Image Title:
Sakanoue Tamuramaro

Note:
Alexander Francis Chamberlain, in April 1911 the Journal of Race Development published an essay by Chamberlain entitled "The Contribution of the Negro to Human Civilization." While discussing the African presence in early Asia, Chamberlain stated in an exceptionally frank and matter of fact manner: "And we can cross the whole of Asia and find the Negro again, for when, in far-off Japan, the ancestors of the modern Japanese were making their way northward against the Ainu, the aborigines of that country, the leader of their armies was Sakanouye Tamuramaro, a famous general and a Negro."

Note:
"For a Samurai to be brave, he must have a bit of Black blood." --Japanese Proverb

Image Source:
Wikipedia

Subject:
African - Japan - Shogun - General

Rights:
Public Domain

Image:
SA-PPLJA-13

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