Bayushi Ujiro

Bayushi Ujiro was the Scorpion Clan Champion during the time period of the Crane Clan writer Kakita Ryoku, and was invited to the winter court she held which was later described in her novel Winter.

In the novel, Ujiro challenges the Champions of Crab, Lion and Unicorn, Hida Junuro, Akodo Kyuinjin and Shinjo Yuni respectively, to a competition of loyalty in order to check how loyal their yojimbo are. The competition consisted of each of them calling their yojimbo and giving them an order that Ujiro would first give his own yojimbo. To the terror of all gathered in the room, Ujiro's order to his yojimbo was to kill him. Shunsen, Ujiro's yojimbo, killed his lord without hesitation, and then ended his own life.