Mirumoto family
From L5r: Legend of the Five Rings
| Mirumoto family
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|---|---|
| Clan: | Dragon Clan |
| Founded: | Pre-calendar |
| Daimyo: | Mirumoto Mareshi |
The Mirumoto family is the largest family of the Dragon Clan and comprimises the majority of their bushi. They were founded by the yojimbo of Togashi, Mirumoto, who was one of the most brilliant duelists that Rokugan has ever known. The family line cannot be drawn directly from Mirumoto himself, as the only child he had was his adopted son Mirumoto Hojatsu. Hojatsu's daughter, Mirumoto Ujaniko continued the Mirumoto name in honor of the Dragon Thunder. The Mirumoto are also fierce advocates of the niten two sword style, as their founder Mirumoto was the one who invented it and it was further developed by Hojatsu. [1]
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[edit] The Agasha
After the Day of Thunder in 42, Togashi and his followers moved back up into the mountains and withdrew themselves almost completely from the affairs of the Empire. It was during this time that the Mirumoto family forged a strong bond with the Agasha family. The son of Mirumoto, Mirumoto Yojiro and the founder of the Agasha, Agasha worked closely together maintaining the clan's interests, and learned much from eachother in the process. Over the years the Mirumoto students would be encouraged to watch the Agasha and learn from them, and the Agasha students would do the same with the Mirumoto. This practice continued even after the deaths of the two school founders. [2]
[edit] Mirumoto Mon
The mon of the Mirumoto is a dragon encircling and holding a daisho, symbolizing the technique of their founder. [3]
[edit] Family structure
The Mirumoto family is the military might of the Dragon Clan, and therefore has a much more regimental structure then the other families of the Dragon. The leader of the family is the daimyo, and the only others with higher authority than the daimyo is the daimyo of the Togashi family, Emperor of Rokugan and the Emerald Champion. Because of the reclusive nature of the Togashi daimyo the Mirumoto daimyo was for a thousand years almost considered to have the same status as a Clan daimyo. The Mirumoto daimyo's personal guard usually consists of roughly 1300 men where 200 are archers, 200 are ashigaru, 50 are bannermen and 50 are shieldbearers. 500 are regular samurai, 150 are cavalry and the remaining 150 are shugenja. These soldiers are regularily stationed at Shiro Mirumoto in addition to troops from all the Dragon families totalling roughly three to five thousand troops at any one time in Shiro Mirumoto.[4]
[edit] Training
A Mirumoto begins their training at a young age, stuying, practicing, learning kata and being taught the family hitsory. The main dojo of the Mirumoto is a simple room with only three words painted on the wall; "Neither will I." This phrase was spoken to Togashi by Shinsei, and is very important to the Mirumoto. The reason for why it is so important has been hotly debated between the Agasha and Mirumoto. The students are expected to study this phrase during his training, and at the end of their gempukku they are expected to write a spontaneous haiku in response to the phrase. The most famous of these haiku was that of Mirumoto himself:
| Starving until I
understand but I'm starving my master with me -Mirumoto
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To the Togashi the meaning is clear. A samurai's devotion to one's lord. When Shinsei told Togashi "Neither will I" he showed him the consequences of his actions upon those who followed him. [5]
[edit] Mirumoto Daimyo
The following is a list of the known daimyo of the Mirumoto family:
| Mirumoto | Pre-calendar - 42 |
| Mirumoto Hojatsu | 42 - c.43 |
| Mirumoto Tomo | (c. 704) |
| Mirumoto Kabe | (c. 750) |
| Mirumoto Watanubo | ? - 805 |
| Mirumoto Kaijuko | 805 - c.877 |
| Kaijuko's Cousin | c.877 - ? |
| Mirumoto Shosan | ? - ? |
| Mirumoto Sukune | ? - ? |
| Mirumoto Hitomi | ? - 1127 |
| Mirumoto Daini | 1127 |
| Mirumoto Yukihira | 1127 - 1128 |
| Mirumoto Hitomi | 1128 - 1132 |
| Mirumoto Uso | 1132 - 1161 |
| Mirumoto Rosanjin | 1161 - 1168 |
| Mirumoto Kei | 1168 - 1170 (ruled alongside Mareshi) |
| Mirumoto Mareshi | 1168 - Present |
Daimyo of unknown dates;
| Mirumoto Turan | ? - ? |
[edit] References
- ↑ Way of the Dragon p. 26
- ↑ Way of the Dragon p. 15
- ↑ Way of the Dragon p. 24
- ↑ Way of the Dragon p. 23-25
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Way of the Dragon p. 30
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