The First Non Japanese Samurai

Yasuke, a sixteenth-century African travels to India and on to Japan where he becomes an accomplished samurai.

Jesse, posted on 11/01/2019, 646 views

The First Non Japanese Samurai
Nicola Roos, Tiny Fox Lab

There was a black african samurai called Yasuke that served warlord Oda Nobunaga. He was the first foreign samurai and the inspiration for the main character in Afro Samurai. – Tiny Fox Lab Facts

Preview photo credit: Nicola Roos
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke

The First Non Japanese Samurai

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