人斬り鉤月斎 Tachiki Shinzaburō was a hatamoto (direct retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate) who held various official posts in Kyushu, including the Nagasaki Magistrate and the Regional Magistrate for Western Japan (Saigoku-suji-gundai). His second son, Tetsunosuke, was adopted as a son-in-law by Tachibana Genshichiro, a renowned swordsman in Edo. Genshichiro passed down his family headship and … Continue reading Manslayer Kōgetsusai 01