Travelogue A Refreshing Escape to Hakone’s Hot Springs
I did 3-day, 2-night trip to Hakone.Hakone in a NutshellHakone is a charming resort town in southwestern Kanagawa Prefec...
Travelogue 
Travelogue A Memorable Autumn Trip to Kyoto and Osaka
I recently visited Kyoto and Osaka, two cities I’ve been to many times because of friends living there. However, this wa...
Japanese History Does the Jesuit Correspondence Record Japanese Purchasing African Slaves? Lúcio de Sousa’s Questionable Claims
In my previous article, I introduced Lucio de Sousa’s book, Escravatura e diáspora Japonesa nos séculos XVI e XVII (2014...
Japanese History Did Lucio de Sousa Lay the Groundwork? Thomas Lockley’s “African Slaves Trend Theory”– Part 2
Previously, I introduced papers and writings that appear to have inspired Thomas Lockley’s “Theory of the Black Slave Tr...
Uncategorized Tracing the Origins of a Mysterious Entry in Ietada Diary: Questionable Statements in Lockley’s Paper – Part 4
In Part 1, I introduced a mysterious entry in Ietada Diary referenced in Lockley's paper, suggesting that Matsudaira Iet...
Uncategorized An Epic Telephone Game? Thomas Lockley’s “African Slaves Trend Theory”
In tracing the sources of Lockley’s 2016 paper, I may have identified the original inspiration behind his descriptions i...
Uncategorized The Origin of the Theory that Black Slaves Owned Japanese Slaves in Japan, Questionable Statements in Lockley’s Paper – Part 3
In Part 1, I discussed Thomas Lockley’s claim that "Black slaves in Japan owned slaves."In Part 2, I pointed out that af...
Uncategorized Did Yasuke Wield Nobunaga’s Sword? Questionable Statements in Lockley’s Paper – Part 2
In this post, I’ll be covering more questionable claims from Lockley’s paper The Story of Yasuke: Nobunaga's African Ret...
Uncategorized Did Black People Own Japanese Slaves?: Questionable Statements in Thomas Lockley’s 2016 Paper – Part 1
The controversy surrounding Yasuke, which was ignited by Assassin's Creed Shadows, has led to renewed discussion about h...
Chinese Disillusionment with Japanese Historical Academia, Bringing Emotion into Academia: Executing Ma Su with Tears
In my previous article, I discussed the definition of the term "historian" and the problematic "preconceptions" Metatron...