Ide Riku

Ide Riku was a merchant lord, with several holdings along the Crane-Crab border, including an inn that was his greatest pride. In 1117 Doji Miyuki arranged with Shika Hisatsugu a proposed match with Hiramichi no Daidoji Asahi, another lord merchant. Riku and Asahi loved each other. The proposal cited their compatible star signs and temperaments, and it included written testimony saying that he and Asahi had known one another since childhood. The proposal also named a war-orphaned Doji child to be adopted by the pair, ensuring that these unified holdings would be inherited by the Crane.