Yasuke (Japanese: 弥助 / 弥介, Japanese pronunciation: [jasɯ̥ke]) was a man of African origin[3][4] who served as a samurai to the Japanese daimyō Oda Nobunaga for a period of approximately 15 months between 1581 and 1582, during the Sengoku period, until Nobunaga's death in the Honnō-ji Incident.[5][6] There are few historical documents on Yasuke. From the fragmentary accounts, Yasuke first arrived i