The story
Fiction and adapted settings written by Akitsora Gaming for this title, including invented dialogue and events. This is not a historical or folklore reference. The rules and specification tables define the gameplay and math.
The rainy season has just let up and the eaves are still dripping. The workshop racks are full of umbrellas — some freshly papered, some sent back with ribs snapped by the wind.
I. The frame
The mender replaces each broken bamboo rib and binds them tight to the runner with vermilion thread.
A wagasa has dozens of ribs, every one matched in length and curve; get one wrong and the umbrella will never open round.
II. Pasting the paper
Paste is brushed on and the washi laid over the ribs sheet by sheet, smoothed with the brush until not a wrinkle remains.
The number on each finial bead is the measure of that work (base game ×2 to ×20).
III. Onto the racks
Gather 4 repair ledgers and the fresh paper peels open onto the drying room. Over the next 15 spins the multiplier keeps growing (×2 to ×500).
3 more ledgers add 5 more spins.
IV. The oil
The paper is oiled and left to dry, and the mended umbrella is raised — the light after the rain glows through the vermilion canopy as a last drop falls from its rim.