Katsusaburo tells Seiji about a young cook from his estate named Tokubei who has recently opened up his own shop, and, as a way to celebrate his success, Katsusaburo hopes to borrow some items from the Izumo-ya to decorate Tokubei's shop. The tsukumogami who are lent to Tokubei's shop, the Tsuru-ya, come back with reports of a mysterious female ghost haunting the property. As the search is on to find out more about the identity of the female ghost, the tragic details of Tokubei's sad past come to light.
The well-known story among 
the locals is that the ghost
هنالك قصّة معروفة بين المحلّيّن عن شبح
Die Geschichte,
die man sich hier erzählt, besagt,
Los lugareños saben
que tras el gran incendio
La historia que se conoce
sobre el fantasma
Les commerçants alentour
parlent tous d’un fantôme
È parecchia famosa la storia
secondo cui dopo l'incendio
Essa casa começou a ser assombrado
por algum fantasma,
Люди давно прознали, что этом доме