Ittokusai was famous as a kendo master, and as a Buddhist
Ittokusai (Yamada Jiro) (1866-1930) was famous as a fencing (kendo) master, and as a Buddhist. He had a great influence on the fencing and spiritual atmosphere of the time, especially on lay Zen. A book of his life was printed privately and a copy was given to me by a Zen master, Omori Sogen, who…