Characters
- Ogami Ittō (拝 一刀?)—The shogun's executioner, Ittō decides to avenge the death of his wife, Ogami Azami (拝 薊?, "Asami" in the Dark Horse version) and to restore his clan.
- Ogami Daigorō (拝 大五郎, romanized as "Daigoro" in the Dark Horse version?)—The son of Ittō and Azami, Daigorō becomes a stronger warrior as the story progresses.
- Yagyū Retsudō (柳生 烈堂?)—The leader of the Yagyū clan, Retsudō tries everything in his power to ensure that Ittō dies.
- Abe Tanomo (阿部 頼母?, also known as Kaii (怪異))—The shogun's food taster, Tanomo dishonorably tries to kill Ittō and Daigorō.
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Famous quotes containing the word characters:
“For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are slow to acknowledge that they have changed, even for the better.”
—E.M. (Edward Morgan)
“Thus we may define the real as that whose characters are independent of what anybody may think them to be.”
—Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914)
“Though they be mad and dead as nails,
Heads of the characters hammer through daisies;
Break in the sun till the sun breaks down,
And death shall have no dominion.”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)