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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.
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.
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 ...
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.
The play is still regularly performed. The Ichikawa family secured its control over the play in 1832 using the title Sukeroku Yukari Edo Zakura. As the play is extremely popular, other families have developed their own versions, such as Sukeroku Kuruwa no Momoyogusa performed by the Onoe Kikugorô line of actors.
Choshichiro Edo Nikki (長七郎江戸日記) (Choshichiro's Edo Diaries) was a long-running prime-time television series in Japan. The title character was Matsudaira Choshichiro Nagayori , [ 1 ] the son of Tokugawa Tadanaga .
Togari: The Sword of Justice (トガリ, Togari) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshinori Natsume.The story follows orphan Tobei, who was beheaded for committing countless crimes in the Edo period and sent to Hell where he suffered for 300 years.
Samurai Sensei (サムライせんせい) is a 2015 Japanese television drama based on the manga written by Esusuke Kuroe about a samurai who time-travelled 150 years to modern day Japan. [1] The series was broadcast by TV Asahi from 13 October to 11 December 2015.