Atsutane Assassination

Life, Death

Assassins ambush Mitsui Atsutane outside of Shimaho while he is escorting his great-grandchildren Yoshi, Yazzi, and Amisaki. Yoshi and Yazzi are killed. Mitsui dies in order to save Amisaki, who becomes the sole survivor of the incident. There is debate as to whether the target of the assassins was Mitsui himself, or the children who were in line to take over the head branch of the clan. Some pointed fingers at the disgruntled Yukiko Atsutane and her ambitious daughter Yokono Atsutane, but no evidence was ever discovered.