Japanese History Happy New Year: Embracing a Lifestyle Inspired by Minakata Kumagusu
Happy New Year! 2025 is finally here. I’m currently enjoying a relaxed time at my family’s home in Tochigi Prefecture. I...
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Japanese History Reflecting on 2024: A Year of Discovering Independent Scholars
Merry Christmas! The year is almost over, and it’s flown by so quickly. Recently, I visited the Marunouchi area near Tok...
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...
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...
Game [Attention] When Citing My Articles, Please Do So Precisely: On the Definition of the Word “Historian”
Ubisoft has released a statement emphasizing the fictional nature of Assassin's Creed Shadows. While some critics remain...
Game Dreamy History Assassin 2: Why Did He Fabricate Yasuke’s Story? Thomas Lockley’s Cinderella Complex
In my previous posts, I discussed how Thomas Lockley presents different versions of Yasuke’s history in Japanese and Eng...
Game Dreamy History Assassin 1: How Did Thomas Lockley Edit Wikipedia?
I was planning to write my next blog post about "My Top 10 Favorite Anime," but changed my mind due to astonishing new i...
Game Why It Took So Long for Japanese People to Realize the Yasuke Problem: Perfidious Historian, Thomas Lockley
Over a month ago, I wrote an article criticizing Assassin’s Creed, particularly focusing on Thomas Lockley’s portrayal o...
Game Disappointment in Thomas Lockley: His Lies in The Japan Times Rebuttal
Regarding Yasuke, the next protagonist of Assassin's Creed, whom I wrote about last week, Thomas Lockley, who claims to ...