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Away from his profession, Yamamoto was an avid gamer/gambler, enjoying shogi, billiards, bridge, mah jong, poker, among other games that tested his wits and sharpened his mind. While other military leaders avoided the image of being "soft", Yamamoto continued to practice calligraphy and wrote poems, though his poems were critiqued by some as being monotonous. He was also known to frequent geisha houses, reflecting the fact that he was never very close with his wife, Reizo. He did, however, father four children with his wife, two sons and two daughters. Reizo revealed to the Japanese public in 1954 that Yamamoto was closer to his favorite geisha Kawai Chiyoko than to her, which stirred some controversy.