Otomo Kazuko

Please note: This article is about the chancellor of Seppun Sora. For other uses of the term, please see Kazuko (disambiguation).
Otomo Kazuko was the chancellor of Seppun Sora, the governor of Hirosaka, who had only limited interest in daily matters and usually delegated Kazuko to oversee the court. Path of Waves, p. 153 She was a cunning courtier and the senior bureaucrat in Hirosaka and a scheming powermonger. Path of Waves, p. 159
== Appearance and Demeanor ==
Kazuko was a woman in her late twenties who maintained a carefully cultivated air of strict courtly propriety. She was careful and deliberate in all of her dealings; she was polite, but somewhat distant. Kazuko was particularly adept at playing people against one another. Her goal was to gain a senior place in the Imperial Court. She was extremely patient, convinced she would eventually get what she desires. Path of Waves, p. 161
== The Coming Storm ==
Otomo Kazuko was a study in calculating opportunism enabled by a keen political mind. In 1120 when tsunami battered the Crane coast, she assessed the Empire's state of affairs and determined it was only a matter of time before increasing chaos would engulf Rokugan. She contrived to have herself assigned to Hirosaka, where she could wait out the coming storm. Kazuko immediately ingratiated herself with Seppun Sora, becoming his chancellor who oversaw the municipal court and bureaucracy, and eventually the governor's chamberlain, the office responsible for running the governor's household. She ferreted out the more embarrassing secrets of Sora's corrupt ways, then blackmailed him into giving her this powerful consolidation of offices. Kazuko maintained an elaborate network of spies and informants in Hirosaka and nearby settlements, such as Twin Blessings Village. Kazuko retained a cadre of enforcers and assassins to deal with any problems her informants uncover. 
== See also ==
* Otomo Kazuko/Meta
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