1911–1993
Biography · History
Yasuke
fl. 1579–1582
Africa / Japan
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Biography
Arriving in Japan with a Jesuit mission in 1579, Yasuke became a retainer of the powerful warlord Oda Nobunaga and is remembered as one of history’s most striking cross-cultural figures.