"Lineage of the House of Yomotsuki"

"Lineage of the House of Yomotsuki"
Kanji	四方月家 匠系譜 よもつき いえ たくみ けいふ
Game	Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse
Author	Unknown
Chapter	Phase XI: Eclipse
Located at	Yomotsuki Residence, Apprentice's Room
Obtained	On the desk.
Description	Ancient document about the history of the Yomotsuki family.
Additional Description	There's an old book on the desk with the writing "Yomotsuki family" on it.
Related Notes	"On the Mask of the Lunar Eclipse" & "Secrets of the House of Yomotsuki"

ENJA

For generations, the house of Yomotsuki has been known for its artisans of the masks used in the Rogetsu Kagura.

The family was originally involved in traditional ceremonies in a more general fashion. However, the first of the Yomotsukis to become a mask artisan was Soan.

Unlike the masks made by other artisans to represent gods or ritual roles, Soan's masks had the symbolic function of holding the souls of the dead. Through the generations, the Yomotsuki family prospered and produced many artisans, bringing us to the seventh generation and the ultimate Yomotsuki mask artisan, Soetsu.

In Soetsu's time, the masks of the house of Yomotsuki were held to have become as death and the soul themselves. They became the pride of Rogetsu Isle, even being presented to the Emperor of Japan himself. Unfortunately, at this point in the historical record the disaster called the Day of Tranquility obscures our knowledge of Soetsu's life.

And so, the details of his death failed to be passed down to modern generations.

Two generations after Soetsu, the family line was restored by Sogen, and the mask artisanship of the house of Yomotsuki was revived.

代々四方月家は朧月神楽の面を
奉納する匠の家として知られる。

古くは神事を勤めた家とされるが
面打ちとしての四方月家は、
初代・宗庵を始祖とする。


宗庵の作る面は
死者の魂魄を宿す為の面とされ、
神や役柄を模して打たれた
他の匠の打つ面とは一線を画した。

初代より代を重ね、
多くの匠を生み出し四方月の家は栄え、
七代にして白眉・宗悦が生まれる。


宗悦の代において、四方月の面は
死・魂魄そのものを打つとされ
宗悦打ちの面は朧月の誉れとなり
上洛し帝に献上されたと伝わる。

この後、朧月島にて無苦の日と
呼ばれる大災害が起こり
宗悦の消息は不明と成る。


ゆえに没年等は一切伝わってない。

その後、宗悦より二代を経て
中興の祖・宗玄により
四方月の面打ちは再興される。