Oishi Kuranosuké

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also known as the councilor

Leader of the avenging Rônins

A white-haired councilor and second to Asano who feigned debauchery and drunkenness in Kioto to deceive enemy spies, ultimately leading the Rônins in a calculated attack to avenge their lord.

In The Form of the Sword (Jorge Luis Borges, 1944)