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2024-05-21 01:37:01 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: AC1FE204EB403E8EE75EFA59EA91E52DC6C28C92A411D47F3C722794B3497C1A
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This picture was created by AI, it's not a real old photo, it's fake. Check the details. There was one possible black samurai in Japan though: Yasuke. The discussion about if he was indeed a Samurai is ongoing, but it seems likely, see discussions in the links. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke https://www.jstor.org/stable/25066328 https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/m91cwa/yasuke_african_samurai_is_the_outrage_justified/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/flgpph/history_of_blackafricans_in_japan/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1css0ye/was_yasuke_a_samurai/?sort=top
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