This 17th-century folding screen allegedly depicts Yasuke, the African warrior who served under the Japanese warlord Oda Nobunaga. As one of the few foreigners to rise in samurai ranks, Yasuke’s ...

As the first foreign-born samurai, Yasuke fought important battles alongside Oda Nobunaga. Getty Images. French-Ivorian writer Serge Bilé has long been fascinated with Yasuke.

Every other generation or so I try out a Nobunaga’s Ambition, but I haven’t really latched on yet. Still, the history and politics of the era are fascinating to me, so maybe this will be the ...

Assassin's Creed Shadow's reveal trailer showcased the most iconic historical figure from the Sengoku Jidai period, Oda Nobunaga himself. The gunpowder warlord will surely appear in the game as he ...

While Oda Nobunaga is the namesake, you can choose from many different lords and scenarios. Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening Complete Edition has an incredible amount of content, as it includes ...

In 1582, Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-98), a man of humble origins, became Japan's taiko (prime minister) after the death of the warlord Oda Nobunaga. But the taiko in 'Ehon Taikoki (Records of the ...

Oda Nobunaga is a fascinating historical figure, and his role in Yasuke - despite all its strange and outrageous fantasy and sci-fi elements - is fairly accurate. He's portrayed as a great man ...

This trio of warlords includes the bloodthirsty Oda Nobunaga, the vainglorious Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu who triumphed at the blood-soaked 1615 siege of Osaka Castle.