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# Tsunetomo Yamamoto

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Yamamoto Tsunetomo , Buddhist monastic name Yamamoto Jōchō, 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

##  Quotes by Tsunetomo Yamamoto

> [“Only when you constantly live as though already a corpse (jōjū shinimi) will you be able to find freedom in the martial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tsunetomo-yamamoto/only-when-you-constantly-live-as-though-already-a-corpse-j-j-shinimi/)

[Tsunetomo Yamamoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tsunetomo-yamamoto/)

[Bushido](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bushido/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/190/tsunetomo-yamamoto-80049_bushido_only-when-you-constantly-live-as-though_278606.jpg)

> [“Jōchō’s discourse is multifaceted and ostensibly chaotic, but the spirit of Hagakure can best be summed up by the four simple oaths…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tsunetomo-yamamoto/j-ch-s-discourse-is-multifaceted-and-ostensibly-chaotic-but-the/)

[Tsunetomo Yamamoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tsunetomo-yamamoto/)

[Oaths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/oaths/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc3/tsunetomo-yamamoto-80049_religion_j-ch-s-discourse-is-multifaceted-and-ost_1640720.jpg)

> [“In a 50-50 life or death crisis, choose death.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tsunetomo-yamamoto/in-a-50-50-life-or-death-crisis-choose-death/)

[Tsunetomo Yamamoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tsunetomo-yamamoto/)

[Choose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choose/)

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