Shimabara garrison, attempted siege of, 317
Shimazu, Iehisa, 322, 327
Shimazu, Yoshihisa, 322
Shimazu clan, 70, 448
Shingon Buddhism, 126
shinobi, 83–84
Shinpu, destruction of, 247–248
Shinto shrines, destruction of, 48, 114
shogunate, about, 163–164
shoguns, about, 52–53, 140
shudo (“way of adolescent boys”), 206–209
shugo (governors), 164
Sidotti, Giovanni Battista, 362
silk trade, 181
slavery, 54, 55–59, 62, 78, 79–82, 175–181, 339, 351–352, 379, 429–430
social activism, 372
sohei (warrior monks), 53, 54, 106, 135, 145, 163, 167, 198, 210
Spheres of Influence, 374
stereotypes. See racism
sumo wrestlers, 212, 213, 285, 363, 363
Surat, 175
Suwa, Lady, 247
Suwa, town of, 255
T
Taiga dramas, 373
taiko (war drums), 218, 326
Taira-Minamoto War (Genpei War), 195
Taitei no Ken, 375
Takahashi, Toramatsu, 205–206, 293
Takamatsu, siege of, 269, 313
Takatō Castle, taking of, 246–247
Takatsuki, 110–111
Takayama, Ukon
about, 104–105, 109–110, 150, 251, 348, 385–386
battle against Akechi, 312–313
and Easter Sunday gathering, 111–112
Jesuit influence on, 310
and Nobunaga, 112
and overthrow of Nobunaga, 277, 280–281
and siege of Tottori Castle, 223, 226
Takeda, Katsuyori, 145, 240, 245
competitor of Oda, Nobunaga, 191
defeat of, 252
suicide of, 250
warring with Nobutada, 246–248
Takeda clan
last stand of, 249, 249–250
as threat to Nobunaga, 240
war against, 242–250
Tamaki, Mitsuya, 354, 355, 356, 357
tax code in Japan, 195
tea ceremony, 237, 276, 281–282
Teen Reading Lounge, 376, 377
teeth, blackened, 416
temples, destruction of. See Buddhist temples, destruction of
Tenjiku, 34
tenka fubu, 145, 270
Tenkyū, 253–254
theatre and drama, 67, 414–415
Tokugawa, Ieyasu
about, 334, 385, 444
aftermath of Nobunaga overthrow, 311–312
loyalty to Nobunaga, 258, 267, 268–271
Nobunaga guest of, 260–268
Tomé, 354
tono (lord), 47
torture of Catholics, 349
Tottori Castle, 391
ghost story, 437–438
siege of, 222–223, 227–228
Toyama, Lady, 248
Toyotomi (Hideyoshi), 336
trade
Japanese, 50, 86, 102, 104–105, 256–257, 405–407
Portuguese, 181
trafficking, human. See slavery
travel by sea, 20–22, 69
U
Uesugi, Kenshin, 83, 163, 355
umazoroe (Cavalcade of Horses), 116, 160, 163, 165–171
Uwai, Kakken, 333, 334–335
V
Valignano, Alessandro, 40
about, 23, 33, 39, 42, 383–384
arrival in Japan, 19–20, 23–24, 29–37
in Azuchi, 185, 216–217
and Catholic seminary in Kazusa, 63–64
and Easter Sunday gathering, 110–113
education and, 62
establishment of mission, 71
gunrunning and, 61
to Hinoe Castle, 44–46
on homosexuality, 207
on Japanese language, 72–74
to Kyoto, 99–103
meeting with Nobunaga, 112, 156
in Nagasaki, 84–88
on non-European languages and customs, 62
and Ōmura Sumitada, 52
opinions on Africans, 75–78
relationship to Rome, 61–63
role of in Japan, 41
in Sakai, 104–109
slavery and, 61, 78
success of, 88
in Utsuki, 91–92
as Visitor to the Indies, 41
Yasuke as bodyguard to, 20–21, 30, 60–61, 69–70, 78, 82
Ventura, 349–350
video games, 374, 375
the Visitor. See Valignano, Alessandro
volley fire, musket, 144, 145, 286, 425
W
wabisabi (and tea culture), 237, 276
war drums, 218, 326
warfare
guns. See guns
in India, 175, 177–179
massed musket volley fire, 144, 145, 286, 425
rocket launchers, 419
Yasuke’s experience with. See Yasuke
warlords, about, 53
warlords, individual, 384–388
warrior monks, 53, 54, 106, 135, 145, 163, 167, 197–198, 210
warriors, Azande, 209
warriors, Japanese, 32
warriors, of Iga, 223–224
warriors, way of (Bushidō), 195–196
“way of adolescent boys,” 206–209
“the way of tea,” 237, 276, 281–282
weapons, 48, 50, 52, 66–67, 101, 178, 190–191, 280, 404
breech loaders, 319–320, 321
cannon, 319–320, 323–324, 327
European, 216, 323
guns, 48, 280, 300, 319–320, 404, 425
Japanese, 323
of Jesuits, 61
manufacture of, 104, 216–217
musket volley fire, 144, 145, 286, 425
naginata, 66–67, 201, 276, 286, 287
rocket launchers, 419
trident, 120
The Witch of Bungo. See “Jezebel the Witch”
women
ninja as, 231–232
pearl divers, 102, 419–420
as samurai, 200–202, 247
women in Japan, attitude toward, 66, 417–417
writing box, 120, 121, 344
WWII and the Japanese, 372
X
Xavier, Francis, 76, 409
Y
yakata (Nobunaga’s palace), 188–189
Yasuke, 363, 367, 378
about, 25–26, 34
as African spectacle in Kyoto, 122–124, 127–131
after Nobunaga overthrow, 311, 314–315, 316
to aid Hideyoshi in battle, 276–277
arrival in Japan, 23–24, 29–38
to Azuchi, 172–174
at Azuchi Castle, 184–185
in battle against Ryūzōji, 325
becomes samurai, 192–193
birthplace of, 57, 153
as bodyguard to Nobunaga, 189–191
as bodyguard to Valignano, 20–21, 30, 60–61, 69–70, 78, 82
and cannon expertise, 319–320, 321, 323–325
in Cavalcade of Horses, 167–168
in contemporary comics, 373, 375, 377
in contemporary media, 365–369, 373–375
and death of Nobunaga, 294
defense of Honnō-ji Temple, 283–288, 289–303
derivation of name, 403–404
and divinity plays, 67–69
early stories of, 361–365
and E
aster Sunday gathering, 110–113
enslavement of, 55–59, 79–80, 174–182, 227
evidence of, 358–359
experience with warfare, 175, 177–179, 190–191
fleeing to Nobutada, 296–299
gifted to Arima, 318
gifted to Nobunaga, 156, 160, 426
in Goa, 181–182
as hatamoto, 197
hawking, participant in, 214–216
to Hinoe Castle, 44–46
at Honnō-ji Temple, 278–279
Iga ambush on, 232–234
and Japanese language, 63, 74
joining Nobutada’s forces with Nobunaga, 250–251
in Kasuza, 63
to Kyoto, 99–103
leisure time of, 65–66, 86
meeting Nobunaga, 131, 138–139, 148–155
and mission life, 64–65
in Nagasaki, 84–88
and New Year’s horsemanship, 239
observations of the Japanese, 32
origins of, 411–413
personality of, 204
as Portuguese oarsman, 181
and possibility of being a ruler, 257–258
retreat from Honnō-ji Temple, 289–293
return to Jesuits of, 301–303
in Sakai, 104–109
as samurai, 202–203, 204–205, 356–357
spiritual life of, 439–441
stories of, 358–369
summoned by Nobunaga, 113–114
in sumo tournament, 212–213
surrender of, 300–301
in Suwa, 255–256
training Japanese militia, 85–86
training of, 66–67
travel to Japan, 19–20
in Utsuki, 91–92
Yasuke, speculations about after Ryūzōji battle
about, 331–332
as ancestor of Tamaki, 354, 357
as Chinese pirate, 351–353
descendants of, 355–356
as employed by a Tokugawa follower, 355
employment value of, 335
as Jesuit muscle, 346–350
as Kurobo, 342–345
leaving service of Jesuits, 335
as part of Coelho’s military force, 332–333
as Portuguese buccaneer, 350–351
as retainer to Katō, 342
as retainer to Naozumi, 353
as sailor, 350
wealth of, 335–336
working for Kamei, 345
Yellow Peril, 370
Yohoken, Paulo, 64–65
Yorozu, Genkuro, 376
Young, 375
Z
Zen Buddhism, 72, 126
Zheng, Zhilong, 352–353
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