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They call me many things: Murderer. Cutthroat. Thief. But you may call me The Forest Yamabushi.

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The Forest Yamabushi was a Japanese soldier who served under Oda Nobunaga. Along with eight soldiers, he posed as a yamabushi during the late Sengoku period.

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After the Tenshō Iga War, Oda Nobunaga created a group of nine soldiers to dress and patrol as yamabushi. Their mission was to find and kill any remaining Igan soldiers who survived the war. However, within a year, the soldiers became more lost and violent, killing any innocent in their way.[1]

In 1582, yamabushi Genpaku spoke with Kakushiba ikki members Fujibayashi Naoe and Yasuke, who agreed to help him and to hunt down these false monks. Following Genpaku's lead, they investigated the Wakanoura Bay in Kii and found a yamabushi pleading for help, surrounded by blood. Searching the area, they were ambushed by bandits led by the Forest Yamabushi, who feigned distress to trap them. Ultimately, they killed the bandits and the imposter and retrieved the naginata Izanami's Salvation from the imposter's personal effects.[1]

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