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2024-05-17 08:39:27 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B8349D89DC5A9C1829A5FAC6C1E965D85E1C2495BCF441EAA78EE2CA8FC0A26A
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Original Note:
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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