Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Samurai
Died when: 60 years 172 days (725 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Yamamoto Tsunetomo (?? ??), Buddhist monastic name Yamamoto Jocho (June 11, 1659 – November 30, 1719), was a samurai of the Saga Domain in Hizen Province under his lord Nabeshima Mitsushige.
He became a Zen Buddhist priest and relayed his experiences, memories, lessons, ideas, and aphorisms to the samurai , who compiled them under the title Hagakure.
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