Background
Yoshida Kanetomo was born in 1435 in Japan.
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Yoshida Kanetomo
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Career
Yoshida Kanetomo progressed gradually through the ranks of the Imperial offices in the Jingi-kan (Department of Shinto Affairs), which was one of the Imperial bureaucracies which were set up under the ritsuryo system in the 8th century. Kanetomo's eventually became an Imperial Chamberlain (侍従 jijū). Other positions he held at different times were Senior Assistant Director of Divinities (神祇大輔 jingi taifu) and Vice Director of the Board of Censors (弾正台弼 danjodai hitsu).
