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Yamamoto Tsunetomo (山本 常朝), Buddhist monastic name Yamamoto Jōchō (June 11, – November 30, ), was a samurai of the Saga Domain in Hizen Province.
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Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Japanese samurai (–)
In this Japanese name, the surname is Yamamoto.
Yamamoto Tsunetomo (山本 常朝), Buddhist monastic name Yamamoto Jōchō (June 11, November 30, ), was a samurai of the Saga Domain in Hizen Province under his lord Nabeshima Mitsushige.[1][2] He became a Zen Buddhist priest and relayed his experiences, memories, lessons, ideas, and aphorisms to the samurai Tashiro Tsuramoto[ja], who compiled them under the title Hagakure.
Early life and education
Yamamoto Tsunetomo was born 11 June to Yamamoto Jin'emon, then aged 71, and a woman whose maiden name was Maeda.
He was the last born to the family, and regarded by his father as a superfluous addition who was intended to be given away to a salt merchant.[3] For most of his childhood, Tsunetomo was sickly and claimed doctors told him he would not live past twenty years old.
Despite his fragile health, he was employed at age 9 to be a page for Nabes