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2024-05-18 16:48:43 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 2EF1264C968999B0508C1E9B6BBDCB8B273E5F638D07849A2FBC15E8B2A96D3D
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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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