Rise early in the morning, retire early at night.
朝は早く起き、夜は早く寝よ。暁に起きざる者は、いかなる神仏にも見放さるべし。
Military Strategists
Hōjō Sōun
The man who invented the Sengoku period's model of conquest (1432-1519). Hojo Soun rose from obscure origins to seize Izu and Sagami provinces through cunning rather than force, establishing the template of the 'self-made warlord' that defined Japan's century of civil war.
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