Ikoma Katsu (I)

Please note: This article is about the yoriki of Matsu Ino. For other uses of the term, please see Katsu (disambiguation).
Ikoma Katsu was a young and ambitious samurai. He was yoriki of Matsu Ino despite he doubted about the honor of his Lord. Ino had inherited his brother's lands after he died in a strange battle against the Crane. He courted a newcomer, Shosuro Kujiko, but she eventually selected Kakita Hachi as her fiance. Both disappeared one day and no one knew what happened to them. Honor's Veil, pp. 28-30
== Ino the betrayer ==
Hachi was detained and found guilty of the death of Kujiko. He made accusation against his lord, Kakita Hojin, and told he had ordered the murder to keep hidden a dishonorable bargain with Ino, supposedly a betrayer to his brother Matsu Chonoku. Because Hachi was a samurai of lower station than Ino his testimony was dismissed. Honor's Veil, p. 34
== Lord of Suboten Castle ==
After Ino was involved in the death of his daimyo "The Honest Scorpion" The Way of the Scorpion, pp. 4-6 in 1122 Imperial Histories, p. 130 he died and his lands were passed to Katsu, Honor's Veil, p. 35 making him Suboten Castle's Lord. Honor's Veil, p. 47
== See also ==
* Ikoma Katsu (I)/Meta
Category:Lion Clan Members