The village of Kuna Mura

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The village of Kuna Mura is bound by the River of Gold to the South, one of its tributaries to the West and by the great Kitsune Mori (Fox Forest) to the North and East. It is a small area of arable land between the waters edge and the great forest. Well spaced and peaceful. Even the poorest houses have some art on their paper screen walls that depict noble Samurai hunting on horseback and scenes of arboreal beauty.

Kitsune Mori is a warm and temperate forest of widely spaced birches and willows. It is considered one of the most beautiful forests in the empire, with numerous clearings, streams and freshwater springs. There is an abundance of life here from tanuki, boar, bear and deer to rare herbs and elegant flowers.

The village is dominated by a single fortified manor in the centre with numerous spacious houses for the heimin (Peasants) that lay between the numerous rice paddies.

To the North East is a large shrine to Inari Fortune of Rice, who is the patron of the Kitsune clan and to the South East is a mill where rice, millet and other grains are stored and ground when needed.

The two other large buildings are a bathhouse and a meeting hall which also contains a small magistrates office for tax collection and visiting magistrates to conduct business. Return to home page