Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-09-29 16:31:39 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 2C4EE67AB7DB37A3E5323F83CEB3C1254F55A355474F42788B0DAE12CD518CFC
Participant Details
Original Note:
Yasuke was a real person. Yasuke was a man of African origin who served as a samurai to the Japanese daimyō Oda Nobunaga between 1581 and 1582, during the Sengoku period, until Nobunaga's death in the Honnō-ji Incident. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/who-was-yasuke-japans-first-black-samurai-180981416/
All Note Details