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'''Yaita Wakasa''' (八板若狭; 15 May 1527<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|:ja:若狭 (八板清定女)|若狭 (八板清定女)}}</ref> – c. 1582) also known as '''The Golden Teppo''', was a [[Japan]]ese former [[Piracy|pirate]], [[merchant]], and a member of the [[Shinbakufu]] located in [[Sakai]]. | '''Yaita Wakasa''' (Japanese: 八板若狭; 15 May 1527<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|:ja:若狭 (八板清定女)|若狭 (八板清定女)}}</ref> – c. 1582) also known as '''The Golden Teppo''', was a [[Japan]]ese former [[Piracy|pirate]], [[merchant]], and a member of the [[Shinbakufu]] located in [[Sakai]]. | ||
By controlling Sakai's ''[[Arquebus|tanegashima]]'' market, Wakasa aimed to create a fleet that dominated all seas and ports worldwide, either by trading with them or by force. Her ambitions ended after [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] killed her with her own decorated ''tanegashima'' in revenge for her father's murder.<ref name="Drive">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Drive the Point Home]]</ref> | By controlling Sakai's ''[[Arquebus|tanegashima]]'' market, Wakasa aimed to create a fleet that dominated all seas and ports worldwide, either by trading with them or by force. Her ambitions ended after [[Fujibayashi Naoe]] killed her with her own decorated ''tanegashima'' in revenge for her father's murder.<ref name="Drive">''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' – [[Drive the Point Home]]</ref> | ||
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Yaita Wakasa (Japanese: 八板若狭; 15 May 1527[1] – c. 1582) also known as The Golden Teppo, was a Japanese former pirate, merchant, and a member of the Shinbakufu located in Sakai.
By controlling Sakai's tanegashima market, Wakasa aimed to create a fleet that dominated all seas and ports worldwide, either by trading with them or by force. Her ambitions ended after Fujibayashi Naoe killed her with her own decorated tanegashima in revenge for her father's murder.[2]
Biography
Early life
For most of her early life, Wakasa lived a nomadic lifestyle as a pirate.[3] At some point before 1581, she decided to settle in Sakai in order to get control of the city's gun market and started gaining power, infiltrating herself right into the town's elite. She managed to get close to Imai Sōkyū, Oda Nobunaga's master of the tea ceremony and one of the biggest merchants in Sakai's port, attending private tea ceremonies hosted by Sōkyū.[2]
Siege of Iga and death
Although Ido Yoshihiro managed to steal the box from Naoe during the siege of Iga, the young kunoichi infiltrated Katano Castle shortly thereafter, killing Yoshihiro and recovering the box. However, a masked Wakasa along with Wada Koretake were waiting for her on the outskirts of the castle, with Wakasa gravely injuring Naoe with a shot of her customized tanegashima. After a brief argument with Koretake on who should keep the box, Fujibayashi Nagato surprised them both, defeating Wakasa easily and cutting Koretake's left ear off. The rest of the Shinbakufu appeared shortly thereafter, overpowering Nagato and leaving him and Naoe to die.[4]
Naoe, being the only survivor of the two and after nursing her injuries, decided to get revenge on the Shinbakufu for killing her father. On Tomiko's advice, she decided to look for a teppo craftsman in Sakai who could make a custom tanegashima with gold engravings, similar to the one the woman who shot her had.[5]
Naoe eventually managed to infiltrate one of Imai Sōkyū's private tea ceremonies, with Wakasa attending along with Otama and Lady Satoko. Wakasa, not recognizing Naoe at first, was friendly to her and sensed they had something in common. They attended the ceremony, with Wakasa gifting a dagger owned by former shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu to Sōkyū at the end of the ceremony.[2]
After the ceremony, Wakasa invited Naoe to her house, where she talked about her ambitions for Sakai and invited Naoe to work for her. However, Naoe started examining Wakasa's tanegashima, prompting the latter to tell her it was not a toy. Naoe responded that it was "a coward's weapon", which made Wakasa finally remember who she was. Wakasa tried to bargain for her life, offering to lead Naoe to the box's location. Naoe declined the offer, stating she had no use for Wakasa if she could not tell her the box's exact location, before fatally shooting her in the head.[2]
Gallery
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Naoe's painting of Wakasa -
Wakasa at the tea ceremony with Otama, Lady Satoko, Naoe, and Sōkyū
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Wakasa in her home
Behind the scenes
Historically, Wakasa was the daughter of daimyō Tanegashima Tokitaka's blacksmith Yaita Kinbei Kiyosada, who created the first European style matchlock in Japan after their introduction by the Portuguese. Anecdotally, Kiyosada could not figure out how the gun's screws worked and offered his daughter in marriage to one of the Portuguese sailors for that knowledge. The Portuguese and Wakasa left for Portugal and a year later returned with a Portuguese blacksmith to explain the process. Wakasa and her father later faked her death and the Portuguese left without her. The only primary source for this account is Yaita family history Yaita-shi Kiyosada ichiryu no Keizo and oral tradition. A stone purported to be her grave marker is located in Nishinoomote, Kagoshima.[1]
When not playing Assassin's Creed: Shadows in Canon Mode, it is possible for Wakasa to become suspicious of Naoe and flee to the construction site around Osaka Castle, triggering an alternate memory for her assassination.
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