Meaning & History
From Japanese kanji 且 (katsu) meaning "moreover; furthermore" combined with 元 (moto) meaning "cause; origin; foundation".Katsumoto Katagiri (1556-1615) was a Japanese warlord daimyō in the Edo period.Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu is the fictional main character in the 2003 film 'The Last Samurai'.