Jirou

Please note: This article is about the ghost, Akodo Yusuke's son, dead in his childbirth. For other uses of the term, please see Jirou (disambiguation).
Jirou would be the second son of Akodo Yusuke and Tonbo Yuniko, but he was born dead. Yusuke had refused to follow a Tonbo ritual previous to the childbirth, to don his wife's clothes and paint his face as a woman. Scenes From the Empire 37, by Robert Denton, Nancy Sauer, and Seth Mason
== Ghost ==
Yusuke's first son had been babied by his mother and had shown no aptitudes towards the way of a bushi. His father's desire was so great for a true warrior that Jirou's spirit manifested, and grew stronger, draining his mother's life. He began to spar with bokken with his brother, and eventually Yusuke realized Jirou was a ghost. Jirou and his brother fought, and only one survived. Jirou had possessed his brother's body. He was trained by Yusuke, who weakened as Jirou grew stronger. 
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