Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes


It is better not to become acquainted with men about whom you have formerly had doubts. No matter what you do, they will be people by whom you will be tripped up or taken in.


Citations

Tsunetomo, Yamamoto. Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai. Translated by William Scott Wilson, Kodansha International, 1979, p. 97.

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  • Born: June 11, 1659
  • Died: November 30, 1719
  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Profession: Buddhist Monk, Samarai

Yamamoto Tsunetomo, 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. He became a Zen Buddhist priest and relayed his experiences, memories, lessons, ideas, and aphorisms to the samurai Tashiro Tsuramoto , who compiled them under the title Hagakure.