Hōjō Akinokami

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Hōjō Akinokami (b. 1608)(北条安芸の守) was a member of the Japanese clan of Hōjō during the Edo period (17th century) of Japan, and kami (a post akin to governor) of Aki province. It is thought that Akinokami and the famous Miyamoto Musashi were very close friends, or more or so sharing discipleship. Throughout their many discussions together, Akinokami had taught Musashi in the ways of military strategy while the latter taught Akinokami of strategy reflecting individuality. However, this information is not truly well known because Akinokami would have been twenty-four years younger than Musashi if having been born within the year of 1608. If this discipleship was true, it is thought that Musashi looked at Akinokami as a master through the ways of politeness in view of the high position that Akinokami was holding. Doubts also had arisen through the fact that Musashi would have had his art of strategy complete due to being of the age of fifty, leading to the fact that it could be barely conceivable for Akinokami to be his teacher on the ways of strategy.