# Ueki Kurouemon — Short Fiction character guide

> Ueki Kurouemon in Short Fiction by Akutagawa Ryūnosuke.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Ueki

**First appearance:** 0013-i

## Who they are

A character in a historical narrative.

## In the story

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_59_se/chapters/v)

Treasurer, advocates for brass to curb avarice.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_59_se/chapters/vi)

One of the three loyal retainers; he had proposed making brass pipes, but Narihiro's order to return to gold leaves him and the others speechless.

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