Ienja

The Emperor’s swordsmith.

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Ienja, the Emperor’s personal swordsmith, is heimin and not a member of the noble class of samurai. He has been making weapons since he could raise one from the floor, and insists that he will continue to do so until his ancestors come to take him to Jigoku. Ienja’s house is perhaps the only place in the Empire where Imperial soldiers bow to a heimin, and where samurai pay respect to one beneath their station. A great bronze statue of Ebisu, the Fortune of Honest Work, graces the garden before his front door.