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| | Hattori Hanzo |
 | | Hattori Hanzo, also known as Masashige, was the son of a certain Hattori Yasunaga, Hanzo, who would earn the nickname 'Devil Hanzo', served Tokugawa Ieyasu loyally and usefully. |
 | | Hanzo dedicated Seinen-ji to Tokugawa Nobuyasu, Ieyasu's son, who had died a tragic death in 1579. |
 | | Hanzo solicited Ieyasu's pardon for retirement once Ieyasu settled in Edo Castle, and spent the rest of his life as a hermit, having sacrificed so much to the cruelty of the samurai's way of life. |
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