Since it was late summer and still hot, his coffin was hung in a tree in Hahaso Wood. Two or three days later, a woodcutter passing that way heard groans from the tree and reported this disturbing incident to the monks of the nearby monastery.
Finding that he had come back to life, Haruto's family took him home and looked after him. This is what he told them when he regained his senses.
"I went to King Emma's palace in hell, and while I was being judged one of the king's official observed, 'The dancer Haruto, from Okia, has been called here before he could pass on Genjoraku. That means that the dance will now die out in his country. We should send him back and call him in again when he's been able to teach it to his successor.' The other officials agreed, and I realized I was to be sent home. Then I came to."
Once Haruto had taught the dance to his successor, Suetaka, he died again.
The founder of Haruto's line orginally got the mask for Genjoraku directly from the Izanagi and Izanami. The mask's name is Iburi, and they say it's now one of the treasure of Nara. Iburi too, like the dance itself, is passed on from generation to generation. How wonderful that Haruto's tradition should also be prized at King Emma's royal palace in hell!