Kyuden Toketsu

Kyuden Toketsu (CB21) was founded by Yasuki Toketsu an extremely wealthy Yasuki merchant who wanted to retire in comfort around the year 1050. It was not until 1060 that he discovered the nearby monastery where the monks remembered the sacrifice of Kuni Harike, who sacrificed his life to imprison the Kusatte Iru. The castle itself was located near the Plains of Foul Tears between the Spine of the World Mountains and the Twilight Mountains, Legend of the Five Rings; Third Edition, p. 288 The Lesser of Two Evils, p. 6 in a place which would become part of the Toritaka province. Secrets of the Crab, p. 76
== The Haunting ==
Unfortunately, Kuni Harike Temple became a haunt of a Bog Hag named Higashato. Higashato had found the body of Kuni Harike after his battle with the Kusatte Iru, and using her magic was able to inhabit the body. She used this body to appear to the monks of Harike's shrine and urge them to study the Shadowlands, carving idols of oni and reciting blasphemous texts. The Lesser of Two Evils, p. 5
== Toritaka Holding ==
In the 12th century Kyuden Toketsu was granted to the Toritaka after they joined the Crab Clan, becoming part of the Toritaka province. The Atlas of Rokugan, pp. 28-29
== External Links ==
* Kyuden Toketsu (Lotus)
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