Doji Tanitsu

Doji Tanitsu was the Imperial Advisor during the reign of Toturi III.

Youth
Despite being relatively young he quickly became one of the most prominent courtiers of the Crane Clan, attendign the prestigious Kyuden Doji Dojo. He was a childhood friend with all of Toturi I's three children, but especially Toturi Sezaru and Toturi Tsudao. Tsudao he considered his one great love.

Tanitsu and Tsudao
Tanitsu planned to court Tsudao after his gempukku, but Toturi Kaede intervened. She spoke to Tanitsu as the Oracle of Void about the outcome of his plan. She told him that Tsudao would never accomplish her destiny as the daughter of the emperor and Amaterasu's heir. After hearing the prophecy, Tanitsu exiled himself from Otosan Uchi with a heavy heart. He returned a few years later, bearing the unhealed wounds of his thwarted feelings for Tsudao.

The Four Winds
Tanitsu was one of the very few people in Rokugan who could claim to be on friendly terms with all of the Four Winds, although he was particularily close with Toturi Tsudao.

Demeanor
Considered as "The Face of the Crane," Tanitsu is almost always very open and honest and has an infectously cheerful demeanor. His good nature and forthrightness blind those who do not know him, and his unprecedented skills at manipulation do the rest. He rarely uses his skills unless it directly benefits the Crane Clan.

Kaneka
When Kaneka lived as a ronin and few would accept him, it was a young Crane named Tanitsu who wrote down his tale and brought it to the courts. He was one of the few men in the Empire who could rightly call both the Emperor and Shogun friend, a man of peace and calm diplomacy.

Major References

 * Way of the Samurai Page 25