落葉なき椎

The curse echo of The Evergreen Beech. Curse: Kills by hanging one who tries to mislead the curse bearer with false statements. Its curse bearer is Tetsuo Tsutsumi. Resentful Memory: "He deceived us with his so-called Rite of Resurrection." The man who tricked the people with his false dark arts swings from a rope. They'd thought the man had escaped the previous night, but oddly enough, he was found hanging in the garden of the daimyo's mansion that morning. The man, a local named Jinkichi, was known for his kind temperament and skill in crafting netsuke clasps. While his life wasn't always easy, he was optimistic, the type to smile through whatever life threw at him. He was the kind of man who would take care of those who didn't have anyone else to rely on. The prosperity that the ukiyo-e boom brought must have been what fanned the flames of his greed. The old craftsman was found in a miserable state, as if sentenced to some cruel fate. Perhaps he'd ended his own life, unable to bear the weight of his crime. But dead men tell no tales, and the people thought of him as a bad man even in his death. He hung there for days, till his neck stretched horrifically, a visage of pain still etched on his face. It was clear he must've struggled greatly as he died, his flesh marked with dark scars where the rope wrapped around his whole body. The beech tree's leaves do not fall. And neither did the man's body hanging from it, as the mansion's owner was not at home — another unfortunate event. The people held their tongues, fearing divine punishment, but the rumors persisted nonetheless. [From in-game Files entry] Jinkichi welcomed the shomoji Seiman into his family's home, who regaled them the story of the Rite of Resurrection. Once the stories spread through Old Man Kanzo's ukiyo-e painting, he began to create and sell netsuke clasps matching the story. He was tortured by Ashino for Seiman's location, but was killed during the interrogation. His body was hung from a beech tree and was falsely claimed to have committed suicide, in order to dissuade others from pursuing the Rite.