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* Japanese: 熊沢蕃山 ''(Kumazawa Banzan)''

* Japanese: 熊沢蕃山 ''(Kumazawa Banzan)''

The storied warrior-philosopher of the [[Edo Period]].  He began his “formal” career as a [[ronin]] at fifteen years of age. 

He drilled dilligently in the martial arts with special zeal, becomming quite a worthy samurai.  He gave up consuming to rice so as not to take on weight, and refrained from contact with women for ten years.  

 

On certificate contemporary, young Banzan seriously pertained to its professions, drilling in martial arts with special zeal, worthy first samurai of the clan.  He abandoned to rice to not to take the weight, in current ten years refrained from contacts with woman.  

When he was stationed as a guard in [[Edo castle]] he would practice in swordsmanship at night with a wooden sword ([[bokuto|bokken]]).  In order to maintain good physical condition he would run on rooftop of the castle, surprising his colleagues and making them think he was possessed.

When he was stationed as a guard in [[Edo castle]] he would practice in swordsmanship at night with a wooden sword ([[bokuto|bokken]]).  In order to maintain good physical condition he would run on rooftop of the castle, surprising his colleagues and making them think he was possessed.

Kumazawa Banzan served in a high administrative post and was assigned to study philosophical and economic problems in regards to samurai life. He condemned meaningless waste of rice and talent along with idleness among the samurai class.

Kumazawa Banzan served in a high administrative post and was assigned to study philosophical and economic problems in regards to samurai life. He condemned meaningless waste of rice and talent along with idleness among the samurai class.  Banzan's goal was to reform the Japanese government by advocating the adoption of a political system based on merit rather than heredity and the employment of political principles to fit the situation. The Tokugawa regime in the end responded quite poorly to this idea, due to the fact that the shogunate runs through the hereditary ways.  

[[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Edo Period]]

[[Category:Samurai]][[Category:Edo Period]]