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| Yamaoka Tesshu (June 10, 1836 – July 19, 1888) |
Tesshu, when he was younger, was very much a braggart and had to win at everything. One of my favorite anecdotes about him.
Regardless of what it was, Tesshu did not like to be second to anyone.
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There are other examples of Tesshu's dare-taking. Young swordsmen of his day liked to brag about how much they could eat and drink. An acquaintance boasted to Tesshu, "I ate thirty hard-boiled eggs at one sitting."
"Only thirty?" Tesshu raised his eyebrows. "You should be able to eat fifty. I can eat a hundred."
"Really?," the acquaintance challenged Tesshu. A hundred hard-boiled eggs were brought and Tesshu gulped them down in front of several witnesses. Tesshu returned home and vomited for the next three days.
The Sword of No-Sword: Life of the Master Warrior Tesshu
John Stevens
Pages 8-9
Happy 177th Birthday Yamaoka Tesshu-sama!
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