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Yachigusa Sensei’s translation was “8000 Reeds”. One reed breaks easily while thousands together are unbreakable. To him, this name stood for his convictions: convictions like leaving his family and opposing Japanese militarism prior to WW2 as well as the atrocities he witnessed during the Korean occupation.
