Matsu Kyoda

Matsu Kyoda was a Matsu Daimyo who married Osano-Wo and mother of the Mantis Clan founder, Kaimetsu-Uo. Great Clans, p. 152 Way of the Minor Clans, p. 13
== Married ==
Kyoda was a commander of the Lion's Pride, Four Winds, p. 167 who was selected to marry Osano-Wo in the year 65. Imperial Histories, p. 19 Nine months later, two children were born on the same day, Kyoda's son, Kaimetsu-Uo and the son of a peasant who Osano-Wo formally acknowledged as his own. The boy was brought to Kyuden Hida to be raised with his Lion half-brother. One Man's Courage
== Leaving the Crab ==
When in the year 80 the heir to the Crab was decided, it was the son of the peasant, Hida Kenzan, who was given the Crab Clan sword. In a rage, Kyoda cut off her hair, took her son away from the Crab lands to begin a life of their own. Code of Bushido, p. 45
== Mantis islands ==
They traveled across the wide waters of the Crane bay, to a distant island chain known only as the Islands of Silk and Spice,  in the year 79. Fealty and Freedom, p. 23
== Doji Barahime ==
Centuries later, Barahime of the Doji family commented that the Mantis Clan was founded in part because Kyoda lacked propriety.  Way of the Crab, p. 24
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