Mirumoto Hojatsu
From L5r: Legend of the Five Rings
| Mirumoto Hojatsu | |
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| Born: | Unknown |
| Died: | c.43 |
| Parents: | Mirumoto (adopted) |
| Children | Mirumoto Ujaniko |
| Titles: | Mirumoto Daimyo |
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| Please note: This article is about the adopted son of Mirumoto. For other uses of the term, please see Mirumoto Hojatsu (disambiguation). |
Mirumoto Hojatsu was the adopted son of the Dragon Clan Thunder Mirumoto. [1]
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[edit] His Father's Legacy
After Mirumoto's death, Hojatsu decreed that the foundation set down by his father would not go to waste. Construction was restarted on what would become the Iron Mountain Dojo. Hojatsu would also not live to see the completion of the dojo, but spent his final years in the nearly finished dojo detailing his father's niten style.[2] Hojatsu taught the fighting style to his daughter, Mirumoto Ujaniko, who was his only child. Hojatsu arranged for Ujaniko to marry his most promising student, Mirumoto Kijome, and the couple continue the Mirumoto family line out of respect for Hojatsu. [3]
[edit] Famous Duels
[edit] Ujimona
Ujimona was a duelist who was defeated by Hojatsu. Following his victory, Hojatsu stated that Ujimona had been the better swordsman, that his skill and techniques had been superior. When asked by his son-in-law Mirumoto Kijome how that could be, when Hojatsu had just beaten the man, Hojatsu said it was because he had known he would win, but Ujimona had not. This became a prime example of the final paragraph of Niten. [4]
[edit] Kakita
Hojatsu and Kakita met twice to duel. The first time the two looked into each others eyes, but neither drew their blades and both walked away. Over the years after that the two grew to respect each other, reading the other person's texts on kenjutsu. They decided to meet for a duel one last time, on Kakita's thirty ninth birthday. This time they both struck, Hojatsu was killed and Kakita was mortally wounded. Kakita took up Hojatsu's sword and fell upon it. A monument was raised where the two fell, in the Valley of the Two Generals. The year of their deaths is believed to have been 43 of the Isawa Calendar. [1]
[edit] Burial
When the Iron Mountain Dojo was finished Hojatsu was buried at the head of the main class room, under a shrine to Mirumoto, Shinsei and Togashi. On either side of the shrine there are scrolls with the words "Neither Will I" written, and since the funeral walk for Hojatsu the path leading up to the dojo has been known as the Son's Last Walk.[2]
[edit] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Way of the Dragon p. 10
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Way of the Samurai pp. 31-32
- ↑ Way of the Dragon p. 26
- ↑ Way of the Dragon p. 30
| Preceded by: Mirumoto | Mirumoto Daimyo 42 - c.43 | Succeeded by: Unknown |
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