The Hori Clan Hori Mondo Tsunafusa Lord of the Hori Clan and former samurai to Aizu daimyo Kato Akinari. Although a harsh and merciless teacher (Takuan relates to Princess Sen how during one of his lessons with Iemitsu Jubei beat his student to the point that Iemitsu couldn't even stand) Jubei has a mischievous streak to him and he enjoys needling and annoying the Hori women while his cavalier attitude belies both his strong sense of justice and his dedication to his students. As the Seven Spears greatly outclass the Hori women in terms of power and martial ability, Jubei instead instructs them in the ways of military strategy, devising ambush tactics for the Hori women to eliminate the Seven Spears one by one in ways that neutralize their individual skills. Chosen by Takuan Soho at the request of Princess Sen to train the Hori women in the arts of war, Jubei had strong doubts as to whether they would be able to win but agreed to teach them as it might prove interesting. With Jubei's instruction and guidance, the Hori women begin their war against the Seven Spears and ultimately Kato himself.Ĭharacters Yagyu Jubei Mitsuyoshi Son of the famous Yagyu Munenori, Jubei was formerly a sword instructor for Shogun Iemitsu but gave up the post to his younger brother in order to live as a wandering swordsman.

The one chosen is Yagyu Jubei Mitsuyoshi, son of Yagyu Munenori and former instructor to the Shogun. In retribution for the violation of Tokeiji Temple and those who she had taken under her care, Princess Sen sends a message to the famous monk Takuan Soho to locate one person who can train the seven Hori women to seek their revenge. Unfortunately, though the Seven Spears agreed to depart, only seven of the Hori women survived. The massacre is stopped only by the intervention of Princess Sen, Tokeiji's guardian and older sister to the reigning Shogun Iemitsu. Despite a law passed by former Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu forbidding men to enter the temple, the Seven Spears force their way in and brutally slaughter the Hori women before their husbands and brothers. Placed into the custody of the Seven Spears, Kato's personal enforcers, the Hori men are dragged to the Tokeiji Divorce Temple at Kamakura where the Hori women had been hiding. In the Nineteenth Year of Kannei (1642) a rebellion by the Hori Clan against Kato Akinari, the daimyo of Aizu, has been suppressed through the intervention of the Shogunate.

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