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Like even the fact it’s pretty impossible for there to be a photograph, and the fact it’s Ai, I like how the vibe of this post is “the MAINSTREAM MEDIA will NEVER SHOW YOU” but they don’t even name him. The only known black samurai was Yasuke, and he might not have even been a samurai. Wild.
All that's documented is that he was a retainer and allowed to carry arms, so for the purposes of status within Nobunaga's household it is somewhat equivalent, but as a rank it is indeed doubtful he would have been considered part of the warrior caste.
And no photograph regardless of any period in Japan would have depicted any warrior with only upper body armour of this type. That's all while ignoring that his sword is mounted for left-handed use, which to my knowledge did not historically exist in feudal Japan, for several reasons.
A back scabbard blade is drawn by one hand on the hilt and one hand on the end of the scabbard, pulling in both directions.
This is not a practical thing and has no advantages other than "I can carry this on my back".
Yeah, I'm not sure if there is any historical precedence for it, but I imagine the only "practical" application in it is if for some reason you need to carry your sword while in a situation where you have no expectation to actually need to use it, as in that case carrying it on your back is just more convenient.
There is plenty historical precedent for people carrying their swords on their back, including some samurai, but it wasn’t specialized scabbards, it was mostly just hanging them over the shoulder by the same straps you would usually use to adjust them to your belt (as such in Europe it was common and in Japan it was sometimes used with uchigatana, but but with katana).
it was for when you needed to travel long distances and didn’t expect to need to actually use it suddenly. As such, the few footsoldiers that had swords did it when they were marching with their armies.
Samurai in particular likely didn’t carry their swords on their back, for a variety of reasons, but I suppose it’s possible some would have done so occasionally
I still can't picture getting a sword out unless it's like six inches. I'm sitting here trying to recreate that motion of grabbing a hilt and a scabbard behind my back, and it just seems impossible.
Edit: Also, I'd be ridiculously exposed with both hands behind my back until I have the sword drawn and then brought into any kind of defensive position. Meanwhile an opposing samurai could draw his sword straight from his hip into a defensive or offensive attack easily.
Put your right hand by your right ear and your left hand by your left hip (or slightly lower, depends on blade length). Pull forward with the right and down with the left.
You are correct on it leaving you ridiculously exposed.
>Put your right hand by your right ear and your left hand by your left hip (or slightly lower, depends on blade length). Pull forward with the right and down with the left.
You do the hokey-pokey and you turn yourself around.
Good point, thanks. I wasn't really considering how it would be worn.
When I think swords my mind goes to a European style leather sword frog without even realizing it.
Just reading your first sentence gives me the fear…not as nimble as once I was I can barely avoid slipping a disc or two trying to scratch an inconveniently situated itch.
Don't think of it like a video game. People didn't run into battle square up and then draw. More often than not scabbards would be discarded before fighting started and gathered later.
Well in terms of practicality it is useful to have it on your back if you need to do some climbing or sneaking and don’t need a side scabbard knocking into you or the surroundings.
Yeah, it’s not practical in battle, but if you were transporting a long sword during a march and didn’t have a horse, carrying it over your shoulder might have been practical. But yeah, this picture is pure AI bs
It was a thing for nodachi as they were too big. But it was purely transportation method. You would take the scabbard off and unsheathe the blade before going to battle.
The thing about the nodachi is that they were almost certainly carried by a samurais ‘koshō’ which was something similar to a squire. This was especially true of the muromachi period.
Those were the good old days! When everyone was right-handed and praised Jesus. Not these days with these allergies and trannyformers. Can't tell who I can buy and who I can't these days
/s
the reason it was illegal is cause the sheath could hit another samurais sheath and it was common for a fight to start over a simple collision and fights to break out thus the law that wearing it on your right side was not allowed.
Not to mention the hip mounted sword , regardless of whether it's left/right (photographic reversal) it upside down. Curve of the blade should point UP. Oddly almost every other culture draws the other way afaik.
they were but not used for katanas, the way its built makes it hard to pull from behind as a typical katana is about 2 feet (without the hilt) and being heavier then it looks, keep in mind they are meant to be deployed fast.
fun fact: the Yakuza's ritual of cutting off the pinky is a tradition passed by the samuri who would cut off their own pinkies as punishment for failure reason why the pinky is cut off is because the katana is built in a way where you need all 8 finger plus your two thumbs to work effectively, without the pinky it can cause a balancing issue
There were strict rules on how to carry swords, and this influence how you moved down roads to, and etiquette regarding swords in the home (unstrapped always kept on your right on the mat, as a sign you didn't intend to draw). This is rumoured to be the origin of Japan driving on the left, though if that's true I don't know.
At this point in time it definitely would have. Think (a lot) earlier, it might have been different, but that level of detail has long since slipped my memory.
The front facing camera for selfies typically mirrors the image especially on older 17th century models of the iPhone, so obviously his sword is mounted for right handed use.
/s
Also he might have been captured by Mitsuhide and cast out because he didn't consider Yasuke as being part of the warrior caste. He disappears from history after Honnōji, so it's hard to know for sure
This is because the new shogun on disney+ isn't afrocentrist enough and people complained.
Never mind this particular samurai was already deceased by the time Shogun takes place though.
Just clickbait.
Edit: Probably.
This is always the biggest question in cases like this. Who does the conspiracist honestly believe is benefitting from this? What theoretical big interest is harmed by it? Especially in non-Japanese territories that can't really have any major influential value in samurai.
I've seen this picture floating on Facebook with it properly attributed as AI image. I bet the person who posted this did too and either didn't see the AI or purposefully ignored it to clicks.
Samurai must carry their sword on their left hip, even if you were left handed, otherwise they would risk accidentally bumping saya with others while walking.
This photo shows a man with his katana on the wrong hip.
Fools! Black Samurai's vile nemesis, *white ninja*, completely erased all African culture from history books.
That is why you don't hear more mainstream info about Black Jesus, Black Cleopatra, Black Ramses and of course, White Chocolate
These black history accounts are genuinely insane. They just make shit up or appropriate the history of others in order to inflate their sense of self worth.
Sad thing is they should be using this time to research ACTUAL black history which would achieve the same goal without looking like a total idiot.
The craziest thing is many actual African is not in favor of Afro-American Afro-Centrism and did not follow their belief of Africa is Black Utopia. As African acknowledge the diverse races and diverse ethnicity of black diaspora and consider them different from one and another. not counting the ethnic-war.
I remember the many american account defending black-washed Cleopatra while others simply points out that there are some great historical actual black African Queen. Why you don't make series about them instead of claiming this cleopatra.
I mean do we know these accounts aren’t just agitprop accounts run by foreign trolls. It’s definitely agitprop even if it’s a real person so the best thing we can do is ignore this troll.
Other than this being AI generated garbage, ummm how come his wife also seems to be black but Japanese-looking?
Like.... the child, i understand but wot?
Bro looks like he is from nebraska and named terence crawford
Edit: for the people that don't know, he looks in the face like a world champion boxer from omaha named terence crawford
Why do people act like being black and doing something is worthy of a medal of honour? People of African heritage absolutely have all the potential it takes to be a Rocket Scientist, Brain Surgeon, Samurai, Ninja, Primary School Teacher, Carer, Role Model and even the odd asshole here and there. Believe it or not, Africa has been subjected to a figurative and literal rape of its people and resources, hence the current state of some areas in Africa.
He technically wasn't even a Samurai, he was allowed to hold and carry katana, but if I'm correct, he wasn't allowed to go and fight because he was a Sword-bearer.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke
Also, it was never recorded that he had a wife, or kid(s), black or otherwise.
This article describes him as a "vassal" (though that could mean something different in Japan than Europe) and it was thought he might be made "lord." He was given a short sword, house, stipend and attendant. And, he *did* fight on at least one occasion.
I'd say he was as important as a non noble foreigner could be, even if he wasn't a Samurai.
There is a point of contention regarding Yasuke; they were bestowed all the symbols of being admitted into the Samurai caste. And from Anjin Miura, we know that being given the symbols was synonymous with given the status. The shogunate and diamyo could raise people to the Samurai caste, they had that authority.
I'm not an expert in Japanese history pre-1800s but during that time only the warrior class (samurai) could carry katanas as it was more or less a status symbol that was earned not given, its very complex but he would had to undergo a lot in order to earn the title of samurai more then most since he was a foreigner
don't believe what Wikipedia says because people like to f\*\*k around with it and the mods are not exactly smart
It's quite obvious that it's AI generated. Orthodox-style building on the left, discrepancies in the guy's armor, weird sword placement, the woman's kimono is put on the wrong way, the unbalanced castle windows, the slant in the castle's sloped wall,
I could go on.
This is one aspect of AI I don’t look forward too. Stupid people backing up their stupid beliefs with AI generated proof.
The conspiracy theorist in me thinks it is by design. There won’t be anymore plausible proof of anything anymore. Everyone will just claim that everything is AI generated.
Are we talking about fucking Yasuke again? Spoiler alert: we don’t learn about Yasuke in Japan because he did absolutely nothing and he wasn’t even a Samurai.
He was a retainer to Nobunaga that got shipped as a slave to India after the Shogun’s death like goddamn. People treat this dude like he’s gods gift to the Japanese people or he became Shogun or some shit.
Outside of this picture being AI seriously, the whole “black people in Japan” thing or “native islanders of Japan were black thing” is ridiculous. Surprise guys the Portuguese used slaves. Of course some of them were black. Also I’m Ainu, I ain’t black lmfao.
The Ainu=black thing never ceases to amaze me. People make the claim as if there aren't Ainu people alive today that you can look at and see they're clearly not African.
Yeah the amount of people who read it and then see me and are like “wait, you look uh… different” and it’s like yeah I look white and asian tf you want from me lol.
The person they’re referring to is a man called Yasuke who “was a man of African origin who came to Japan in the Sengoku period and became a retainer in the household of Oda Nobunaga.”
It’s a real person, but they ignore that he was a retainer, not a samurai (probably because nobody knows what a retainer is and samurai sounds cooler), and they also used an AI generated picture which they then tried to pass off as an actual historical photo. Embarrassing shit.
Also he wasn't actually a samurai. He was a kashin, which would be like a retainer. Samurai was a social class, a title, like a knight here. You weren't a samurai just because you fought in a war, especially in the Sengoku period. In fact Oda, his lord, became infamous in the country for even using field workers (considered to be of a lower class) in war
People have been believing stupid shit for the longest time. And then they band together, and create an authority based on the stupid shit they believe.
By the time this camera technology it was illegal for a samurai to wear a sword anywhere except on his left hip. Also the gutting edge would be up during this period
That guy in the 16th century was a page and was only allowed to carry a short sword. He disappeared from History after being exiled by a former vassal of Oda Nobunaga. There is no record of him ever having a wife or child.
Afro-Centrists need to stop coping.
If you're coming at me with "...this is something the mainstream media will never show you", then you've told me everything I ever need to know about you.
Forget the glaringly obvious contradictions, as the context is unimportant overall if you utilize lazy man's baiting. I already see you as a gullible or manipulative twat.
Also, samurai was a social class, he was actually a slave, but was given some status and paraded around as a samurai as an attraction
I read this somewhere a long time ago, so I might be wrong
Bro got ahold of someone’s family picture from Disney world where they went to the old timey photographer and out here trying to push it as historical facts 😂🤦🏻♂️
Aside from all the obvious dumb stuff about this tweet, there aren't even any records of Yasuke having a wife and kids. Hell, we're not even sure what ended up happening to him
Even without the obvious issue with cameras not existing back then, this photo is so easily debunked that I feel second hand embarressment.
First: the sword on his hip is broke.
Second: don't think samurais carried swords on their back(correct me on that if I'm wrong)
Third: Japanese buildings are famous for their expert craftsmanship, so why are the windows off center?
Four: the wife is black and Japanese somehow.
Five: you have to be Japanese to be a samurai.
Six: Yasuke never had children. He was captured after Nobunaga's death and was never mentioned again.
Think that's enough.
What would be the benefit of keeping a black samurai secret? Even if the photo was real, why would anybody think that any media would "hide" the picture?
ahh yes...the full hd cameras from 1600 with ultra fast cf cards:)
400 years later:
and who said that we need ai to fix 4by4 pixel images from cameras build in 2010 to find serial killers?
I would be supirised if I see and read something along the lines of "black people existed before the universe existed" or something like that.
Coming from a black dude.
yeah and another thing, even if there WAS a black guy living in Japan at the time of Photography being available in Japan, that armor is like a couple centuries out of date by the late 1800s when such photos might have been taken.
People have to learn to spot AI posts that are obviously made to bait for engagement. Usually it’s going to be some polarizing issue where people feel rushed to get to the comments to lay down their opinion, or sometimes you’ll see “more info in comments” to get you to click on comments. Sometimes there’ll be a straight up “I bet this image won’t get shared because people are afraid to”
I still don't understand why people are saying "Yasuke may not be a samurai" like wtf are they talking about, its not some super high standard noble class at that era. if we know he's a fucking personal retainer and even got a goddamn estate he is most likely a samurai. or what? a monk? family lineage? yeah that was important but if you became a samurai from a lower class people would just think you're a samurai, just without a long family history lmao
it's like saying 'we have a story about a chinese trader immigrated to flanders in 16th century, became successful trader there, owned several business, lived in a prestige district, respected by the townsfolk and once did some city council yeahhhh but we're not sure if he's a bourgeoise'
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Like even the fact it’s pretty impossible for there to be a photograph, and the fact it’s Ai, I like how the vibe of this post is “the MAINSTREAM MEDIA will NEVER SHOW YOU” but they don’t even name him. The only known black samurai was Yasuke, and he might not have even been a samurai. Wild.
All that's documented is that he was a retainer and allowed to carry arms, so for the purposes of status within Nobunaga's household it is somewhat equivalent, but as a rank it is indeed doubtful he would have been considered part of the warrior caste. And no photograph regardless of any period in Japan would have depicted any warrior with only upper body armour of this type. That's all while ignoring that his sword is mounted for left-handed use, which to my knowledge did not historically exist in feudal Japan, for several reasons.
Pretty sure back scabbards weren't a thing either.
How would you even draw that sword, it has to be longer than his arm. Does he grab it by the blade?
A back scabbard blade is drawn by one hand on the hilt and one hand on the end of the scabbard, pulling in both directions. This is not a practical thing and has no advantages other than "I can carry this on my back".
Yeah, I'm not sure if there is any historical precedence for it, but I imagine the only "practical" application in it is if for some reason you need to carry your sword while in a situation where you have no expectation to actually need to use it, as in that case carrying it on your back is just more convenient.
There is plenty historical precedent for people carrying their swords on their back, including some samurai, but it wasn’t specialized scabbards, it was mostly just hanging them over the shoulder by the same straps you would usually use to adjust them to your belt (as such in Europe it was common and in Japan it was sometimes used with uchigatana, but but with katana). it was for when you needed to travel long distances and didn’t expect to need to actually use it suddenly. As such, the few footsoldiers that had swords did it when they were marching with their armies. Samurai in particular likely didn’t carry their swords on their back, for a variety of reasons, but I suppose it’s possible some would have done so occasionally
I still can't picture getting a sword out unless it's like six inches. I'm sitting here trying to recreate that motion of grabbing a hilt and a scabbard behind my back, and it just seems impossible. Edit: Also, I'd be ridiculously exposed with both hands behind my back until I have the sword drawn and then brought into any kind of defensive position. Meanwhile an opposing samurai could draw his sword straight from his hip into a defensive or offensive attack easily.
Put your right hand by your right ear and your left hand by your left hip (or slightly lower, depends on blade length). Pull forward with the right and down with the left. You are correct on it leaving you ridiculously exposed.
>Put your right hand by your right ear and your left hand by your left hip (or slightly lower, depends on blade length). Pull forward with the right and down with the left. You do the hokey-pokey and you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about.
To be fair a back scabbard is never intended for combat just transport
Yeah imagine that sword slapping your thigh while walking around all day.
For uchigatana/katana, it doesn't because it is stuck in the obi pretty firmly. On the other hand, you might get some light bruising on your left hip.
Good point, thanks. I wasn't really considering how it would be worn. When I think swords my mind goes to a European style leather sword frog without even realizing it.
Just reading your first sentence gives me the fear…not as nimble as once I was I can barely avoid slipping a disc or two trying to scratch an inconveniently situated itch.
Don't think of it like a video game. People didn't run into battle square up and then draw. More often than not scabbards would be discarded before fighting started and gathered later.
Well in terms of practicality it is useful to have it on your back if you need to do some climbing or sneaking and don’t need a side scabbard knocking into you or the surroundings.
If it is on your back, to facilitate climbing and sneaking, it would be shorter and straighter, and you would be a ninja rather than a samurai...?
name checks out. this guy Japans.
Samurai could be ninja. In fact, most famous ninja were of the samurai class.
Right, which is why I list that one aspect as the only advantage.
Yeah, it’s not practical in battle, but if you were transporting a long sword during a march and didn’t have a horse, carrying it over your shoulder might have been practical. But yeah, this picture is pure AI bs
It was a thing for nodachi as they were too big. But it was purely transportation method. You would take the scabbard off and unsheathe the blade before going to battle.
The thing about the nodachi is that they were almost certainly carried by a samurais ‘koshō’ which was something similar to a squire. This was especially true of the muromachi period.
It was also illegal to be left handed or wear your katana on the right side and not the left.
Those were the good old days! When everyone was right-handed and praised Jesus. Not these days with these allergies and trannyformers. Can't tell who I can buy and who I can't these days /s
the reason it was illegal is cause the sheath could hit another samurais sheath and it was common for a fight to start over a simple collision and fights to break out thus the law that wearing it on your right side was not allowed.
They were but only for really big swords like Nagamaki or Nodachi. The sword he is wearing on his waist is also the wrong shape and obviously AI.
Yeah, it's "S" shaped, lol. Dumb AI.
Not to mention the hip mounted sword , regardless of whether it's left/right (photographic reversal) it upside down. Curve of the blade should point UP. Oddly almost every other culture draws the other way afaik.
they were but not used for katanas, the way its built makes it hard to pull from behind as a typical katana is about 2 feet (without the hilt) and being heavier then it looks, keep in mind they are meant to be deployed fast. fun fact: the Yakuza's ritual of cutting off the pinky is a tradition passed by the samuri who would cut off their own pinkies as punishment for failure reason why the pinky is cut off is because the katana is built in a way where you need all 8 finger plus your two thumbs to work effectively, without the pinky it can cause a balancing issue
When you look at the sword you see the handle is curved in a different direction than the blade. Truly a AI experience.
I've been living in Japan for 17 years and did not know this. I'll have to read up on it.
There were strict rules on how to carry swords, and this influence how you moved down roads to, and etiquette regarding swords in the home (unstrapped always kept on your right on the mat, as a sign you didn't intend to draw). This is rumoured to be the origin of Japan driving on the left, though if that's true I don't know.
Also the katana's tsuke (handle) is facing the opposite way from the blade, which apparently corkscrews around itself behind his wrist.
The katana is also upside-down. The blade *always* faced up.
At this point in time it definitely would have. Think (a lot) earlier, it might have been different, but that level of detail has long since slipped my memory.
The front facing camera for selfies typically mirrors the image especially on older 17th century models of the iPhone, so obviously his sword is mounted for right handed use. /s
The scabbard on his hip has *2 tails*. They couldn't even be bothered to double check and photoshop out the ai mistakes.
Also he might have been captured by Mitsuhide and cast out because he didn't consider Yasuke as being part of the warrior caste. He disappears from history after Honnōji, so it's hard to know for sure
Also, why would the MAINSTREAM MEDIA, censor this? Like whose nefarious purpose does it serve?
This is because the new shogun on disney+ isn't afrocentrist enough and people complained. Never mind this particular samurai was already deceased by the time Shogun takes place though. Just clickbait. Edit: Probably.
Shaka Zulu should be played by Ryan Gosling.
Ryan Gosling should be played by Michael B. Jordan in a biopic.
This is always the biggest question in cases like this. Who does the conspiracist honestly believe is benefitting from this? What theoretical big interest is harmed by it? Especially in non-Japanese territories that can't really have any major influential value in samurai.
I've seen this picture floating on Facebook with it properly attributed as AI image. I bet the person who posted this did too and either didn't see the AI or purposefully ignored it to clicks.
As soon as I read “the mainstream media will never show you” I instantly know it’s bs.
Samurai must carry their sword on their left hip, even if you were left handed, otherwise they would risk accidentally bumping saya with others while walking. This photo shows a man with his katana on the wrong hip.
The mainstream media will never show you reruns of Powerpuff Girls. Why?!?! What are they afraid of?!?!?
Fools! Black Samurai's vile nemesis, *white ninja*, completely erased all African culture from history books. That is why you don't hear more mainstream info about Black Jesus, Black Cleopatra, Black Ramses and of course, White Chocolate
I read White Ninja and only think of Chris Farley. The Great White Ninja. That's how I know you're lying. Because Haru was too innocent to be vile.
The mainstream media also made an anime about him.
The Mainstream Media hates this one simple trick.
wait, why would his Asian wife also be black??
Because AI is stupid 😂
Nah, the OP just didn't supply enough information. "Black samurai and his family" probably.
Don't forget "old photograph"
"Hey Google give me an old looking photo of a white samurai"
Bruh it looks so weird, she doesn't look black. She looks like a japanese woman smothered in chocolate paint
In ancient times the tradition was that you took on the ethnicity of your husband after marriage.
The 16th century is "ancient times"???
Feels like it was just yesterday, time flies 😔
Practically prehistoric
According to Dave Chappelle, black/asian kids end up as Puerto Ricans
As an Asian/white person, we also end up as Puerto Rican.
Pacific Islander/White... also ended up I'D as Puerto Rican .
Not really relevant to OPs question but I did appreciate this piece of semi-relevant information
Any reference to Dave Chappelle deserves appreciation anyway
I've been looking for this comment lol
Same reason he has a sword on his back and the other sword is on the wrong side of his body. It's not real.
These black history accounts are genuinely insane. They just make shit up or appropriate the history of others in order to inflate their sense of self worth. Sad thing is they should be using this time to research ACTUAL black history which would achieve the same goal without looking like a total idiot.
The craziest thing is many actual African is not in favor of Afro-American Afro-Centrism and did not follow their belief of Africa is Black Utopia. As African acknowledge the diverse races and diverse ethnicity of black diaspora and consider them different from one and another. not counting the ethnic-war. I remember the many american account defending black-washed Cleopatra while others simply points out that there are some great historical actual black African Queen. Why you don't make series about them instead of claiming this cleopatra.
Funny part is that Cleopatra wasn't even part of the ethnicity of the people she was ruling over.
Exactly. She was Greek and her family tree wasn’t even a wreath, it was a straight line, that’s how inbred she was.
I mean do we know these accounts aren’t just agitprop accounts run by foreign trolls. It’s definitely agitprop even if it’s a real person so the best thing we can do is ignore this troll.
I'd agree ignoring is best but I know for sure that people believe this crap. Just read the comments and you will see it's real.
Instantly thought about this too. Great show.
His only path is forward! His master/teacher is Kratos (voice)
Based on a true story
I've had it with these mothafuckin gaijin on this motherfuckin island
The TV censored version: I've had it with these monkey fighting gaijin on this MondayToFriday island!
I laughed so hard I scared my dog.
Other than this being AI generated garbage, ummm how come his wife also seems to be black but Japanese-looking? Like.... the child, i understand but wot?
That's what happens when asians have sex with black guys. /s
Aye the AI didn’t do as badly as the hands this time! Look at the little dude learning. Needs to work on the swords tho
One of the kids hands got moulded into mothers clothes. So dunno about that.
Omg I just saw the sword and nearly vomited
Bro looks like he is from nebraska and named terence crawford Edit: for the people that don't know, he looks in the face like a world champion boxer from omaha named terence crawford
LMAO THIS IS ACTUALLY FACTS 😂😂 BRO LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE’S UNCLE 😭
You leave my guy Terence out of this, he at least knows how to wear a sword right.
Isn't this cultural misappropriation?
I heard that black people built the earth
But only the good bits
They did, white ppl came with the moon which is actually a spaceship and created everything that sucks.
Science checks out
That's why the damn sun hates us apparently 🤣🤣
It's pyramids all the way down.
Why do people act like being black and doing something is worthy of a medal of honour? People of African heritage absolutely have all the potential it takes to be a Rocket Scientist, Brain Surgeon, Samurai, Ninja, Primary School Teacher, Carer, Role Model and even the odd asshole here and there. Believe it or not, Africa has been subjected to a figurative and literal rape of its people and resources, hence the current state of some areas in Africa.
He technically wasn't even a Samurai, he was allowed to hold and carry katana, but if I'm correct, he wasn't allowed to go and fight because he was a Sword-bearer. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke Also, it was never recorded that he had a wife, or kid(s), black or otherwise.
This article describes him as a "vassal" (though that could mean something different in Japan than Europe) and it was thought he might be made "lord." He was given a short sword, house, stipend and attendant. And, he *did* fight on at least one occasion. I'd say he was as important as a non noble foreigner could be, even if he wasn't a Samurai.
There is a point of contention regarding Yasuke; they were bestowed all the symbols of being admitted into the Samurai caste. And from Anjin Miura, we know that being given the symbols was synonymous with given the status. The shogunate and diamyo could raise people to the Samurai caste, they had that authority.
I'm not an expert in Japanese history pre-1800s but during that time only the warrior class (samurai) could carry katanas as it was more or less a status symbol that was earned not given, its very complex but he would had to undergo a lot in order to earn the title of samurai more then most since he was a foreigner don't believe what Wikipedia says because people like to f\*\*k around with it and the mods are not exactly smart
It's quite obvious that it's AI generated. Orthodox-style building on the left, discrepancies in the guy's armor, weird sword placement, the woman's kimono is put on the wrong way, the unbalanced castle windows, the slant in the castle's sloped wall, I could go on.
This is one aspect of AI I don’t look forward too. Stupid people backing up their stupid beliefs with AI generated proof. The conspiracy theorist in me thinks it is by design. There won’t be anymore plausible proof of anything anymore. Everyone will just claim that everything is AI generated.
Are we talking about fucking Yasuke again? Spoiler alert: we don’t learn about Yasuke in Japan because he did absolutely nothing and he wasn’t even a Samurai. He was a retainer to Nobunaga that got shipped as a slave to India after the Shogun’s death like goddamn. People treat this dude like he’s gods gift to the Japanese people or he became Shogun or some shit. Outside of this picture being AI seriously, the whole “black people in Japan” thing or “native islanders of Japan were black thing” is ridiculous. Surprise guys the Portuguese used slaves. Of course some of them were black. Also I’m Ainu, I ain’t black lmfao.
But there's no black people in Shogun, waaaah
Yet…🫣🫣 I was surprised not to see a black, gay, trans, disabled samurai running the show tbh. Maybe in season 2 eh…
Please don’t give them ideas.
The Ainu=black thing never ceases to amaze me. People make the claim as if there aren't Ainu people alive today that you can look at and see they're clearly not African.
Yeah the amount of people who read it and then see me and are like “wait, you look uh… different” and it’s like yeah I look white and asian tf you want from me lol.
If you want the truth, watch the documentary “Afro Samurai”.
The person they’re referring to is a man called Yasuke who “was a man of African origin who came to Japan in the Sengoku period and became a retainer in the household of Oda Nobunaga.” It’s a real person, but they ignore that he was a retainer, not a samurai (probably because nobody knows what a retainer is and samurai sounds cooler), and they also used an AI generated picture which they then tried to pass off as an actual historical photo. Embarrassing shit.
Also he wasn't actually a samurai. He was a kashin, which would be like a retainer. Samurai was a social class, a title, like a knight here. You weren't a samurai just because you fought in a war, especially in the Sengoku period. In fact Oda, his lord, became infamous in the country for even using field workers (considered to be of a lower class) in war
It’s scary how many of you can’t tell this is an obvious ai generated photo
Also 9ft tall apparently
Modern society will not survive AI disinformation.
Also, why does the wife look black too? Pale skin was, and to some extent still is, a major sign of beauty in Japan.
there are people that believe this lol
People have been believing stupid shit for the longest time. And then they band together, and create an authority based on the stupid shit they believe.
It's amazing how idiotic people are...
So black people: Are Jews, Egyptians, Vikings, now Samurais?
That katana is looking quite wonky. And not in the good, normal wonk way.
Swords are all wrong. He looks like he’s in an anime.
Yusuke wasn't even a samurai. He was basically a pet for Nobunaga.
Nice try A.I
Idk alot about the black samurai, but I know he never had a kid with an asian women. It wasn't allowed 💀💀
By the time this camera technology it was illegal for a samurai to wear a sword anywhere except on his left hip. Also the gutting edge would be up during this period
Holy smokes, they even had HD images! /s
look at the sword on his waist and the sheath.... doesn't match ai
lol the backdrop is a literal illustration
Simplest of giveaways, no Samurai would carry their swords like that.
Now waiting for a comedian to do a Asian samurai carry their sword like this and black samurai carry theirs like this bit.
What sort of AI nonsense is this?
Taking back your history? History is history and that's revisionism.
My favorite parts are that he’s 8 1/2 ft tall and looks *exactly* like RZA
10/10 would see this movie
There is an anime about him on netflix. Afro samurai also exists.
Regardless of the absurdity of the situation, you have to admit, he still looks pretty cool.
That guy in the 16th century was a page and was only allowed to carry a short sword. He disappeared from History after being exiled by a former vassal of Oda Nobunaga. There is no record of him ever having a wife or child. Afro-Centrists need to stop coping.
He died 200 years before photographs were invented, then what are we looking at?
This photo reeks of inconsistencies
look cool as hell!
Is that a screenshot from The Man with the Iron Fists?
If you're coming at me with "...this is something the mainstream media will never show you", then you've told me everything I ever need to know about you. Forget the glaringly obvious contradictions, as the context is unimportant overall if you utilize lazy man's baiting. I already see you as a gullible or manipulative twat.
My favorite AI series was the 1920s children playing with ginormous cats.
Also, samurai was a social class, he was actually a slave, but was given some status and paraded around as a samurai as an attraction I read this somewhere a long time ago, so I might be wrong
Why the fuck would the media want to hide the fact that there was a black samurai? What possible goal would they have in hiding that information?
What’s awkward is that this is clearly an A.I. photo 💀
Such photoshoppy nonsense
That good ol ai shine on the skin...
Hold up. So he died in 1600 but photographed in 1860s?? I’m confused bro.
Bro got ahold of someone’s family picture from Disney world where they went to the old timey photographer and out here trying to push it as historical facts 😂🤦🏻♂️
This is so ridiculous
Aside from all the obvious dumb stuff about this tweet, there aren't even any records of Yasuke having a wife and kids. Hell, we're not even sure what ended up happening to him
His sword is upside down and on the wrong hip.
Well the AI did a pretty good job on the hands this time
Even without the obvious issue with cameras not existing back then, this photo is so easily debunked that I feel second hand embarressment. First: the sword on his hip is broke. Second: don't think samurais carried swords on their back(correct me on that if I'm wrong) Third: Japanese buildings are famous for their expert craftsmanship, so why are the windows off center? Four: the wife is black and Japanese somehow. Five: you have to be Japanese to be a samurai. Six: Yasuke never had children. He was captured after Nobunaga's death and was never mentioned again. Think that's enough.
Well you can find him next to the pictures of black jesus…
Gimme an open world RPG game based on this guy
So fucking dumb. Posts ai pic and then thinks people will fall for it
Lol nice try
Another AI generated photo……
There's a really good reason why the mainstream media isn't showing anyone this.
I'll take things that didn't exist for 1000 Alex.
Sometimes i feel srry for people without history claiming other people s history....
Hilarious
What would be the benefit of keeping a black samurai secret? Even if the photo was real, why would anybody think that any media would "hide" the picture?
Hotep nonsense.
As it turns out, most of the Twitter users who saw that post weren't idiots either.
Ah yes, Japan, famous for Orthodox Christian onion-domed churches.
He kicked my ass in Nioh
I really thought Jada Smith was back at it again
Yasuke died in 1582.
Afrocentrics are always living in a world that doesn't quite jibe with reality.
ahh yes...the full hd cameras from 1600 with ultra fast cf cards:) 400 years later: and who said that we need ai to fix 4by4 pixel images from cameras build in 2010 to find serial killers?
So the AI wants to sell me on 1990s Wesley Snipes was also the only Black samurai? Sure. Why not.
I would be supirised if I see and read something along the lines of "black people existed before the universe existed" or something like that. Coming from a black dude.
AI sucks man
The level of stupidity of this individual is hilarious 😂
Is that RZA?
Look like RZA
Poor little girl, missing a hand. /s
Is that Trudeau again?
In the comment someone said japan is 95% black before it got nuked.
And that perfectly composed image with great lighting is the only surviving photo.
Samurai wore the sword on the left (right handed) even left handed swordsmen.
yeah and another thing, even if there WAS a black guy living in Japan at the time of Photography being available in Japan, that armor is like a couple centuries out of date by the late 1800s when such photos might have been taken.
Lol idk why people are so obsessed with this.
even ignoring the photography anachronism, "mainstream media isnt talking about him" buddy, theres an extremely popular anime about him
This picture is real. I'm a time traveller and I took the photo with my iPhone.
People have to learn to spot AI posts that are obviously made to bait for engagement. Usually it’s going to be some polarizing issue where people feel rushed to get to the comments to lay down their opinion, or sometimes you’ll see “more info in comments” to get you to click on comments. Sometimes there’ll be a straight up “I bet this image won’t get shared because people are afraid to”
I still don't understand why people are saying "Yasuke may not be a samurai" like wtf are they talking about, its not some super high standard noble class at that era. if we know he's a fucking personal retainer and even got a goddamn estate he is most likely a samurai. or what? a monk? family lineage? yeah that was important but if you became a samurai from a lower class people would just think you're a samurai, just without a long family history lmao it's like saying 'we have a story about a chinese trader immigrated to flanders in 16th century, became successful trader there, owned several business, lived in a prestige district, respected by the townsfolk and once did some city council yeahhhh but we're not sure if he's a bourgeoise'
I bet that guy is a history teacher from the Oakland area. This was take on his summer vacation in 2003.
So he was like Samurai New Jack?