Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-05-17 17:51:15 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 769F75BB7D878FA587A6F20AB593BF3D032D164F85D149D0930D0E42DDF67237
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From 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”, similar to a squire (and is also classified as a retainer). No records indicate Yasuke was a samurai https://www.foreignperspectives.net/p/yasuke-african-samurai-myth-or-neither
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