The Clans
THE OTORI
Otori Shigeru: heir to the Otori clan
Otori Takeshi: his younger brother
Otori Shigemori: his father, lord of the clan
Otori Masako: his mother
Otori Shoichi: his uncle
Otori Masahiro: his uncle
Otori Ichiro: Shigeru’s teacher
Chiyo: head maid of Lady Otori’s household
Otori Eijiro: head of a branch family
Otori Eriko: his wife
Otori Danjo: his son
Harada: one of Shigeru’s retainers
Komori: a Chigawa man, “the Underground Emperor”
Haruna: owner of the House of the Camellias
Akane: a famous courtesan, daughter of the stonemason
Hayato: her lover
Yanagi Moe: Shigeru’s wife
Mori Yusuke: the Otori horsebreaker
Mori Yuta: his oldest son
Mori Kiyoshige: his second son, Shigeru’s best friend
Mori Hiroki: his third son, who becomes a priest
Miyoshi Satoru: an elder of the clan
Miyoshi Kahei: his older son, Takeshi’s friend
Miyoshi Gemba: his younger son
Irie Masahide: the sword instructor to the Otori boys
Kitano Tadakazu: lord of Tsuwano, an Otori vassal
Kitano Tadao: his oldest son
Kitano Masaji: his second son
Noguchi Masayoshi: an Otori vassal
Nagai Tadayoshi: the senior retainer at Yamagata
Endo Chikara: the senior retainer at Hagi
Terada Fumimasa: head of the Hagi fishing fleet
Terada Fumio: his son
Matsuda Shingen: a former warrior, now a priest, later the Abbot of Terayama
THE SEISHUU
Maruyama Naomi: head of the Maruyama clan
Maruyama Mariko: her daughter
Sugita Sachie: her companion, Otori Eriko’s sister
Sugita Haruki: senior retainer to the Maruyama, Sachie’s brother
Arai Daiichi: heir to the Arai clan at Kumamoto
THE TOHAN
Iida Sadayoshi: lord of the Tohan clan
Iida Sadamu: his son, heir to the clan
Miura Naomichi: a Tohan sword instructor
Inaba Atsushi: his retainer
The Tribe
Muto Shizuka: Arai’s mistress
Muto Zenko:
Muto Taku: their sons
Muto Kenji: Shizuka’s uncle, head of the Muto family, friend to Shigeru
Muto Seiko: his wife
Muto Yuki: his daughter
Kikuta Kotaro: Shizuka’s uncle, head of the Kikuta family
Kikuta Isamu: his cousin, one of the Tribe
Bunta: a groom
The Hidden
Sara: Isamu’s wife
Tomasu: their son
Shimon: Sara’s second husband
Maruta: their older daughter
Madaren: their younger daughter
Nesutoro: an itinerant priest
Mari: his niece
Horses
Karasu: Shigeru’s black
Kamome: Kiyoshige’s black-maned gray
Raku: Takeshi’s black-maned gray
Kyu: Shigeru’s second black
Kuri: a very clever bay