Thomas Lockley

Thomas Lockley (born 1978) is a British academic who is an associate professor of the College of Law of Nihon University,^{[1] [2]} and a visiting researcher for the SOAS University of London.^[2] His research in the humanities and social sciences centers on education and history, with a particular emphasis on Japanese history. He is the author of African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan.

Lockley was born in the United Kingdom in 1978.^{[3] [4]} He first came to Japan in 2000 as a participant in the JET Programme, spending two years in Tottori ^[4] as an assistant language teacher at an elementary school.^[5] He later took on a full-time lecturing position at the Nihon University College of Law,^[4] and was promoted to associate professor in 2019^[6] In the same year, he also became a visiting researcher for SOAS.^[2]

Lockley teaches history and English. His research focuses on education and history, with a particular emphasis on Japanese history from an International perspective.^{[1] [2]}

In 2016, he released a 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).^[2] In 2019, he published African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan in the United States together with Geoffrey Girard.^[2]

• — (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

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