Category:Yasuke

**Yasuke**
	16th-century African retainer of Oda Nobunaga
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Name in native language	弥助;
Date of birth	c. 1555; Portuguese Mozambique
Date of death	unknown value, June 1582 (after 1582); unknown value
Country of citizenship	Japan;
Occupation	domestic worker; kashindan; valet; samurai; squire;
Present in work	African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan; The Real Yasuke: History Beyond The Samurai Myth; Yasuke; Assassin's Creed Shadows;
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English: Yasuke was a retainer of African origin who served under the Sengoku Period Japanese daimyō Oda Nobunaga. In 1579, Yasuke arrived in Japan in the service of Italian Jesuit missionary Alessandro Valignano.

日本語: 弥助（やすけ）は、戦国時代の日本に渡来した黒人で、宣教師所有の奴隷として、戦国大名・織田信長への献上品とされたが、信長に気に入られ、その家臣に召し抱えられた。

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AI realistic Yasuke.jpg 1,024 × 1,024; 306 KB
The legend of Yasuke 121214-M-XR064-001.jpg 1,709 × 2,394; 1.57 MB
Yasuke by Anthony Azekwoh.jpg 1,276 × 1,825; 657 KB