historically inaccurate. 😂

😂😂😂 this is comedy Sakanoue no Tamamurmaro was NOT black he was descended from the Chinese Emperor Ling which is why they trusted him and made him a samurai, additionally Ainu people aren’t black they’re descendants of Jomon people who are the eclectic groups of people that inhabited ancient Japan 60,000 years ago and have some Eurasian ancestry. Some of them literally look like white Eurasians and they do not look black. I even have friends who are of Ainu descent and they either look Japanese due to mixing or look Eurasian.

Only on the intenet, is where servants become samurais💀

Chadwick Bozeman was planning to play the character of Yasuke in movie before his untimely death. He would have been perfect for the role since he was a professional Martial Artist. 😢 Hopefully they will have another actor play the role and continue production.

The art work in this Video is noteworthy on its own 👏👏

Sorry this information Is slightly off regarding maru. I have 20 years of experience in Japanese history. Yusuke existed, yes. Weather he was a samurai Is up for debate.

As an American, Hollywood needs to stop added races where they don't belong in history. If you want one real bad, write another story about it as a fiction and make it entertaining. Most countries around the world proud of their histories and heritages, especially Asia and they're not woke like in the western countries so have some respect.

The reason why it's an untold story is because it's false,Sakanoue no Tamuramaro was a descendant of the Chinese emperor Ling. No black history involved whatsoever.

TAMURAMARO is not black. It is a minority group called AINU who lived in the north of Japan and parts of Russia. The AINU are Asians whose skin is sallow and darkened by their environment.

I've always had love for katanas. I own several of them.

He was not a Samurai, but a servant. Don't exaggerate the story of this black man!

A lot of conjecture and speculation here.. go ahead and scroll through this channel, im not saying black history hasn't been abused but this channel really gets out there. Its strong with click bait.

There were no black people in Japanese history. There is one exception. A story that dates back 20 years to the time of the General. It is said that when a missionary took a black slave and met a prominent person in power at that time (Nobunaga), he saw a black person for the first time, and at first he could not believe the blackness of the person and made the black person wash his body on the spot, saying,' He must have painted his body with ink.' It is said that, out of curiosity, he had the black man transferred to him, gave him the name' Yasuke,' gave him a territory, and made him a samurai. After that, he was involved in a rebellion by his subordinates and the person in power was killed, but when the captured Yasuke was asked how he was treated, the enemy warlord (Mitsuhide) said,' You don't have to kill him because he is not human,' and told the missionary to hand him over and return him to his home country.

I prefer the story of the Japanese samurai who ruled in Africa better than this one.

Samurai are japanese not africans Cleopatra was Greek not african

日本人としてはっきり言わせてもらう 黒人の将軍などいない

You've gotta be kidding me! This is a leap so far from reality, even for this channel.

Very interest time period wow

Got a B in history class in junior high. My mom's use to work in the library system

i feel bad say this to you, but there's no real proof of "Sakanoueno Tamuramaro" was black😢

There were no African Samurai in feudal Japan, had a black man ever set foot in Japan in the feudal age he would have instantly be called a demon and beheaded.. just the honest truth..

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Hahahahaaaaaaaaaa! You guys are everything, Jews, Native American, Japanese... Irish???

This is called cultural appropriation.

Why do you feel the need to rewrite other peoples culture and history to validate your own existence?

Yasuke was black. yes well documented Sakanouetamuramaro is not black. Claiming he was black is too laughable!

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The Ainu people of Japan were not "black" , Sakanouye No Tamuramaro had darker skin but he wasn't what would be called "black" in today's diverse idea of race. So no he wasn't an African Shogun. There are many Japanese histories such as the Shoku Nihongi that discredit all of the American "historians" (using the term loosely) that this video uses as references for Tamuramaro. This video even got the root of Samurai wrong yes its from the word saburau but it meaning is not "to guard" it's actual meaning is "to serve". And Yasuke, Yes he was a African man that went to Japan during the end of the Sengoku Period. And yes he was in service to Oda Nobunaga. But was he a Samurai? It's a strong maybe. There is evidence that he was, and evidence that he wasn't. Yasuke was given a stipend which was standard for Samurai, he was at times Nobunaga's weapons bearer (a position that Nobunaga often gave to his young boy lovers). He was given a home, servants, and an ornamental sword. All point to Samurai. But it seems that he was never given a surname or clan name which is most important when rising to the class of Samurai. It took Hideyosh years to rise in rank to become Samurai and sandal bearer to the daimyō. It's hard to believe that Yasuke did such in a few short months as he was only in Oda Nobunaga's service for around a year. The video says two years, yet another detail that the video got all wrong. Also there is also no account of Yasuke donning Samurai armor or going to battles. He did not lead bushi or ashigaru there is absolutely no evidence that he was a warrior under Oda Nobunaga in Japan. The Honnō-ji Incident. There is no historical account that Yasuke was at Nobunaga's side when he he commented seppuku, or that he carried off Nobunaga's head. It defies logic that a 6'2" back man snuck past 13,000 solders surrounding the temple with the daimyō's head it tow. It more likely he was outside the temple and fled to Nijō Shin-gosho when he saw the siege taking place. Also what happened to Nobunaga's head when Mitsuhide defeated Nobutada? Most Japanese historians think that all of Nobunaga's remains were cremated in the inferno that was Honnō-ji temple after the siege and none of the people inside could be identified. The only record we have of Yasuke from the Incident is him giving up his sword and when Akechi was asked of what should be done with the black man he said that a dog is not responsible for the sins of his master and that he was not Japanese and has no place in such matters, so he should be sent back to the priest that brought him here. It would seem that he didn't see him as a highly valued Samurai of Nobunaga. Thomas Lockley's book though a fun read should have been called the "Mythological and Fictional History" rather than the "True History" as he and his co-author took a historical subject that if all of the known records are gathered it would maybe fill one single page if wrote in large print and double spaced and made a 450 page book. It is 99% historical hypothesis, embellishment, and down right fiction. He even sighted sources that contradict his own "historical" telling. It's sad really that books such as this can be passed of as nonfiction, much like this video tries to pass itself off as.

Black people are everywhere, and have created history everywhere which we think are games and movies.

He was NOT a slave!

Wow this is an amazing story, Japan is my favorite country outside Africa.

We wuz Samuraiz n shieeeeet

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Suntzu has always been my favorite warrior general ever since I discover the are of war. But now discovering these two great warriors, Yasuke just recently and Tamanamaro tonight. I have a completely different perspective on African history. It hurts my soul that this history has been suppressed so long. But the Truth will always find it's way to the light. Shame on those who would suppress this. SHAME!

That's what I'm talking about----- Black ⚫️ People being outstanding, .....! But the injustices perpetrated by other Non Black ⚫️ People are profoundly, ...... evil 😈, inhuman, ......!

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日本人としてはっきりというけど坂上田村麻呂は黒人ではありません。 決して黒人が嫌いな訳ではありませんが根拠の無い事をあたかも事実の様に発信なさらない方がよろしいかと、、。😅

I am mixed and embarrassed and apologize to Japan.

It was meant for me to watch this documentary tonight because it coincides with my spiritual growth. 😇🖤✊️

Magnificent video. How soulless people could enslave the soulful, I will never understand.

I know so many people don't like that what go into the dark will come to the light

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Now Ive heard everything 🙄 🤦‍♀️ Did anyone ever consider that it’s “untold” bcuz it’s 🐂 💩????

There was one black guy, a retainer (ie butler) given the rank of samurai... never saw combat... he was part of a collection. That's it.

There are no black Samurai. This is just pure fantasy. Stop rewriting history.

Legendary wow

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Wow my last sensei in jujitsu was black

No black japanese were harmed during WW2 because there are none. 😂

He was a Jacob. An Israelite. A Negro. An a God.

total BS.

oh wow one black samurai means ther was an army of them?

Please correct the title, Samurai is singular and Plural. There is no “s” at the end. Still love the video!!!!

Damned. If I see one more video about the “black” presence in the world. We were first EVERYWHERE. We started this sh**. We will Finish it as well.

I have studied Japanese History as well.

なんで1900年の欧米人が800年ごろの日本人の人種を我々よりも知ってると思うんだろう？ 800年ごろに南半球から黒人がどうやって日本までこれるんだい？ 北半球で文明的に進んでた白人でも1543年に初めて接触したんだよ？

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The Japanese thought Koreans were inferior, they thought Europeans were barbarians.....so what would they have thought of Black Africans? NO, the only Black man recorded in Japanese history was Yasuke, only because lord Oda Nobunaga fancied everything foreign.

Fascinating, I can see Wesley Snipes portraying him on screen, it would be a great story for all people too.see.p

Yes I learn

LOVED THIS

I’m a huge WWII buff. My grandpa was on the Saratoga. Every time I see WWII pictures, 90% of the guys on Japanese Carriers were black. Now that I think about it, they were strong black women.

This is amazing 👏🏿 💪🏿💯🔊!

They won't show this on shogun

I really don’t want to burst any bubbles here but first off Sakanoue no Tamuramaro was born in northern Honshu and is not black. The would never in a million years let any race but the Japanese be a Shogun. There were less than 100 black Africans that accompanied Spanish, Dutch and with them the were not allowed to interact with the Japanese population. So saying they helped “shape” Japan is just not true! Yaskai was a true story.

I’ve been praying to understand who I am and where my people came from, and before I realized it I’m here and other docs that is shedding a lot of light and giving me avenues to explore! We everywhere and have been for thousands of years!! Yah promised that the children of Abrahams seed would spread the earth as the sands, and rule as kings and queens, look at Yah 💯

This makes me think of Afro samurai

Only 1 African Jesuit who became a samurai. Just 1 dont lie about anything else it is insulting to Japanese. Maker of facts just stop lying about everything else. You're doing nothing but harm. Misleading others

Thank you for sharing this.🙏🏿🙌🏿👍🏿💪🏿✊🏿

Incredible black history and much respect for the Japanese people and culture.

LMAO!!!!!

HE MAY EVEN BEEN A PRODUCT OF "GIGANTE" HERITAGE... pMpN

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We wuz samurai and shieet!!

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Come on now, this is getting ridiculous. You HAVE to know it's become a literal joke. LMAO

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Actual japanese historians are being silenced for disagreeing with this. Black culture doesn't have to be the basis for everything nor does there have to he a black samurai just be cause some circumstantial notes have translations that make it seem like a black man was of the Samurai caste. He was not, there is no evidence to the contrary, please stop pretending this isn't cultural appropriation.

Why is it easy to believe that a white samurai existed but hard to believe that a Black samurai existed

Yasuke was an African warrior in the employ of Nobunaga, a powerful feudal lord known as the “Great Unifier,” during Japan's Sengoku period. The first Black samurai, he was at Nobunaga's side when the daimyo died; according to popular lore, Nobunaga tasked Yasuke with returning his head to his son.

Inshallah we are brave

Great fan fiction of bogusness

6:12 Two tsuba on each side. LOL Samurai for the purely delusional. Yasuke's just a mascot that gladly fled Japan when Nobunaga died.

They made an anime of Yasuke. It was dope, but it didn't last.

I always love this channel, please keep these videos coming‼️💪🏽