Once upon a time, when Emperor NINTOKU went up to the tower of his palace on New Year's Day, he noticed that there was no smoke rising up from the kitchen chimneys of houses because of shortage of foods due to a bad harvest.
ある時、凶作によって食料が枯渇し、正月に炊飯する為の竈から煙が上がらないのを高殿に昇った仁徳天皇が見つけた。