Yoemon was descended from the paternal side of Miyamoto Musashi's family and was likely adopted by him at an unknown time.
[3] Yoemon was known throughout history as one of Miyamoto Musashi's most senior students.
Two swordsman of note that had propagated the School of Musashi as disciples under Yoemon were Takemura Masatoshi and Hayashi Shiryu.
After Shiryu had been trained by Yoemon for a great length of time, Shiryu received the final transmission of the Enmei ryu from Yoemon.
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