Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-05-17 08:36:50 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 4E0A3D2B2DC489E7B6D768B9C8E21C9462DD5BCB1723C54973FA65549D7A4402
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Original Note:
From to historical accounts like “Cartas que os padres e irmãos da Companhia de Jesus escreverão dos reynos de Japão e China II (1598)”. He was recorded as a “weapon bearer”, akin to a knight attendant/page. No records indicate Yasuke fought in battles, let alone was a samurai https://www.foreignperspectives.net/p/yasuke-african-samurai-myth-or-neither
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