Kazuhiko

Kazuhiko was a peasant, founder of Twin Blessings Village, whose son was lost in the Koden Mori. Some villagers said that his son still wandered the forest as a deer, and often took pity on lost souls, leading them safely out. The local shrine was sacred to Inari, the Fortune of Fertility and Rice, and to Kazuhiko, ascentor of all the villagers. Path of Waves, pp. 131-132
== Tale ==
Some villagers believed that Kazuhiko once had a family name and was a samurai wrongfully disgraced and stripped of his title. Alone, unarmed, and fleeing honorless bandits, Kazuhiko hid in the river, breathing through a reed. He remained there for four days, the sheen of the sun and moon on the surface of the river successfully hiding him from view. While under the water, he was visited by the river kami, who grew so accustomed to him that they played around him, and they told him when the bandits had finally left the area. When Kazuhiko emerged from the water, he built a shrine to the river kami in gratitude. Then he built himself a house nearby, and that was the founding of the village. Path of Waves, p. 137
== Family ==
Kazuhiko had a wife, Masae, gave birth to two sons, both strong boys who could not stop fighting, and they disagreed about everything. He asked the river kami to keep them from fighting. One boy turned into a stag and bounded off into the forest; the other turned into a fish and swam away. Kazuhiko's wife then gave birth to a girl, and over time others joined the village and many became distant descendants of the family. 
Category:Peasants (TCG)