Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Tsunetomo
山本 常朝
Born	June 11, 1659 Katadae Yokokoji, Saga Domain, Hizen, Japan
Died	November 30, 1719(1719-11-30) (aged 60) Okoguma, Saga Domain, Hizen, Japan
Other names	Yamamoto Jōchō
Occupations	Samurai Monk

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.