Kano family

The Kano family was a vassal family in service to the Yasuki family of the Crab Clan.

Founding
Toward the end of the life of Yasuki herself, a small group of her favored students came to live in the estate her son had built. Yasuki's own children had cast aside her traditions as artisans in the face of the Kakita's growing mastery. On her deathbed, her last act was to name her follower Yasuki Kano the keeper of her ways and granted him his own vassal family. Kano Mura became their ancestral home.

Yasuki Defection
When the Yasuki broke from the Crane, the Kano followed them into the Crab, and the Kano continued in their role as artisans providing goods to sell.

Second Yasuki War
During the Second Yasuki War, the Kano had been loyal to the Crab Clan, turning their arts to the smithing of steel weapons and armor and even sending their children to bushi schools. The other families of the Crab were impressed by the tiny, peaceful family's actions, and the name "Kano" became synonymous with "patriot."