Kakita Shizen

Kakita Shizen was a magistrate of the Crane Clan.

Magistrate
Shizen believed that honor and honesty were the most important qualities of a magistrate, and guided by them he was very effective in apprehending criminals, although it had not endeared him to the upper echelons of the Crane society.

Provincial Adjunct
His talent and the desire of his superiors to remove him fron the field, Shizen was appointed as provincial adjunct in 1165. He was a slightly chubby but very amiable man in his mid-thirties.