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30 de abr. de 2021 · By Kat Moon. Updated: April 30, 2021 1:50 PM EDT | Originally published: April 30, 2021 1:42 PM EDT. I n 1579, an African man now known by the name of Yasuke arrived in Japan. Much about him...
10 de ene. de 2023 · Thomas Lockley, co-author of African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan, says it’s possible Yasuke was enslaved and trafficked as a child but...
Yasuke (Japanese: 弥助 / 弥介, Japanese pronunciation:) was a man of African origin who served as a retainer to the Japanese daimyō Oda Nobunaga for a period of 15 months between 1581–1582, during the Sengoku period, until Nobunaga's death in the Honnō-ji Incident.
Se llamaba Yasuke, y fue el primer samurái negro de Japón. Su historia es completamente real y un relato sorprendente que ha transgredido por aportar conceptos que enaltecen el individualismo. El coraje, la maestría en las artes marciales, la diversidad cultural o el espíritu de superación están detrás de la historia de Yasuke.
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Yasuke was entrusted with decapitating his Japanese lord - a huge honour 500 years ago.
17 de sept. de 2020 · September 17, 2020 Updated On March 26, 2024. Described by Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman as “one of history’s best-kept secrets,” Yasuke is believed to be the only person of African ancestry to have reached the rank of samurai. He originally arrived on Japanese shores in 1579 as a bodyguard to Alessandro Valignano who ...
13 de feb. de 2021 · Some historians think Yasuke may have been a slave, but he was hired to protect Valignano on a missionary trip to the Asian country, according to "African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a...
