Asahina family



The Asahina family is the shugenja family of the Crane Clan. They are also noted pacifists. Their beliefs often lead them to be less involved in matters of clan and imperial politics than the other families of the Crane.

The family originated from a Lion-Phoenix-Crane dispute. Isawa Asahina, the founder of the family and former Master of Air, was violently obsessed with the Phoenix's war with the Lion when the Crane, wanting to end the war, brokered a peace treaty. As a response to the accord, Isawa Asahina turned his wrath upon the Crane for having the audacity to meddle. His rampage ended in the village of Kimura when Doji Kiriko, the former Clan Champion's daughter, threw herself repeatedly in front of Asahina's attacks to save the lives of hundreds of villagers, he was so moved that he relented his assault. He left the Phoenix and nursed Kiriko back to health. When she was whole again, he married her and was granted his own family within the Crane. The two of them founded Shinden Asahina and started the pacifistic family. (Crane pp. 33-34)

Isawa Asahina forsook the use of Fire when he forswore violence and joined the crane. He turned his talents to Air, the element of healing, instead and as a tradition, many of the Asahina shugenja use this element.

Asahina Daimyo
The following are the known daimyo of the Asahina: