Rogue daimyos

The "Rogue Daimyos" are two members Clan Yoshida who escaped imperial justice after "The Night of the Chain."

They are Shiro Nagai (nephew of daimyo Nobu Nagai, who was captured and killed on Hokkaido) and Takeshi Fujimoto.

About "The Night of the Chain": Three leading daimyo of the Fukui family and most of their followers, relatives, and employees were slaughtered in the year 999 near three different cities - Osaka, Kagoshima, and Nagasaki. The dead included Takara Fukui, head of the clan overall (and a rare example of a female successfully taking the reins of a major family), who was succeeded by her considerably more volatile and less experienced son Takashi. Hoping to preserve peace in the land, the Emperor ordered his Lord High Executioner, Juro Kananosaki, to lead an investigation and execute or imprison all deemed responsible. The investigation pointed to three powerful daimyos in the Yoshida clan, who were declared outlaws and ordered to report to Miyako for sentencing. None of them did.

In 1,000, a massive imperial manhunt was launched in Hokkaido for the escaped and rogue Yoshida daimyos, samurai, ronin, and sympathizers. Several hundred are captured and executed, but several hundred more escaped by fleeing to mountain caves, crossing to the Forest of Frost or blending with the local civilian population. One of the daimyos, Nobu Nagai, was seized at the hot springs of Takikawa on Hokkaido, disguised as a woman. He was forced to commit seppuku with a dull kitchen knife and his body was pushed into the well of a local landowner who sheltered him.