Clan Yoshida

Family Affiliation: Yoshida

Religious Affiliation: Strongly Kami

Allies: The Kusarigama, Edo School

Enemies: Fukui Clan, Sugimoto-gumi, Kokuryukai, Kagoshima Progression

Headquarters: Edo

History / Sphere of Influence: Edo with allies among rural daimyos

Pro/Anti Emperor: Anti, but quietly

Pro/Anti Gaijin: Strongly anti Crest: A bird (often yellow or red) on a black background

Kimono / Uniform Style: Always some combination of red and black, usually heavily black. Cranes and bird motifs dominate.

- The Yoshida Clan, collectively, is the most powerful military force in Oyashima, and Yoshida clansmen dominate the Imperial Army

- Nominally loyal to the emperor, it has in practice been feuding with both the government and the Fukui clan over the past several years

- Yoshida enjoy a monopoly on high quality warhorses - any other clans that wish to obtain them must pay an exorbitant price

- Yoshida clan finances are a wreck, presenting the spectacle of daimyos with gorgeous castles and hundreds of men at arms begging relatives for sufficient rice to get through the winter

- It is strongest in Edo, Sendai, and Matsuyama and northern / interior Oyashima generally, but it has soldiers posted throughout the land

- The head of the family is Shuko Yoshida; the land's top general, Hiroto Domoto, is related to the clan by marriage to one of Yoshida's daughters

Players who are part of Clan Yoshida start with an extra weapon proficiency and a weapon of quality (+1 dm, non-magical) of their choosing.