Ugawa family

The Ugawa family was a vassal family of the Bayushi family of the Scorpion Clan.

Founding
In the forth century a samurai-ko named Kaiu Uagawa was responsible for the needless death of her unit. As a covert punishment she was married into the Scorpion Clan. She believed there were no purpose for her among the Scorpion, but then found their forges lacking.

Her techniques that she taught to her new clan's armoursmiths earned her a vassal family under the Bayushi, who preserve her methods to this day.

Duties
The Ugawa were a Juhin-Kenzoku, a quartermaster or forgery family, of the Scorpion Clan.

Major References

 * Book of Earth p.36