House Genji
House Genji is one of the Clans of the Sun, the major groups of Japanese kuei-jin (called Gaki in Japanese).
House Genji has its origins in the arrival of Chinese kuei-jin in Japan around 600 BCE. The invaders and those who collaborated with them were organized into House Genji, in contrast to House Bishamon, who resisted outside influence. House Genji ruled Japan for the Azure Dragon Court until the collapse of the Five August Courts. After that, House Bishamon returned from its exile in the wilderness and drove Genji out of power in a purge known as the Year Of Black Kites.
None of the original Chinese Genji are known to survive in modern nights; the handful of remaining Genji who survived the Year Of Black Kites reorganized as a minor uji and deferred to Bishamon leadership. During the Meiji Era, House Genji embraced rapid social change while House Bishamon resisted it, leading to the former uji enjoying rapid growth in numbers and influence while the latter once again retreated from the public sphere.
House Genji also embraced Japan's expansionist policies under the Meiji, seizing territory in Korea and China and collecting tribute from the Green Court and the Blood Court by utilizing firearms acquired from Kin-jin intermediaries. The daimyo of House Genji began to call himself the Kanpaku, the Emperor of the Night, to reflect his house's status across the region.
During World War II House Genji aspired to subjugate the Quincunx entirely, cut a swath through the Golden Courts of Southeast Asia, and began seizing Kindred territory in the Philippines. The atomic bombings left much of the chi in Japan tainted, however, and led House Bishamon to once again assert its power over the gaki. They declared the Kanpaku akuma and executed him in the sun, and kuei-jin across Asia and the Pacific struck back against Genji forces in their territory.
The two uji once again struggle for influence in modern nights, and in the contest House Genji is once again willing to accept the aid of Kindred, particularly Tzimisce skilled in Vicissitude. If nothing else, the foreign vampires are a useful source of untainted chi.
