Kisho Hikaru's estate sat at the northern end of Old Shinkotsu's merchant district, where the streets widened enough for three carriages to pass without incident.
The estate itself was traditional in every sense the word could carry.
The outer wall was old stone topped with curved tile, and the main gate was open but attended by two guards in the house livery.
Beyond the gate, a gravel path ran between carefully maintained garden sections, the lanterns along its length already lit as the evening came in, each one a mana lamp enclosed in rice paper that threw warm gold light across the stones.
The main building was timber, wide and low, with a sloping layered roof and sliding paper screens along the exterior corridors. The gardens visible between the interior corridors were quiet, with a small reflecting pool at the center.
Unlike most estates in Old Shinkotsu, the servants here did not consist only of the Beast-Folk.
