Yusuke — The Forgotten African Samurai In Japan

Almost 500 years ago, a tall African man arrived in Japan.

L. Small
4 min readAug 20, 2020

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Photo by zhu wei on Unsplash

“He would go on to become the first foreign-born man to achieve the status of a samurai warrior.”

Samurai is one of the most remembered symbols of Japanese cultural heritage. Although most samurai…

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L. Small

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