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Lessons learned from the 15th Century African-born Japanese court retainer and first foreign-born samurai

Yasuke! The first foreign samurai and inspiration behind the Yasuke Japanese Language Immersion Method

By toritaiyo | Published: May 24, 2020

In the late 1500s an African slave – and servant/bodyguard to Jesuit missionaries traversing Asia – set foot in Japan.

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