Monastery

There are countless monasteries across Rokugan that house both the lifelong members of the Brotherhood of Shinsei and those samurai who have retired into the Brotherhood.

Hierarchy
Each monastery has an internal hierarchy of some sort. The leadership of the monasteries is supposed to consist of the most spiritually enlightened of its monks, but often leadership positions default to former members of the samurai caste.

Initiates are the lowest rank of members of a monastery. Once a new member has moved past the initiate phase, they are called sozu; sozu are the supervisors of various areas of life within the monastery. The heads of the monastery are called sojo; sojo are in charge of the sozu and in control of all aspects of life at the monastery. Dai-sojo are in charge of several monasteries, managing the various sojo and reporting directly to the leader of their sect.

Dress
All monks wear the traditional saffron robes that have become synonymous with their position. In addition, monks within a monastery will wear a colored over-robe to designate their position within the monastery. Initiates and sozu have black over-robes, sojo have purple over-robes, and dai-sojo have red over-robes.