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  2. Yasuke - Wikipedia

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    Yasuke is the first known African to appear in Japanese historical records. Much of what is known about him is found in fragmentary accounts in the letters of the Jesuit missionary Luís Fróis, Ōta Gyūichi's Shinchō Kōki (信長公記, Nobunaga Official Chronicle), Matsudaira Ietada's Matsudaira Ietada Nikki (松平家忠日記, Matsudaira Ietada Diary), Jean Crasset's Histoire de l ...

  3. Talk:Yasuke - Wikipedia

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    He recorded Yasuke’s name and height (6 shaku 2 sun, approximately 6 feet 2 inches [1.88 meters]) and furthermore confirmed that Yasuke had been granted a stipend. →false It states that his height was 6 shaku 2 sun (1.88 meters), but this is a mistranslation. It is 6 shaku 2 bu (1.82 meters).

  4. Thomas Lockley - Wikipedia

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    African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan (2019) Thomas Lockley (born 1978) is a British academic who is an associate professor of the College of Law of Nihon University , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and a visiting researcher for the SOAS University of London . [ 2 ]

  5. Forgotten Someone's Name? 6 Ways To Fake It - AOL

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    If you're like me, you sometimes have trouble remembering people's names, or even how you know them. In ancient Rome, the job of the "nomenclator" was to whisper or announce the names of people as ...

  6. List of foreign-born samurai in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Original name Occupation before arrival in Japan Year of arrival in Japan Name in Japan Lord Occupation and achievements in Japan Portuguese Mozambique? [2] (now Mozambique) unknown Servant of Jesuit missionary Alessandro Valignano [3] 1579 [3] Yasuke 弥助: Oda Nobunaga: He was given a stipend and a house by Oda Nobunaga.

  7. 9 musicians who used pseudonyms, from Prince and Taylor ... - AOL

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    Paul McCartney. In addition releasing EDM music under the name Fireman, early in his career Sir Paul went undercover as Bernard Webb to write the song "Woman" for the duo Peter and Gordon.

  8. Yasuke (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Yasuke is a Japanese-American original net animation (ONA) series loosely based on the historical figure of the same name, an African warrior who served under Japanese daimyo Oda Nobunaga during the Sengoku period of samurai conflict in 16th century Japan.

  9. North West Tells Mom Kim Kardashian She Uses a Fake Name When ...

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    “I have [a fake name.] But I’m going to change because nobody believes me,” West, 11, told mom Kim Kardashian in a conversation with Interview magazine published on Friday, October 11. “It ...