Synopsis: The Medicine Seller and three other men compete for the Lady Ruri's hand in marriage. Someone is murdered violently. The murder is depicted as splatters of blood reminiscent of Jackson Pollock's paintings. A man then explains that in their art, incense is heard rather than smelled. Their are many pleasures that man can derive from seeing, hearing, eating and drinking but to hear a scent is certainly the most refined of it all. There are many styles surrounding the art of incense but the Fue-no-Kouji School was thought to have perished long ago. The man says that he is surprised that a certain Lady Ruri was is the sole heir and practitioner of that ancient style. The man asked her hand for marriage since he wished to restore the Fue-no-Kouji school to its former greatness but there were three other candidates who were also vying for the Lady Ruri's hand.
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