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  2. Yamamoto Tsunetomo - Wikipedia

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    Yamamoto Tsunetomo was born 11 June 1659 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]

  3. Yukio Mishima - Wikipedia

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    In September 1967 Mishima and his wife visited India at the invitation of the Indian government. He traveled widely and met with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and President Zakir Hussain . [ 200 ] He left extremely impressed by Indian culture, and what he felt was the Indian people's determination to resist Westernization and protect traditional ...

  4. Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai - Wikipedia

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    Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai is a 1999 crime drama film produced, written and directed by Jim Jarmusch.It stars Forest Whitaker as the title character, a hitman for the mafia who adheres to the ancient warrior code of the samurai, as outlined in the book of Yamamoto Tsunetomo's recorded sayings, Hagakure.

  5. Hagakure - Wikipedia

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    Yamamoto Tsunetomo was born in 1659, after the end of officially sanctioned samurai fighting. He had no personal combat experience and when he was employed, he worked as a scribe. By the late 1600s and early 1700s, samurai faced the dilemma of maintaining a warrior class in the absence of war, and Hagakure reflects this uncertainty.

  6. Bushido: The Soul of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Bushido: The Soul of Japan is, along with Hagakure by Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659–1719), a study of the way of the samurai.A best-seller in its day, it was read by many influential foreigners, among them US Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy, as well as Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of the Boy Scouts.

  7. Forty-seven rōnin - Wikipedia

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    The revenge of the forty-seven rōnin (四十七士, Shijūshichishi), [2] also known as the Akō incident (赤穂事件, Akō jiken) or Akō vendetta, is a historical event in Japan in which a band of rōnin (lordless samurai) avenged the death of their former master on 31 January 1703. [3]

  8. Minamoto no Tsunemoto - Wikipedia

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    He held the title of Chinjufu-shōgun, or Commander-in-chief of the Defense of the North, and was granted the clan name of Minamoto by the Emperor in 961, the year he died. Tsunemoto was the father of Minamoto no Mitsunaka .

  9. Nakae Chōmin - Wikipedia

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    Biography. Nakae was born in Kōchi, Tosa Domain ... Yamamoto Tsunetomo; References. Eddy Dufourmont, “Rousseau in Modern Japan (1868-1889): ...