Kyuden Shika

"Well for one thing, there's certainly a lot more of the great clans than the minor clans, which may be one factor."

The Kitsu offered.

"I don't know, Seven Great Clans, and coming here, I found out about three Minor Clans I never knew existed... the Deer, the Moth, and the Otter. Add them to the Sparrow, the Mantis, the Fox, the Dragonfly, and you're at seven already. But all of that... diversity is lost in the mix- and that doesn't even take into account ronin, the Order of Shinsei and its sects, heimin, or hinin."

He sat back down on the surface of the pond.

"Get too far away from it all and you can forget that there's more to the Empire than samurai with sworn fealty."

“Gladly we have the orderly way of the Kami to bring all that together to fulfill Heaven’s purpose to this land.” He mentions.

"And yet it falls to human hands to execute that will."