Sessai Chōrō
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Sessai Chōrō
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Sessai Chōrō (雪斎長老) or Imagawa Sessai, also known as Taigen Sessai (太原雪斎), was a Japanese abbot and mountain ascetic (yamabushi). He was an uncle of Imagawa Yoshimoto, and served him as military advisor and as commander of Imagawa's forces, despite his lack of any formal battle training or experience. Sessai aided his nephew in consolidating the Imagawa territories, and in a number of political maneuvers which gained Imagawa influence over the Matsudaira family. However, Yoshimoto soon came into
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Japanese monk of the Sengoku period (died 1557)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sessai_Ch%C5%8Dr%C5%8D
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2024-01-30T12:49:12Z
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