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In Part 1, I introduced a mysterious entry in Ietada Diary referenced in Lockley's paper, suggesting that Matsudaira Iet...

In tracing the sources of Lockley’s 2016 paper, I may have identified the original inspiration behind his descriptions i...

In Part 1, I discussed Thomas Lockley’s claim that "Black slaves in Japan owned slaves." In Part 2, I pointed out that a...

In this post, I’ll be covering more questionable claims from Lockley’s paper The Story of Yasuke: Nobunaga's African Ret...

The controversy surrounding Yasuke, which was ignited by Assassin's Creed Shadows, has led to renewed discussion about h...