Hantei Genji

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Please note: This article is about the son of Hantei. For other uses of the term, please see Genji (disambiguation).

Hantei Genji
Born:	Unknown
Died:	247
Parents:	Hantei, Doji Mioko
Siblings:	Otomo Yamato
Spouse:	Doji Oborozukiyo
Children	Hantei Ningi, Unnamed Daughter
Titles:	Emperor of Rokugan
People

Hantei Genji was the son of the Kami Hantei and the second Emperor of Rokugan. Coronated 5 months after the death of his father. He was called the "Shining Prince", and married a Doji woman, as his father had.

Contents 1 Reign 1.1 Marriage 1.2 Siblings 1.3 Tsi family 1.4 Fox Clan Sword 2 Ascension of Hantei Genji 3 References

[edit] Reign

"The crow returned from the Shadowlands, feathers black as pitch, but eyes clear with the wisdom it had gained. So began One Thousand Years of Peace." -Genji [1]

Hantei Genji was himself a fine poet, and under his reign, the arts flourished throughout Rokugan. Many of the cultural traditions of Rokugan began during his reign, no small amount of which were begun by Genji himself. The types of food eaten within the empire, interaction customs between samurai, and even the Shintao faith were developed directly under Genji.^[2]

[edit] Marriage

Hantei Genji married Doji Oborozukiyo, who was called by the poets of the day "the Lady of the Misty Moon."^[2]

[edit] Siblings

Genji had several siblings, most notably his brother Otomo Yamato. Yamato was one of the youngest sons of Hantei, and the first to take the Otomo family name. This began the tradition of the siblings of the Imperial Heir taking the Otomo name.^[3]

[edit] Tsi family

During his reign Hantei Genji was impressed with the work of the gaijin smith Tsi Wenfu and declared him no longer a gaijin and the Tsi family was founded.^[4]

"The Fortunes are divine, and the Tao worldly. Together, the two speak perfectly to every soul." -Genji [5]

[edit] Fox Clan Sword

Genji had the Ancestral Sword of the Fox Clan taken from the Fox Clan sometime during the third century. It was given to Togashi Nyoko who reforged the sword and wrapped the hilt with silk made from the Kami Shinjo. Beneath the silk was secretly, per Genji's order, hidden the Black Scroll The Walking Horror of Fu Leng. The sword was then stolen by the Scorpion Clan and hidden beneath the mountains by Otosan Uchi. As it was officially the Scorpion's duty to guard the Black Scrolls, it is very likely that Genji authorized the Scorpion to take the sword.^[6]

[edit] Ascension of Hantei Genji

Popular legend claims that, like his father, Hantei Genji did not die, but ascended to Tengoku.^[7]

Preceded by: Hantei

Emperor of Rokugan 46 - 247

Succeeded by: Hantei Ningi

[edit] References

Sources Conflict The sources relating to this article are in conflict with each other.

In Way of the Scorpion, page 34, it states the name of the emperor at the end of Bayushi Tangen's life (170) as "Hantei Goshino". Because this is contradicted by every other piece of information on the Hantei line, it is assumed that this is either incorrect or was a pet name for Hantei Genji used by Tangen.

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