Isawa Azami

Isawa Azami was a shugenja of the Phoenix Clan. He would be the origin of the matriarchal Moshi family.

Valley of the Centipede
Azami was the patriarch of a small, distant branch of the Isawa family. He became isolated in the Valley of the Centipede, a remote region of the Rokugani coast east of Kiken Roka in the Mountains of Regret. He settled the valley, which was all but completely separated from the Empire.

Centipede Clan
Azami had no sons, but eleven daughters. His death began a tradition of matriarchy among the family that in time became accepted practice. In time, the Otomo led the Emperor to recognize the small family as a Minor Clan. Isawa Moshi, direct descendant of Azami, was granted the family name Moshi and took the name of the first Phoenix lord of the valley, Azami, as her own. Moshi Azami became the first daimyo of the Centipede Clan.