Daidoji Kasami

Daidoji Kasami was a Daidoji Daimyo in the 6th century, younger daughter of Daidoji Kamei.

Aunts's Maddened Behaviour
In 520 her aunt Daidoji Hira began to act erratically until his brother patience was exhausted. The Daidoji Daimyo Daidoji Kamei ordered his brother to commit seppuku, but Hira fled along with forty-four bushi from the Shiro Daidoji guard, leaving a message behind: "You did not set a date for my death, brother. Seek me in the Uebe Marshes if you wish to hasten it."

Foxfire War
Incensed, Kamei sailed down the coast to the Uebe Marshes to chase his brother. In the unfamiliar terrain, his troops were slaughtered during the Foxfire War with trap-laying and ambush strategies developed by Hira. After several months Kamei retired to Shiro Daidoji, and found Hira's body in his former quarters, dead by seppuku. Arranged around him was a model depicting the most treacherous ambush points in the Marshes in the same scale as those in the Daidoji Library, and the message: "Do not let the food and drink of peace make the belly of the Daidoji grow fat. Seek my son in the marshes." Kamei retired as a monk, and Kasami's elder sister, Daidoji Kasako, succeeded him. She resumed the war and hunted Hira's son, Daidoji Yasuhira, who within three years was captured and executed. Yasuhira's younger brother Daidoji Shigehira continued the fight from the Wall above the Ocean. Shigehira's followers were chased by Daidoji Hanzo, Kasami's youngest brother, who killed the enemy leader in personal combat.

Daidoji Daimyo
Kasami was already the Daidoji Daimyo at that time. She was a practical woman and realized the value of the troops that had helped her defeat Hira's followers. Kasami proclaimed them the Hiramori family, vassals to the Daidoji. The family was named the "Forest Hira," an ironic joke at the traitorous Hira's expense.