Generation after generation, the Yomotsuki family has been known as the craftsmen who create the masks for the Rougetsu Kagura.
The family had previously been involved in the carrying out of the ritual, but it was Souan who established the Yomotsuki family as mask-makers and became its first generation.
Souan's masks were masks in which the souls of the dead dwelled, clearly deviating from masks created by other craftsmen which were in the likeness of gods or characters from plays.
For generations, the Yomotsuki family prospered and spawned many gifted craftsmen, with Souetsu of the seventh generation being the finest.
In Souetsu's generation, the Yomotsuki masks were created from death and souls themselves, and he went to the capital to present his masks, which were the pride of Rogetsu Isle, to the emperor.
After this, a catastrophe called the Day Without Suffering occurred on Rogetsu Isle, and Souetsu went missing. Exactly when he died remains a mystery.
Two generations after this event, the Yomotsuki mask-making tradition was revived by the new generation, Sougen.
"Lineage of the House of Yomotsuki"
Yomotsuki Family Genealogy | |
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| 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 House, Apprentice's Room |
| Obtained | On the desk. |
| Description | An old book showing a family tree. It's about the Yomotsuki family. |
| Additional Description | On the desk, there was a book with "Yomotsuki family" written on it. |
| Related Notes | About the Mask of the Lunar Eclipse & Yomotsuki Family Secret Records |
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。