Harushino Keishin

Harushino Keishin (known in-game as Harushinonomiya) is an anthologist, calligrapher, politician, poet and tea master in the Imperial Court of Ikari. His influence in Ikari has been enormous since he joined the nation on June 12, 2023.

## Name

In Western naming order, Harushino Keishin would be Keishin Harushino, as his given name is Keishin and his surname is Harushino (in Eastern naming order, the surname is followed by given name). Originally, his given name was Tsunenobu, but he changed it to the sinitic reading version of the ideograms that made up the name, thus becoming Keishin on June 30th. In addition, although not often used, Keishin has a clan name and his kabane title - which are located between his surname and first name -, so his full name is Harushino Ikari-no-Asomi Keishin.

## Life

Harushino was born to a minor and distant branch of an aristocratic and military clan, the Ikari, sometime after the Ikari clan fell from grace. Unlike his distant relatives, Keishin did not have a military education; he was teached in the ways of the ceremonious Imperial Court, learning calligraphy, poetry, and the old rites of the imperial palace.
               As a result of this upbringing, Harushino became a staunch adherent of a model country centered on an Imperial Court whose virtuous monarch would reign supreme. In his words:

> 強力な皇帝中心の朝廷なければ、強力な國はもござらない。
> (*Kyōryokuna kōtei chūshin no chōtei nakereba, kyōryokuna kuni wa mo gozaranai*)
> **"Without a government centered on a powerful Emperor there will never be a powerful Country."**
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Harushino was a Kyokai sympathizer, and on receiving the news of the fall of this country, he composed the following *waka* poem:

> たそがれの ふかく暗闇 春の日に しづ心なく 桂の葉散るらむ 。
> (*Tasogare no fukaku kurayami, haru no hi ni shizugokoro naku katsura no ha chiruramu*)
> **"In a peaceful twilight of deep darkness in the days of spring, why do the cinnamon tree leaves scatter like restless thoughts?"**
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He joined the nation of Ikari on June 12, 2023, when his reinterpretation of the national flag of Ikari impressed Emperor NyaKanna, who immediately accepted Keishin and his work. The poet fondly remembers this date.

## Chancellorship

Given the absence of Emperor nyaKanna and the exiled Cinnam\_n in the country's politics, Harushino Keishin immediately ascended to power, and brought to Ikari a new configuration of government and new projects for the nation. The chancellor's first major goal was the inauguration of a splendorous Imperial Capital to serve as the seat of Ikari's Imperial Throne Power. On June 18th, Chancellor Harushino founded the Kyōraku Jurisdiction, which the Emperor declared the Imperial Capital a day later, and in the next ten days the chancellor laid the foundations for the Copper Palace and the buildings on Akadori Street.
               On June 28th, the chancellor invited King Don to the new capital. The monarch was so impressed with Ikari's advance that a treaty subordinating Don to Ikari was secured by Chancellor Harushino on the same day. Later that day, the Tsar of Efrax also visited Kyōraku and an alliance between Ikari and Efrax was forged.

## Notable Works

1. **Ikari Kokki** (current version of Ikari's National Flag);
2. **Shinshōmon** (Ikari's National Emblem);
3. **Kikarinomaru** (The Emperor's Emblem);