Daidoji Yuzan

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Daidoji Yuzan is the writer of the Budoshoshinshu and was a descendant of the famed Taira clan and is sometimes referred to as Taira Shigesuke. Yûzan was an expert on military strategy and a respected author who lived through the reigns of six shogun. Yûzan was a student of the famous bushido scholar Yamaga Sokô and a contemporary of the Akô rônin. After completing his schooling Yûzan lived as a traveling teacher, spending time with various clans including the Asano clan of Akô. During his time as a traveling teacher Yuzan witnessed firsthand the confusion of the younger samurai who, while limited to their stipends, watched the wealth and luxury of the merchants grow. Undoubtedly, it was the confusion of these younger samurai that inspired Yûzan to follow in Yamaga Sokô’s footsteps by questioning the paradoxical nature of the warrior’s role during a time of peace