Ikoma Eiji

Ikoma Eiji was a courtier and historian of the Lion Clan.

Osari Plains
The Osari Plains was a Crane territory contested by the Lion. These lands had been occupied by the Lion just for three generations before they had returned to Crane control two turns of seasons ago. Kakita Asami and her yojimbo Kakita Kaezin moved to Lion lands to discuss the matter with Eiji, in presence of his own yojimbo, Matsu Beiona. Asami was disheartened when Eiji told that a band of ronin had slaughtered the defenders of the Osari village of Shirei Mura. Doji Kuwanan, a prominent samurai and childhood friend of Asami, was part of the Crane forces at Shirei, and presumed dead. If the Lion overcame the ronin first, they would get the Emperor's favor regarding the control of the plains. Eiji informed that Asami and her retinue were hostages until negotiations in Otosan Uchi had finished.