Thomas Lockley

English language teacher (born 1978)

Thomas Lockley
Born	1978 (age 45–46) United Kingdom
Employer	Nihon University
Notable work	African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan (2019)

Thomas Lockley (born 1978) is an English educator residing in Japan.^[1] He is an associate professor of the College of Law of Nihon University,^[2]^[1]^[3] as well as a visiting researcher for the SOAS University of London.^[3] He is also a writer who penned works such as African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan.

Profile

Lockley was born in the United Kingdom in 1978.^[1]^[4]

Lockley first came to Japan in 2000 as a participant of the JET Programme and stayed at Tottori City for 2 years,^[4] where he worked as an Assistant Language Teacher at an elementary school.^[5] He then became a full-time lecturer at the Nihon University College of Law,^[4] before becoming an associate professor at the college in 2019.^[6] That same year, he also became a visiting researcher for SOAS.^[3]

Lockley's field of study is languages, particularly in Content and Language Integrated Learning.^[4] Lockley also does research in Japanese and Asian history.^[3] Lockley teaches history and English at school,^[3] with him teaching Japanese history from an International perspective.^[1]^[3]^[4]

In 2016, he released a thesis paper titled The Story of Yasuke: Nobunaga's African Retainer on the Nihon University's journal Ōmon Ronsō (桜文論叢),^[4]^[7] and in 2017 he published his first work titled Nobunaga to Yasuke : Honnoji o ikinobita kokujinsamurai (信長と弥助本能寺を生き延びた黒人侍).^[3] In 2019, he wrote African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan in the United States together with Geoffrey Girard.^[3]

Bibliography

— (2024). A Gentleman from Japan: The Untold Story of an Incredible Journey from Asia to Queen Elizabeth's Court. Hanover Square Press. p. 429. ISBN 9780369747990.^[8]
—; Girard, Geoffrey (2019). African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan. Little, Brown and Company. p. 390. ISBN 9781488098758.^[9]
ロックリー・トーマス (2017), 信長と弥助本能寺を生き延びた黒人侍, translated by 不二淑子, 太田出版, ISBN 978-4-7783-1556-6

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "トーマス・ロックリープロフィール". HMV&BOOKS online (in Japanese). Lawson Entertainment. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
^ "LOCKLEY Thomas", Nihon University Researcher Information System, retrieved 2024-07-21
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "ロックリートーマス". TUTTLE-MORI AGENCY AUTHORS (in Japanese). 株式会社タトル・モリエイジェンシー. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Lockley 2017, Translator afternote. sfn error: no target: CITEREFLockley2017 (help)
^ "《支援者インタビュー》難民として逃れた祖母の存在を胸にー本能寺の変にいた「アフリカン・サムライ」から日本史を描く：ロックリー・トーマスさん" (in Japanese). Japan Associate for Refugees. 2020-02-12. Archived from the original on 2021-09-26. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
^ Goto, Tsuyoshi (2022-06-05). "Researcher sheds light on mystery of African samurai Yasuke made famous by Netflix anime". The Mainichi. Archived from the original on 2022-06-05. Retrieved 2024-07-17.
^ "The Story of Yasuke: Nobunaga's African Retainer". researchmap (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-07-17.
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Reviews for A Gentleman from Japan:
- 'A Gentleman from Japan': A journey of firsts in the age of exploration - The Japan Times
- A Gentleman from Japan: The Untold Story of an Incredible Journey from Asia to Queen Elizabeth's Court - Booklist
- A Gentleman from Japan - Kirkus Reviews
- Social Sciences - A Gentleman from Japan - Library Journal
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Reviews for African Samurai:
- 'African Samurai': The story of Yasuke — black samurai and warlord's confidant - The Japan Times
- Yasuke: The True Story of the Legendary African Samurai - The Japan Society of the UK
- African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, A Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan - History: Reviews of New Books
- Yasuke - Geographical
- African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan - Publishers Weekly
- Author reveals the story of Japan's first foreign-born samurai - Kyodo News
- Get ready for the ‘African Samurai’ - Houston Chronicle
- Masterpiece on legendary black samurai's remarkable life in feudal Japan - Cape Argus
- The African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, Japan’s Legendary Black Warrior - Tokyo Weekender
- Bondage and Bushido - InTouch
- Biography tells how a black bodyguard became the first 'African Samurai' - The Oklahoman
- This African Samurai’s Biography Reveals Why Historical Representation Matters - Paste
- African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan - Booklist
- African Samurai - Washington Independent Review of Books
- African Samurai - Kirkus Reviews