Kasajiro "Catcher Kasajiro" Sakane

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One of Edo's best policemen, who often uses a hook and rope to capture those he arrests. A lower-caste samurai, he looks up to Asaemon as a teacher and colleague and is the person closest to Asaemon. Asaemon adopted Kasajiro's wife Shinko and acted in the place of the father in law at Kasajiro's wedding.

(Source: Wikipedia)