One of the most prominent characters in Japanese history was a Negro warrior called Sakanouye Tamura Maro. Sakanouye was a warrior symbolized in early Japanese history as a "paragon of military virtues. "He was an African warrior. He was prominent during the rule of the Japanese Emperor Kwammu, who reigned from 782- 806 A.D." In 1989 Dr. Mark Hyman authored a booklet entitled Black Shogun of Japan in which he stated that "The fact remains that Sakanouye Tamuramaro was an African. He was Japanese. He was a great fighting general. He was a Japanese Shogun." "In as sense the originator of what was subsequently to develop into the renowned samurai class, he provided in his own person a worthy model for the professional warrior on which to fashion himself and his character. In battle, a veritable war-god; in peace the gentlest of manly gentlemen, and the simplest and unassuming of men." In later ages Sakanouye Tamura Maro was revered by military men as a model commander and as the first recipient of the title shogun--the highest rank to which a warrior could aspire." ♚♚♚♚ “For a Samurai to be brave, he must have a bit of Black blood.” — Japanese Proverb #RoninMC #Masterless #Samurai #RoadRippaz #ThoseWhoKnowIt #RespectIt #ComingToACityNearYou #CatchUsIfYouCan #RoninStateofMind (at Be EveryWhere)