Yasuke
Yasuke (Japanese: 弥助 / 弥介, pronounced [jasɯ̥ke]) was a African samurai who served daimyō Oda Nobunaga between 1581 and 1582, during the Sengoku period, until Nobunaga's death in the Honnō-ji Incident.
There are few historical documents on Yasuke. From the fragmentary accounts, Yasuke first arrived in Japan in the service of Italian Jesuit Alessandro Valignano. Nobunaga summoned him out of a desire to see a black man. Subsequently, Nobunaga took him into his service and gave him the name Yasuke. He was granted a sword, a house and a stipend. After Nobunaga´s death, Yasuke was sent back to the Jesuits. There are no records of his life afterwards.
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