I love how the name of Yasuke is getting dragged through the mud
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Are we talking about Saint Nicholas, because I think that's much better documented, as opposed to Santa.
I don't know that a visible black man would be so important that he'd be documented everywhere, as much as a passing: "Huh, neat."
A black man would be a very unusual sighting in feudal Japan . I think it would be much more documented especially if he was supposedly a servant that carried the swords of one of the greatest warlords. . But he isn't even mentioned in the writings and poems of said warlord himself.
I'm not saying it wouldn't be unusual, but I don't think it's that notable compared to the warlords actual accomplishments.
For example, when Lewis & Clark ventured out west, Clark's slave was a very interesting curiosity, but it didn't factor much into the expedition from the native's perspective.