Chisaka Takafusa Explained

was a high-ranking samurai in Japan during the Edo period.[1] He was a karō in the Yonezawa Domain under the Uesugi clan.[2] He is also known as . Although he died prior to the events of the Forty-seven rōnin, he appears in fictional accounts, including the 1971 Daichūshingura starring Toshirō Mifune. He also appears in the 1999 NHK Taiga drama Genroku Ryōran.

The Meiji period politician-businessman Chisaka Takamasa was a descendant of Takafusa.

Notes and References

  1. 水野 . 惠子 . October 2007 . On "Chikuzen Kiko" in the Library Saigyodo . 流通経済大学流通情報学部紀要 . ja . 12 . 1 . 1–15.
  2. Yamamoto . Takashi . 2017-03-01 . 翻刻『忠臣規矩順従録』(3) . 國文學 . ja . 101 . 249–301.