divinity plays, 67, 414–415
divorce and marriage, 417–418
drama and theatre, 67, 414–415
E
Easter Sunday gathering, 110–113
education, 62, 64, 92–93
Erin-ji, destruction of, 254–255
Ethiopia, rise in esteem of, 370–371
Ethiopian royal party, 371
European weapons, 323
F
Fernandes, Ambrosius, 24, 322
Festival of the Dead (Obon), 217–218
fiefs, bestowal of, 257–259
firearms. See weapons
Flower Knights, 208
folding screen pictures, 117–121, 118, 119
food. See diet
Fróis, Luís
about, 381–382
after overthrow of Nobunaga, 303
at Easter Sunday gathering, 112
greeting Valignano, 35
fusta (Jesuit galley), 322, 328, 332–333, 448
G
gaming, computer, 374
Gamō, Katahide, 309, 310
gift giving, 134, 236–237
Gifu, 174
Goa-Africa slave trade, 430.
See also slavery
government, Japanese methods of, 139–141
Gozen, Dota, 188, 237
Great Saint Nichiren, 136
Great Shining Deity, 255
guns, 48, 280, 300, 319–320, 404, 425–425.
See also weapons
Gyōyu, 273–274
Gyūichi, Ōta, 147, 382
H
Habshi slave soldiers, 79, 175–181, 429, 430
Hachiman, 91
hairstyle of samurai, 199
hakama trousers, 198
Hamzaban, 178–181
Hanzō, Hattori, 311, 387–388
hari-kiri. See seppuku
Harunobu Arima. See Arima, Harunobu
hatamoto (personal attendants), 197, 360
hawking, as pastime, 214–216
head collecting, 242–243, 243, 252–253, 443
hereditary military dictatorship, 140
Hideyoshi
about, 221–222, 384–385
attack on Hōjō clan, 340
attire of, 338
and ban of slave trade, 339
battle against Akechi, 312–315
claiming Kyushu, 339–340
expansion of power, 315–316, 437
gifts to Nobunaga, 236–237
and Imjin War of 1592–1598, 341–342
and island of Kyushu, 334–335
and the Koreans, 340–341
as Nobunaga’s successor, 336
as Oda clan head, 314
plans to invade China, 340–341
siege of Mori castle, 312, 313
siege of Tottori Castle, 227–229
Tokugawa as vassal of, 334
and Toyotomi clan name, 336
warring against Mori clan, 269
warring against Satsuma clan, 337–338
Hideyoshi (drama), 373
Hijiyama Castle, destruction of, 226
Hino Castle, 310
Hinoe Castle
about, 46, 410–411
under siege, 46–48
Yasuke and Valignano to, 44–46
Hirate, Masahide, 143
Historie de l’eglise du Japon (Crasset), 361
hitatare kimono, 198
Hitoana, 265–266
Hōjō clan, 340
Hōjō, Lady, 248–249
homosexuality, 206–209
Honnō-ji Temple, 95, 132, 136, 137, 161–162, 271, 276, 424
houchonin (master chefs), 264–265, 445
Hughes, Langston, 371
human trafficking. See slavery
Hwarang (Flower Knights), 208
Hyouge Mono, 373
I
Iapam, 407
Ietada, Matsudaira, 261, 355, 364, 382, 435
Iga
ambush of Nobunaga, 232–234, 263
war on, 223–231
warriors of, 223–224
Imai, Sōkyū, 281
Imjin War of 1592–1598, 341, 342
imperialism, 369, 371
India, during Yasuke’s time, 174–182
Indians, as Jesuits, 77
Indian slavery, 80.
See also slavery
Indies, about, 41
Ishikawa, Goemon, 224–225
death of, 438, 439
Islam, 76–77, 209
J
Jaang (the Dinka). See the Dinka
Japan.
about, 388–390
civil wars, 33, 53, 124, 140, 316, 405, 432
communication between Korea and China, 74
economic issues, 389–390
Jesuits in, about, 409–410
name of, 407
political rank in, 163–164
sexual practices in, 66, 435–436
in sixteenth century, 52–54
slave trade and. See slavery
trade in. See trade
and WWII, 372
Japanese world concept, 423
Japão, 407
Jesuit Church in Kyoto, 128
Jesuits
about, 39–41
and Arima, 318
to Arima camp, 320–321
attire of, 72
cannon to Arima, 319–320
commerce and, 61
control of Nagasaki, 332–333, 338
conversion of Japan, 42–43, 65
drama and theatre, 414–415
expulsion from Japan, 339, 348
Indians as, 77
influence on Takayama, 310
military force of, 61
as missionaries in Japan. See missionaries
and Nobunaga overthrow, 307–312
and Ōmura, 25, 333
plots of, 413
and Satsuma clan, 333–334
schools of, 410
secret evangelism of, 348–349
sexual relationships and, 49
Shimazu clan, conflicts with, 70
slavery and. See slavery
Yasuke leaving service of, 335
Yasuke speculated as retainer to, 346–350
Jesuits in Japan, 383–384, 388–389, 409–410
“Jezebel the Witch,” 89–92, 100, 336–337, 387
K
kaishakunin, 295
Kamei, Korenori, 345
Kameyama Castle, 273
kami (animist gods), 72
kamikaze (divine winds), 245
Kanō School, 117, 422
Kashiwara, 231
Katō, Kiyomasa, 339, 341–345, 342, 387
Kawada, Lord of Sagami, 354
Kawatamachi, 86
Kazusa, 63
Kiso, Lord, 240
Kiyomizu Temple, 426
Knights (Murao), 378
Koei Tecmo, 374
Kuchinotsu Harbor, 27, 29, 63
kuge (imperial nobility of Kyoto), 163, 165, 428
kunizukushi (cannon), 319–320
Kuro (man from), 344–345
Kurobo, definition of, 342, 369
Kurobo, Yasuke as, 342–345, 387
Kuronbo (Endo¯), 366–369, 454
Kurosuke (Kurusu), 365–367, 368, 378
Kyoto
about, 124–127, 392, 420–421
ancient nobility of, 428
collapse of centralized power, 197
under Oda rule, 219
Kyoto, Jesuit Church i
n, 128
L
Lake Biwa, 173
lascars (Indian workers), 119–120
literacy, 67–69.
See also education
literature
contemporary stories of Yasuke, 365–369
early stories of Yasuke, 358–365
Lodensteyn, Jan Joosten van, 361
M
Macao, 390–391
Manabe, Rokuro, 224–225
manga and anime, 368, 373, 375, 377–379, 452–453
marriage and divorce, 417–418
Martinho, 321, 323–324
marujuji, 323
Masahito, Crown Prince, 281
massed musket volley fire, 144, 145, 286, 425
mass executions of Catholics, 349
master chefs (houchonin), 264–265, 445
meals. See diet
media, contemporary, 373–376
Mexia, Lourenço, 204, 257, 358, 382–383
military dictatorship, hereditary, 140
military slaves, 79.
See also slavery
military supplies. See weapons
Minamoto clan, 140, 196
Mirza, Ibrahim Husain, 174–175
missionaries, 359–360.
See also Catholicism/Catholics; Jesuits
arrival in Japan, 31
Jesuits as, 409–410
life of in Japan, 64–65
missionary work
about, 38, 40, 43, 65
and literacy, 67–69
racism and, 76–78
Miyamoto, Ariana, 373
Momoyama Beat Tribe, 374
money. See currency
Mongol invasions, 245
monogamy, 49
Mori, Bōmaru, 205–206
Mori, Ranmaru, 205, 206
about, 435
death of, 295–296
defense of Honnō-ji Temple, 283–288, 287
lands given to, 259
retreat from Honnō-ji Temple, 289–293
Mori, Rikimaru, 205–206
Mori castle, siege of, 269
Mori clan
about, 97, 191, 392–393
expulsion of Catholics, 418
warring against Akechi, 269–271
warring against Hideyoshi, 269
Mount Fuji
about, 444–445
goddess of, 265–266
movies, 375–376
Mughal conquest, 175, 177–178
munitions. See weapons
Murai, Sadakatsu, 281
Murakami, Lord, 97–98
Murakami, Naojiro, 364
Murakami pirates, 100–102
Muromachi period, 428
muzzle-loading cannon, 320
N
Nagasaki
about, 316, 391
growth of, 51, 84–87
Jesuit control of, 84–87, 332–333, 338
and mass execution of Catholics, 349
Nagasaki Harbor, 85
naginata, 66–67, 201, 276, 286, 287.
See also weapons
nanban byobu (“screens of southern barbarians”), 118
nanshoku (“way of adolescent boys”), 206–209
Nanzen-ji temple, 72
Nata, the, 90
New Year celebration, 235–237, 239
Nichiren Buddhism, 72, 126
Nijō Palace, 293–294
ninja
about, 83–84, 92, 438–439
Iga warriors as, 223–224
women as, 231–232
Nioh (game), 374–375
Niwa, Nagahide, 166, 186, 277
Nobunaga Concerto, 375
Nobunaga: King of Zipangu, 373
Nobunaga’s Ambition, 374
Nōhime (Nobinaga’s wife), 188, 219–220, 237, 435
Norquist, Ken, 376
Northeast Africa, 46, 57, 412
Noshima Island, 103
O
Obon (Festival of the Dead), 217–218
Oda, Hidenobu, 314
Oda, Nobukatsu, 151, 167, 214, 220, 223, 230, 233, 314
Oda, Nobunaga, 141, 366
about, 53–54, 139, 141–146
to aid Hideyoshi in battle, 276–277
attire of, 168–169
attitude toward Buddhism, 135
Azuchi horseback spectacle, 213
to Azuchi with Yasuke, 172–174
bestowal of fiefs, 257–259
Cavalcade of Horses, 112–113, 116, 168–169
competition of, 191
contemporary popularity of, 447
as daimyō, 164–165
death of, 294
defeat of Saika bandits, 244
deposing Yoshiaki, 140–141
execution of Iga residents, 225–226
execution of servants, 210–211
expansion of rule, 219–229
family of, 219–220
governing style, 256–257
as guest of Tokugawa Ieyasu, 259–268
hawking, pastime of, 214–216
Honnō-ji Temple and, 278–279, 283–288, 287, 289–293
Iga ambush on, 232–234, 263
intelligence of, 133, 142, 154
Jesuits and, 134–135
meeting with Valignano, 112
meeting Yasuke, 138–139, 148–155
and New Year celebration, 235–239
ninja assassination attempts on, 224–225
and Ranmaru, about, 435
seminary visit of, 234–235
severed head of, 447
sexual practices of, 207, 435–436
and siege of Tottori Castle, 222, 225, 226–229
sumo tournament, 212–213
in Suwa, 255–256
Takeda as competitor, 191
tea ceremony and, 281–282
territorial government of, 256
Tokugawa, expression of loyalty by, 268–271
traditions of, 203
treason of Akechi. See Akechi, Mitsuhide, treason and
warring of, 219–230
wife of. See Nōhime
Yasuke and. See Yasuke
Oda, Nobutada
about, 151
attack on, 298–300
and attack on Honnō-ji Temple, 293–295
death of, 300
invasion of Takeda lands, 240–241
against Katsuyori, 243, 244, 246–248
Oda, Nobutaka, 151, 220, 314, 315–316
Oda mokkou crest, 130, 192
Ōgimachi, 165, 281, 427–428, 446
Ogura, Jingorou, 205–206
Ogura, Matsuju, 205–206
Ohaguro (blackened teeth), 416
Oichi, 188, 220, 237, 464
Ōmura, Sumitada
about, 50–51, 333, 387
conflicts with Arima, 87
and the Jesuits, 25
Nagasaki gifted to Jesuits, 51–52
and Valignano, 52
Organtino, Gnecchi Soldo, 129, 133
about, 384
at Azuchi Castle, 185–186
and Nobunaga overthrow, 308, 309–311
seminary visit by Nobunaga, 234–235
and Yasuke meeting Nobunaga, 138–139, 148, 153, 155
Oromo, male-to-male relationships of, 209
Osaka Castle, 336–337
Ōtomo, Sōrin, 336–337
about, 89–90, 387
castle of, 92–93
and Murakami pirates, 100
and Nobunaga, 100
wife of, 90–92
Otsuka, Mataichiro, 205–206
P
pearl divers, 102, 419–420
Pennsylvania Humanities Council, 376
pictures, folding screen, 117–121, 118, 119
pirates, 95–97, 100–102, 351–353, 419
poems, death, 248–249
political rank in Japan, 163–164
polygamy, 344, 417, 435
Portuguese, about, 181–182
Portuguese buccaneers, 350–351
prejudice, 43, 75–78, 77, 368, 369–370, 372–373
printing press, 413
prostitution, 415–416.
See also sexual relationships
provincial rulers, 53, 164–165, 197
R
racism, 43, 75–78, 77, 368, 369–370, 372–373
rakuichi rakuza (“free markets and open guilds”), 256–257
Ranmaru. See Mori, Ranmaru
Reformation, the, 359–360
religion, 29, 67, 72, 126, 198, 308, 316, 391, 409
renga, 274–275, 277
Rin School, 120, 344
ritual suicid.See seppuku
rocket launchers, 419
Rokkaku, Yoshikata, 254–255
role-playing games, 374
ronin, 86, 200, 433
Russo-Japanese War, 370
Ryusa, Konishi, 105
Ryūzōji, Takanobu
about, 29, 316, 325
battle against Arima, 36, 85, 326–330
warring against Arima-Satsuma alliance, 322
S
Saika bandits, defeat of, 244
sailors
about, 350
attire of, 100–101
as short-term hires, 405
Sakai, 105, 107
about, 104, 392, 432
under Oda rule, 219
sampan boats, 44–45, 45
samurai, 199
about, 32, 47, 194–197, 432
as hereditary caste, 356
loyalty of, 200
myths of, 266
role of, 204
sexual practices of, 206–209
training of, 211
women as, 200–202, 247
Satomura, Jōha, 273–274
Satsuma clan
about, 316, 392–393
and Arima, 316–317
conflict with Catholics, 85, 92, 334–335
control of Jesuits, 333–334
and Kyushu, 332
warring against Hideyoshi, 337–338
schools and seminaries, 64, 72, 92–93, 185–186
sea, burial at, 404–405
sea divers, women, 102, 419–420
Sea Lords
about, 95–97, 100–102, 197, 418
attacks by, 419
sea travel, 20–22, 69
segregation, 373
seiza (kneeling position), 159
seminaries and schools, 64, 72, 92–93, 185–186
seppuku, 143, 144, 200, 220, 254, 293, 294–295, 312, 315, 387, 423–424
severed heads. See head collecting
sexual relationships, 49, 66, 206–209, 344, 417, 435–436
shigeshoshi (death beauticians), 250, 273, 443
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