Kumazawa Banzan

• Born: 1619
• Died: 1691

The storied warrior of the Edo Period, thinker. Its military quarry began as ronin, entered on service at age fifteen 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 there was guard in Edo castle then on night practiced in fencing on wooden swords (bokken), but for maintenance of the good physical form run on roof of the Edo castle that surprised his colleagues, considered that in he has possessed the devil.

Kumazawa Banzan served before high administrative post and addressed to study philosophical and economic problems samurai to lifes. He condemned meaningless wasting the rice and talent, idly samurai of the class. Died Kumazawa Banzan in 1691. {draft}