Tale 27 — The golden millstone of Ikenohata
At the Hei River, a young woman entrusted a letter to the ancestor of the Ikenohata family. Following a pilgrim's teaching, he rewrote the letter before delivering it, and received a small stone mill as thanks. When rice was put into the mill and it was turned, it gave out gold, but the wife, being greedy, put in too much rice, and the mill disappeared. The puddle left in its place became a pond, and from this came the origin of the family name.
- Land
- Tono
- Setting
- Tono, Iwate
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