Kunisada Chūji

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.

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

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