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Tōyama no Kin-san (遠山の金さん) is a popular character based on the historical Tōyama Kagemoto, a samurai and official of the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period of Japanese history. [1] In kabuki and kōdan, he was celebrated under his childhood name, Kinshirō, shortened to Kin-san.
The Elusive Samurai (Japanese: 逃げ上手の若君, Hepburn: Nige Jōzu no Wakagimi, "The Young Lord Who Is Skilled at Escaping") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yusei Matsui. It has been serialized in Shueisha 's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump since January 2021, with its chapters collected in 19 tankōbon ...
Hideaki Sorachi's manga Gintama involves fictionalized versions of two of the four hitokiri (particularly Okada and Kawakami), set in an alternate version of Bakumatsu-era Japan. The Hitokiri is a playable character in the video game For Honor, serving as a heavy hero of the Samurai faction and fighting with a two-handed axe.
William Adams (Japanese: ウィリアム・アダムス, Hepburn: Wiriamu Adamusu, 24 September 1564 – 16 May 1620), better known in Japan as Miura Anjin (三浦按針, 'the pilot of Miura'), was an English navigator who, in 1600, became the first Englishman to reach Japan. He was later granted samurai status, and was recognized as one of the ...
Kawakami Gensai (河上 彦斎, 25 December 1834 – 13 January 1872) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period. A highly skilled swordsman, he was one of the four most notable assassins of the Bakumatsu period. Gensai's high-speed sword discipline allowed him to assassinate targets in broad daylight.
Choshichiro Edo Nikki; Also known as: 長七郎江戸日記: Genre: Jidaigeki: Directed by: Kōsei Saitō Akinori Matsuo: Starring: Kōtarō Satomi Tappie Shimokawa Shōhei Hino Yumiko Nogawa Tetsuro Tamba: Country of origin: Japan: Original language: Japanese: No. of episodes: Season 1: 118, Season 2: 63, Season 3: 39: Production; Running time ...
The cultural developments of the times, including kabuki, bunraku, and ukiyo-e, and practices like sankin kōtai and pilgrimages to the Ise Shrine, feature in many works set in Edo Japan. Many popular works written during or following the Edo period were also set during the same period. Kabuki plays in contemporary settings were known as sewamono.
Nanbu Nobunao, Nanbu clan head in the Azuchi–Momoyama period. Although the Nanbu clan by the time of the 24th hereditary chieftain Nanbu Harumasa controlled seven districts of northern Mutsu province (Nukanobu, Hei, Kazuno, Kuji, Iwate, Shiwa and Tōno), the clan was more of a loose collection of competing branches without strong central authority.