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Please note: This article is about the Crane Clan Champion. For other uses of the term, please see Ritsuko (disambiguation).
Doji Ritsuko 
Born: Unknown 
Died: Unknown 
Spouse: Isawa Tomokazu 
Titles: Crane Clan Champion
Doji Daimyō
People

Doji Ritsuko was the Crane Clan Champion.

Lion-Phoenix War[]

During the Lion-Phoenix War the city of Shiro Shiba had been besieged by the Lion Clan. Eventually the intervention of the Crane Clan forced the Lion to call a truce. [1]

Victory with No Strike[]

Soon thereafter, a Phoenix shugenja, Isawa Tomokazu, sought vengeance against the Lion for their aggression. The Crane Champion, Doji Ritsuko, rode to stop him, but she refused to duel. She endured his elemental assault, yet refused to fall, and after days of her passive resistance, the kami refused Tomokazu's requests to smite her. With this, the Phoenix forces lost the will to fight and surrendered, in the battle known as the Victory with No Strike, achieving one's goals on the battlefield by breaking the enemy's will. [2]

Marriage[]

The Phoenix shugenja married the samurai maiden who beat him in the battle, taking the name Asahina. [3]

Legacy[]

The confounder of the Asahina had been born with white hair, a feature which passed to the Asahina family. [4]


Preceded by:
Unknown
Crane Clan Champion
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Succeeded by:
Unknown
Preceded by:
Unknown
Doji Daimyō
? - ?
Succeeded by:
Unknown


Sources Conflict
The sources relating to this article are in conflict with each other.
The Crane maiden is named Doji Kiriko in Courts of Stone page 63, mimicking the name given in AEG canon.

References

  1. Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, p. 55
  2. Emerald Empire: The Essential Guide to Rokugan, p. 56
  3. Tempests and Tides, by Annie VanderMeer Mitsoda
  4. Courts of Stone, p. 63


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