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“Yes my Lord, unaccomplished artists can’t perceive beauty in the ugly” —
Yoshihide -
“To hear the word Yoshihide called out, I am cut to the quick as if my father were chastised.” —
Yuzuki -
” “He loved his only daughter with a love bordering on madness” -
Narrator -
“Indeed, it was to this very Hell in his picture, that Yoshihide, the greatest painter in Japan, had condemned himself.” —
Narrator -
“What? Do you tell me to come…Where to? Come where to? Who is it that says, ‘Come to Hell. Come to this burning Hell’”
“It’s you. I expected it might be you… Have you come to meet me? … So come. Come to Hell. In Hell, my daughter is waiting for me.
“I’ll be waiting for you, so come by this carriage … Take this carriage to Hell.” -
Yoshihide -
“Yes I will burn up a nobleman’s carriage. A charming woman dressed up like a court lady shall ride in the carriage. Writhing amidst the deadly flames and black smoke, the lady in the carriage will die in agony.” -
Grand Lord of Horikawa -
“I say behold! That’s the carriage in which you usually ride. Yoshihide, you know it don’t you? Now, according to your wish, I am going to set fire to it and bring life a blazing hell on earth before your very eyes.” -
Grand Lord of Horikawa -
His (Yoshihide’s) wide eyes open, his distorted lips, and the quivering of his cheek were tangible expressions of the dread, grief and bewilderment which crowded upon his mind.
No longer did his eyes seem to mirror the image of his daughter’s agonized death. His eyes seemed to delight beyond measure in the beautiful color of the flame and the form of the woman writhing in her last infernal tortures.
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“Yoshihide, who survived the untimely death of his only beloved daughter, could no longer find it in his heart to live on in this world” -
Narrator