Shiba Shikitora

Shiba Shikitora was a courtier of the Phoenix Clan who was appointed at Otosan Uchi under the reign of Hantei XXXI. Shikitora was so incensed by her rival, a court poet named Kakita Sanuki, that she would try to outdo her in all things. Eventually Sanuki's heart was broken due to an ill-fated love, and she threw herself from the roof of the Imperial Palace. Shiba Shikitora threw herself from a roof twice as high on the next day.