Famous Samurai: Yagyu Munenori by William de Lange

Author:William de Lange [Lange, William de]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, Japan, Asia, Biographies & Memoirs, Medieval, Fencing, Biography & Autobiography
Publisher: Floating World Eds.
Published: 2008-11-14T23:00:00+00:00

The scene of the Oyama war conference

On September 6 Ieyasu called to his side a number of his closest retainers, among them Yagyū Munenori. This, he told them, was the moment for which he had been waiting. During the four days that had passed since the council he had written a large number of letters. They were addressed to allied warlords throughout the country and it was the task of Munenori and the others to ensure that they were delivered to the addressees without fail. Ieyasu urged the assembled men to go about their duty with great care, but also with alacrity, for there was no time to lose if they were to intercept Mitsunari and his allies before they had passed beyond the province of Mino.

To Munenori’s utter surprise one of the letters he was to deliver was addressed to none other than his father. The old man had retired to his native village of Yagyū, where he had entered a small temple and taken the tonsure. What could it be that the tenka dono wanted from his father?

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