Chisaka Takafusa

Japanese samurai
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Quick Facts

IntroJapanese samurai
A.K.A.Chisaka Hyobu
A.K.A.Chisaka Hyobu
PlacesJapan
isMilitary leader Samurai
Work fieldMilitary
Gender
Male
Death25 June 1700
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Biography

Chisaka Takafusa (千坂高房, 1638 – June 25, 1700) was a high-ranking samurai in Japan during the Edo period. He was a karō in the Yonezawa Domain under the Uesugi clan. He is also known as Chisaka Hyōbu (千坂兵部). Although he died prior to the events of the Forty-seven ronin, 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.

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