Kawakami Gensai (河上 彦斎, 25 December 1834 – 13 January 1872) was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period. A highly skilled swordsman, he was one of the...

is a traditional school of Japanese martial arts. It was created by Kawakami Gensai in the 1860s, following his study of swordsmanship under the instructor...

samurai during the Bakumatsu era in Japanese history. The four men were Kawakami Gensai, Kirino Toshiaki (also known as Nakamura Hanjirō), Tanaka Shinbei,...

assassins Kawakami Gensai, Nakamura Hanjirō, Okada Izō, and Tanaka Shinbei, opted for a more violent approach in asserting their views. Kawakami Gensai, in...

as cross-shaped scar in his face. He was also based on the hitokiri Kawakami Gensai. In Japanese, Kenshin has been voiced by Megumi Ogata for the drama...

Kenshin was based on Kawakami Gensai, one of the Four Hitokiri of the Bakumatsu. Four years after the revolution ended, Gensai was falsely accused of...

Katakura Kojūro Katakura Shigenaga Kataoka Mitsumasa Katō Kiyomasa Kawakami Gensai Kido Takayoshi Kikkawa Hiroie Kimotsuki Kanetsugu Kitamura Kansuke...

and politician Bizan Kawakami (川上 眉山, 1869–1908), Japanese writer Gensai Kawakami (1834–1871), a famous samurai Hajime Kawakami (1879–1946), Japanese...

the bakumatsu adopted professional names; for instance Kawakami Gensai was known as Hitokiri Gensai. Hill (2002). Holland, Stephen (November 29, 2023). "10...

drawn. Shōzan was killed by one of the assassins, a hitokiri named Kawakami Gensai, who landed a death blow on him. Upon his death, the assassins immediately...