A topic from AEG's L5R CCG Rules forum, copied for Oracle of the Void from a copy of the forum saved in October 2015, so pages it didn't save are missing. Players' names are left out; the rules officials are named. Rulings are as they stood on these dates; later rulings, the rulebooks and the Rules Archive may differ.
A player, 1 May 2015
Yodo Sensei says,
"Your Stronghold has no abilities." "After your action dishonors another player's Personality, gain 1 Honor."
The going-second side of Fortified Monastery of the Dragon says,
"After all players reveal Strongholds, search your Fate deck for a non-Void Ring, and put it into play; Sensei effects that remove abilities also remove this trait." "You start with 1 additional card in hand and have +1 maximum hand size."
Does Yodo Sensei's 'Your stronghold has no abilities' trait apply to the 'You start with 1 additional card in hand and have +1 maximum hand size' trait on the going-second side of the stronghold?
Jon Palmer (rules official), 2 May 2015
Yodo Sensei says,
"Your Stronghold has no abilities." "After your action dishonors another player's Personality, gain 1 Honor."
The going-second side of Fortified Monastery of the Dragon says,
"After all players reveal Strongholds, search your Fate deck for a non-Void Ring, and put it into play; Sensei effects that remove abilities also remove this trait." "You start with 1 additional card in hand and have +1 maximum hand size."
Does Yodo Sensei's 'Your stronghold has no abilities' trait apply to the 'You start with 1 additional card in hand and have +1 maximum hand size' trait on the going-second side of the stronghold?
Yodo Sensei's removal of abilities will only remove the trait that lets you start with a Ring (per the wording on the trait), it will not remove the extra card and hand size for going second.