Matsu Sukio

Matsu Sukio was the resident samurai of the village of Aian, in the Naishou Province. The headman Shidou, his wife, and his daughter all disappeared together. On the same night, a blacksmithy worker was murdered. Sukio was too involved with her own concerns and had largely ignored the events in the village. The local doshin, Mukitsu and Kozo, supported a group of visiting samurai who had been sent to investigate the crimes.