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The Suspended Ceiling Legend of Utsunomiya-jo Castle

Carpenters were called together soon, and they started the construction secretly. They were forbidden from going out of the castle until the construction was over.
There was a young man named Yogoro among those carpenters. Yogoro has become emotionally involved with Oine, a daughter of a village headman, Toemon UEKI. He always thinks about Oine only while he works, and his work does not progress at all.