Long time ago, there was a person named Yaemon HIGASHIYAMA, who went to Echizen Province in his younger days and was adopted as the husband for a daughter of a certain paper maker to acquire the technique of paper-making. After acquisition, he returned to his hometown, Najio, leaving his wife and children. He began to produce paper in Najio. On the other hand, although his wife, in the wake of and longing for Yaemon, visited him, the people in the village tried to drive her away, and never permitted her to come in to their community. She held a grudge against those cruel and cursed them saying; 'may sickness prevail forever in this village!,' and died.'
「何時の頃にや、東山弥右衛門といへる仁あり、若くして越前に至り、さる製紙家の婿養子となって製紙の法を拾得す。習い得て後、妻子を置き去りて郷里名塩に帰る。これより名塩の地に紙をだす。然るに妻女、弥右衛門の跡を慕ひて来たりしに、里人之を追うて村に入れず。妻女その無情を恨み「村に癩（らい）者絶やさず」と呪い言して死す。」