Sanada Yukimura


Last Friday I arrived quite early at the honbu. Yabunaka San and Kamioka San were there already. They gave me a nice wooden keychain representing Sanada Yukimura, a legendary Samurai of the Sengoku period. Yukimura was revered by the Samurai and considered to be the best amongst them.

(the pictures hereunder detail the 4 sides of the wooden block)

Picture 1

Supposedly, he was the master ninja of the famous ninja Sarutobi.

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As I didn’t know him before (and I guess I’m not alone), here is the Wikipedia page detailing his life.

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