Tsukahara Bokuden
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Tsukahara Bokuden was a famous swordsman of the early Sengoku period. He was described as a kensei. He was the founder of a new Kashima style of kenjutsu, and served as an instructor of Shōgun Ashikaga Yoshiteru and Ise provincial governor daimyō... Wikipedia
Born: 1489, Hitachi Province
Died: March 6, 1571 (age 82 years), Kashima, Ibaraki, Japan
Books: The Hundred Rules of War
Other names: Yoshikawa Asako (infant name) → Tsukahara Takami (塚原高幹?) → Buden (number)
Kanji: 塚原 卜伝