Shinjo Naotaka

Please note: This article is about the jizamurai. For other uses of the term, please see Naotaka (disambiguation).
Bokudō no Shinjo Naotaka, known as Taka, and his brother Bokudō Naosuke, known as Suke, were children of a shepherd from the north, jizamurai of the Shinjo. In 1123 both brothers were part of Shinjo Shono's entourage in his journey to al-Zawira. Taka sacrificed himself to save his lord during an attack of Tegensai raiders, mountain folk from the Pillar of the Sky. Across the Burning Sands, by Daniel Lovat Clark
Bokudō Naotaka