Yasuke
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- Born
- 1940
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- 1
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- A study of Agnicayana, ukhāsaṃbharaṇa
- Religious and cultures of Sri Lanka & South India
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- Military person.name
- Yasuke
- Military person.image
- Rinpa style ink-stone box (cropped).jpg
- Military person.caption
- Rimpa-style suzuri-bako (detail) from 1590s possibly depicting Yasuke
- Military person.death_date
- After June 1582 (aged 27 or older)
- Military person.birth_place
- Portuguese Mozambique (most likely)
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- date of birth
- 1555-00-00
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- Yasuke
- name
- 弥助
- name in kana
- やすけ
- name in native language
- 弥助
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- Birth and early life
- Documented life in Japan
- Honnō-ji Incident
- Possible depictions of Yasuke
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was a samurai of African origin who served Oda Nobunaga between 1581 and 1582, during the Sengoku period, until Nobunaga's death.
According to historical 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. As a samurai, he was granted a sword, a house, and a stipend. Yasuke accompanied Nobunaga until his death and fought at the Honnō-ji Incident until the death of Oda Nobutada. Afterwards, Yasuke was sent back to the Jesuits. There are no subsequent records of his life.