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Banzuiin Chōbei

Index Banzuiin Chōbei

Banzuiin Chōbei (1622–1657)(幡随院長兵衛) was a historical street tough of Japan's Edo period who, according to later fictionalized portrayals of his life in literature and drama, fought against injustices, and to protect the common people from the abuses of the samurai aristocracy. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 10 relations: Asakusa, Edo, Edo period, Hatamoto, Jidaigeki, Kabukimono, Karatsu, Saga, Mikijirō Hira, Rōnin, Samurai.

  2. Commoners of Edo-period Japan
  3. Kabuki characters

Asakusa

is a district in Taitō, Tokyo, Japan.

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Edo

Edo (江戸||"bay-entrance" or "estuary"), also romanized as Jedo, Yedo or Yeddo, is the former name of Tokyo.

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Edo period

The, also known as the, is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyo.

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Hatamoto

A was a high ranking samurai in the direct service of the Tokugawa shogunate of feudal Japan.

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Jidaigeki

is a genre of film, television, video game, and theatre in Japan.

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Kabukimono

or were gangs of samurai in feudal Japan.

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Karatsu, Saga

is a city located in Saga Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan.

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Mikijirō Hira

was a Japanese actor.

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Rōnin

In feudal Japan (1185–1868), a rōnin (浪人,, 'drifter' or 'wandering man') was a samurai who had no lord or master and in some cases, had also severed all links with his family or clan.

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Samurai

were soldiers who served as retainers to lords (including ''daimyo'') in Feudal Japan.

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See also

Commoners of Edo-period Japan

Kabuki characters

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banzuiin_Chōbei

Also known as Banzuiin Chobei, Chobei Banzuiin.