Gonzaemon Ushimata

Gonzaemon Ushimata   (牛股 権左衛門 Ushimata Gonzaemon)

A master of the Kogan-Ryuu school and Gennosuke's senior. A hulk of a man, Ushimata uses an immensely large wooden sword known as Kajiki or swordfish (Seigen comments that appears to be a  Suburitō ) which he wields with ease.

When he was a boy, Gonzaemon pledged to a young girl named Fuju, that he would return in three years as a fine swordsman. By the time Gonzaemon and Fuku had become adults, Gonzaemon returned and killed Fuju, and he also castrated himself with his bare hands as a sign of allegiance to his master.



Abilities
Gonzaemon Ushimata is one of the most advanced students of the Kogan Style and is the (head) instructor of the Dojo. Though, according to his own words, he has not yet mastered it, he easily defeats Irako in episode 2 ("The Yodare Azuki Cerimony"). At Kogan's insistence, Gonza heads out on a voyage in ep. 11 ("Moonlight") to challenge all dojos boasting an "unrivalled" sign, as is customary for the Kogan Style Dojo and though he heads out alone, this poses no difficulty for him. Upon his return, however, he is beset by assassins sent by Kengyou Shizuhata and Seigen Irako in order to keep him away from Kogan. Despite being surrounded, he blocks their throwing darts with his enormous sword and kills three of the assailants (who thought they were outside of his range) with Nagare, the same technique Fujiki employed to kill the older of the Funaki brothers. Semimaru prepares to spit a poisoned needle at Ushimata's back, but before he can do so, Ushimata decapitates him with the the Kogan Style's deadliest technique, the Nagare Boshi or Hoshi Nagare.

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