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Marubashi Chûya was a [[ronin]] (masterless [[samurai]]) from [[Yamagata]], and instructor in martial arts and military strategy, most famous for his involvement in the 1651 [[Keian Uprising]] which sought to overthrow the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. He is said to have been a man of great strength and good birth whose distaste for the shogunate stemmed primarily from a desire for revenge for the death of his father, killed by the shogunal army at the 1615 [[Osaka Campaign]].

Marubashi Chûya was a [[ronin]] (masterless [[samurai]]) from [[Yamagata]], and instructor in martial arts and military strategy, most famous for his involvement in the 1651 [[Keian Uprising]] which sought to overthrow the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. He is said to have been a man of great strength and good birth whose distaste for the shogunate stemmed primarily from a desire for revenge for the death of his father, killed by the shogunal army at the 1615 [[Osaka Campaign]]. The identity of his father is not clear, but may have been [[Chosokabe Morichika|Chôsokabe Morichika]].

He found work teaching the use of the [[halberd]], and other aspects of martial arts and strategy. Marubashi met [[Yui Shosetsu|Yui Shôsetsu]], later to be his partner in organizing the Keian Uprising, at the armorer shop run by the latter. At some point after 1645, the two began to plot their rebellion, which would revolve around starting a fire in the capital of [[Edo]] and using this as a distraction to allow the rebels entry into the castle.

He found work teaching the use of the [[halberd]], and other aspects of martial arts and strategy. Marubashi met [[Yui Shosetsu|Yui Shôsetsu]], later to be his partner in organizing the Keian Uprising, at the armorer shop run by the latter. At some point after 1645, the two began to plot their rebellion, which would revolve around starting a fire in the capital of [[Edo]] and using this as a distraction to allow the rebels entry into the castle.