An enslaved African, who arrived in Japan in 1579 and became the Black Samurai
A statue of Yasuk, an enslaved African, who arrived in Japan in 1579 and became the first Black Samurai.e, an enslaved African, who arrived in Japan in 1579 and became the first Black Samurai. Yasuke was a man of African origin who served as a Kashin under the Japanese daimyo Oda Nobunaga.In 1579, Yasuke arrived in Japan in the service of Italian Jesuit missionary Alessandro Valignano, Visitor of Missions in the Indies, in India 🇮🇳 Borne: Mozambique 🇲🇿 Height; 6' 0'' Battles-wars; Battle of T
