On a cold winter night in Ancient Japan, Shouan finds a young prostitute half-buried in the snow on the road and carries her to his hut hoping to prepare traditional remedies with the corpse. However, the girl turns out to be still alive and Shouan heals the wound on her shoulder and lets her rest

She regains consciousness for a few seconds one night, but passes out again. Another night, while he is cooking rice, she returns to consciousness and begins to wake up