Tōyama Kagemoto

Tōyama Kagemoto

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Tōyama's rose to the Lower Junior Fifth rank with the name Tōyama Saemon no Jō.

In fiction

In kabuki and kōdan, he was celebrated under his childhood name of Kinshirō, or popularly, Tōyama no Kin-san. He was said to have left home as a young man, and lived among the commoners, even having a tattoo of flowering sakura trees on his shoulder. This story developed into a legend of helping the common people.

The novelist Tatsurō Jinde (陣出達郎) wrote a series of books about Kin-san. Noted actor Chiezō Kataoka starred in a a series of six Toei "jidaigeki" films about him. Several Japanese television networks have aired series based on the character. These variously portrayed him pretending to be a petty hood or a "yojimbo" while solving crimes as the chief of police.


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