Yamamoto Tsunetomo

In this Japanese name, the surname is Yamamoto.
Yamamoto Tsunetomo
山本 常朝
BornJune 11, 1659
Katadae Yokokoji, Saga Domain, Hizen, Japan
DiedNovember 30, 1719(1719-11-30) (aged 60)
Okoguma, Saga Domain, Hizen, Japan
Other namesYamamoto Jōchō
Occupations

Yamamoto Tsunetomo (山本 常朝), Buddhist monastic name Yamamoto Jōchō (June 11, 1659 – November 30, 1719), 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.

  1. ^ Turnbull 2006, p. 71
  2. ^ Jansen 2002, p. 102