Annaisha Uchimoto

Annaisha Uchimoto ( 団本  案内者 , Uchimoto Annaisha), also known under the nickname of “Mother of the poor” ( 貧しい人々の母 ,  Mazushī hitobito no haha ) was a member of the Uchimoto clan who lived before the warring states period. She was Nori Uchimoto’ s  main advisor and  convinced him to make peace with the members of the Kamishiro clan. After Ōkamigakure ’ s  establishment she married the shinobi and devoted her life doing charitable deeds.

Background
Annaisha’ s origins are somehow uncertain. Some scholars think that she descended from the Uzumaki clan through her father. This statement was made after the scholars tried to learn the origin of her unusual hair color, which she inherited from her father, who had almost the same color, but just a little darker. Nevertheless, this remains only a statement, because there are not enough evidences.

<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">Even so, Annaisha was born as a member of the Uchimoto clan, into a family with three children, she being the second. During her childhood, her parents and siblings died from plague and remaining the only survivor, she was adopted by another Uchimoto clan member. Raised by her new parent, she learnt from him ink-painting and calligraphy.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">In her teens, she met for the first time her future husband and fell in love with him, after she discovered his refined skills. Gradually after being made her lover’ s main advisor and after he became the clan’ s leader, Annaisha convinced Nori to make peace with the Kamishiro clan’ s members.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">After the founding of the village, the woman married Nori – the newly kage – one year later and gave birth four times, having three sons: Susumu, Sadao, Buretsu and one daughter: Kayo.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">From her teens to her death, Annaisha gave her husband wise advices and built in the village an academy, a hospital and homes for poor, funded by her own money. She also invested money in the hospital’ s health system, to find cures to serious diseases. Due to her charitable deeds, she received the nickname of “Mother of the poor”.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">She died at the age of 63, with ten years before her husband death,  because of a severe pneumonia and was buried at <span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">Ōkamigakure ’ s Cemetery.

Personality
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">Scholars describe her as a very intelligent, pious and cheerful person, a caring mother, a woman of exceptional manners and a great patron of poor. She is particularly well-known for her great ink painting skills .<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">However her contemporaries described her, as a child, to be a cheerful and lively girl, but after her parents and siblings deaths she become a reclusive and serious person. Being raised by a different parent, who ensured her a good education, it’ s said she was excited and happy to learn what he taught her.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">Thanks to her <span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">intelligence and composure, in her teens, she captivated many members of her clan, including her future husband. Being also a lover of jewelry and especially poetry, she fall easily in love with Nori.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">Due to her very calm and composed personality she managed to convince her lover to make peace with the Kamishiro clan. During her marriage, she was a self-made woman who excelled in her role as the supportive and assertive wife of the kage. As a mother, she loved very much her children was deeply involved in their education, teaching  them together with her husband calligraphy. As well she gave them everything she didn’t have in her childhood.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">Developing a charitable personality, she always helped the poor and offered them access to a proper education, to health care and even built them houses.

Appearance
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">Annaisha had long, soft red hair, light brown skin and large green eyes. She wore an elaborate, colorful high-collared kimono. She wore her hair very high and bulging in laterals, a part of her fringe was kept out of his eyes tied with two gold hair sticks and other two medium bangs framed her face. The woman also had the symbol of her clan on her forehead painted with purple and long red nails.

Legacy
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">Annaisha made great contribution in the way of developing and protecting <span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">Ōkamigakure ’ s citizens after marrying the Urufukage. She was the first woman who was actively engaged in politics and succeeded in strengthening the village.<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;"> After her death, she later became a source pride and archetype for the next generations.

Trivia

 * <span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">Her name “Annaisha”  means  “helpful guide to others”  and her surname “Uchimoto” means “inside the origin”. Her name may have a concordance with her generous and fair personality and also with the fact that she was Urufukage’ s main advisor.
 * <span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">Her hobbies were ink-painting  and calligraphy.
 * <span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">Her favorite foods were mochi and ikura.
 * <span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">Her favorite phrase: “ <span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Helvetica;background-image:initial;background-attachment:initial;background-size:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;">Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age. ”

Reference
<p style="line-height:16.5pt;">Nori Uchimoto is an OC created for the Naruto RPC Universe by http://mayamyneko23.deviantart.com/

<p style="line-height:16.5pt;">Naruto (c) Masashi Kishimoto