by Shimazaki Tōson · 1906
Segawa Ushimatsu, a respected schoolteacher in Nagano, hides that he was born into the outcast burakumin class, bound by his father's one commandment: never reveal it. Drawn to the writings and courage of the openly outcast thinker Inoko Rentarō, he moves into a temple lodging and wrestles with the confession that will cost him everything.