Career
He was a karō in the Yonezawa Domain under the Uesugi clan. He is also known as Chisaka Hyōbu (千坂兵部). Although he died prior to the events of the Forty-seven ronin, he appears in fictional accounts, including the 1971 Daichūshingura starring Toshirō Mifune.
He also appears in the 1999 Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai Taiga drama Genroku Ryōran.
The Meiji period politician-businessman Chisaka Takamasa was a descendant of Takafusa.
