Tujii was an eta who worked as a grave digger alongside his friend Norii in the Lion lands under Matsu Ino's rule. A Crane samurai, Kakita Hachi, hired them to bury the corpse of a young beautiful Scorpion. When they where doing it the corpse raised, and magic began to glow in her hands. Norii struck her with the pick and they fled, fearing the ghost had left behind.