Rice War (TCG)

The Rice War in the year 662 was a conflict provoked by the Great Famine. 
== Preambles ==
From the year 660 to the year 665, Rokugan was subjected to a period of relentlessly bad weather: intense drought broken by bursts of torrential rain, compounded by heavy snowfalls during unusually long and cold winters. These climatic extremes ravaged the Empire's crops, resulting in one poor harvest after another, the period known as the Great Famine. Fields of Victory, p. 35
== Wars for Food ==
When in the year 662 Crab Clan Champion Hida Tsuneko appealed for aid for her clan in the Imperial Court, she was derisively dismissed, particularly by the Crane. The Crab and Crane Clans engaged in an intense trade dispute over rice other foodstuffs. As the dispute escalated, Tsuneko and the Crab invaded the Crane lands. Initially the Crab prevailed in battle after battle, but the timely arrival of several Imperial Legions stabilized the faltering Crane. Finally, just outside of Lonely Shore City, with their food stocks exhausted, the Crab were forced to plead for peace. They accepted a treaty that included a range of severe punitive measures, included reparations to the Crane to be paid in coin, food shipments, and other resources the Crab simply could not afford. Fields of Victory, p. 36
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