Kakita Torikago (TCG)

Kakita Torikago was a courtier of the Crane Clan.

Artist
In 1123 Kakita Torikago, one of the more prominent young artisans of the Crane Clan, was honored with an appointment to the Crane guest home in Otosan Uchi. He also was selected to attend an artistic competition to take place in the Fantastic Gardens with Kakita Shiko, daughter to Kakita Shijin, the most famous living poets in the Empire. In the constest they had to create a work of art that would be given to the Emperor's son. Shiko and Torikago were actually lovers, and the night after the competition began, someone stole Shiko's collection of Torikago's love letters. A group of samurai uncovered the guilty, the patron of a Crane courtier whose appointment to Otosan Uchi was derailed by Torikago's promotion. The rival had intended to blackmail Torikago into losing the competition, hoping this would discredit him enough that his assignment would be rescinded.