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2024-05-16 17:23:05 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 5E96C0620C1C3DD334A2F899F2689CCFE7105263513126A31F4186209F253A33
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Public archives from Japan suggest that Yasuke was a Samurai. During the Sengoku period it was broken down to merely a job title. Oda Nobunaga gave him a stipend making him a weaponbearer. In addition, the European terminology of feudalism can't be applied to feudal Japan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai#Sengoku_period:~:text=This%20period%20was%20marked%20by%20the%20loosening%20of%20samurai%20culture%2C%20with%20people%20born%20into%20other%20social%20strata%20sometimes%20making%20a%20name%20for%20themselves%20as%20warriors%20and%20thus%20becoming%20de%20facto%20samurai. https://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/772514/54
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