Winter Court: Kyuden Kakita

Winter Court: Kyuden Kakita was the second of the three Winter Court books in the Legend of the Five Rings roleplaying game published in 2000. It describes the occurrences at the Winter Court held in Kyuden Kakita in 1125, the second year of the reign of Hantei XXXIX

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Written by Ree Soesbee, Rich Wulf and Shawn Carman
Additional Material by Rick Dakan, Patrick Kapera, Jim Pinto, Craig Folsom & Ramon Peña
Game System by David Williams and John Wick
Art Direction: Jim Pinto
Cover Artwork: Cris Dornaus
Interior Artwork: Cris Dornaus, Carl Frank, Scott James, Daniel Moenster
Artwork Prepress: Brendon Goodyear
Line Developer: Ree Soesbee
Line Editor: D.J. Trindle
Editing: D.J. Trindle, Rob Vaux
Interior Layout: Brendon Goodyear, Steve Hough

Invitation Letter to the Winter Court by Doji Ameiko
The Taste of Poison Part One - Fiction with Bayushi Kachiko and Emperor Hantei XXXIX

Welcome Letter to the Winter Court by Doji Ameiko
A Dark Venom - Fiction with Doji Reju, Seppun Nakao and the arrival of Hida Kisada's forces to Ryoko Owari Toshi
Campaigns in Ancient Rokugan
- The Beginning
- The Battle of White Stag
- The Return of the Unicorn
Natural Disasters
- Fortune's Wrath
- Element's of Disaster
The Miya Family
- The Duty of the Miya
- The Role of the Miya
- Lands of the Miya
- History of the Miya
What It Means to be Ronin in Rokugan
Ronin
- How One Becomes Ronin
- What Do ronin Eat?
- Where Do Ronin Sleep?
- How Do ronin Find Work?
- Who Are Their Friends?
- The Ronin at the Court
- Arriving in Court
- The Treatment of Ronin in Court
- What They Stand to Lose
- What They Stand to Gain
- The Afternath of Court

Instructive Letter on the Winter Court by Doji Ameiko
Hidden Blades - Fiction with the coup of Miya Satoshi against his father Miya Yoto, with the appearance of Koan and Hisa
Life in Rokugan
- A Samurai's Day
  - Matsu Ujiro, the Bushi
  - Kakita Imoko, the Courtier
  - Isawa Sadako, the Shugenja
  - Shiba Ryushu, the Artisan
- The Lower Classes
  - Nodoka, the Monk
  - Shoukei, the Merchant
  - Toukai, the Eta
Apprenticeship and Gempukku
Art and Culture

Instructive Letter on the Winter Court by Doji Ameiko
The Touch of Steel - Fiction with two scene, first scene with Ide Masouri, sequestered at Kyuden Ikoma, and his escort Akodo Hajioki; second scene with Shinjo Tabe at Shiro Shinjo, and Iuchi Takaai in the Imperial Palace.
Visiting custom in Rokugan
- Rituals of Greeting
- Closed Diplomacy and the Art of Subtlety
- The Chambers of Court
Court Intrigue
- Sample Ambassadors
Guests at Winter Court
Entertainment

- Artisans
- Kemari
- Sumai
- Bowmen's Wager
- Winding Water Banquets
- The Devil Chase
- Letters
- Fireworks
Ghosts
The Shadowlands Taint in the Rokugani Society
- Degrees
  - First Degree - Pasive Infection
  - Second Degree - Active Infection
  - Third Degree - Deadly Infection
  - Fourth Degree - Embrace of the Dark
- Harboring the Taint
A Brief Warning
Astrological Events
- Rise of the Blood Moon
- Amaterasu's Pitcher
- Shadow Blackens the Sky of Otosan Uchi
- The Ghost of the Twilight Mountains
In the Imperial Court