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In this Japanese name, the surname is Kunisada.

Kunisada Chūji (国定 忠治, 1810–1851) was a popular figure in the Edo period. He was a bakuto (gamblers commonly seen as forerunners to the modern yakuza).

His story is mainly responsible for the romanticised "chivalrous bandit" or "Robin Hood" image in Japan. An example was when a village had a famine, he helped the village out.

He was publicly executed in 1850 for various crimes after a large man-hunt.

Chūji is depicted on a 1999 Japanese stamp.

Kunisada Chūji's grave in Isesaki.

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References

  1. Maruko., Siniawer, Eiko (2009-01-01). Ruffians, yakuza, nationalists: the violent politics of modern Japan, 1860-1960. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801447204. OCLC 475533274.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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