(AGES IN SEPTEMBER 1985)
All names in the text of this work are given in Japanese order, family name preceding given name.
| Fujinuma Issei | Deceased. A prodigious visionary painter. |
| Fujinuma Kiichi (41) | Issei’s son. Wears a mask to hide his scarred face. Lives in the Mill House. |
| Fujinuma Yurie (19) | Kiichi’s wife. Daughter of Issei’s deceased disciple Shibagaki Kōichirō. |
| Masaki Shingo (38) | Kiichi’s friend. Once a disciple of Issei. |
| Kuramoto Shōji (56) | Butler at the Mill House. |
| Negishi Fumie (45) | Live-in housekeeper (past). |
| Nozawa Tomoko (31) | Live-out housekeeper (present). |
| Ōishi Genzō (49) | Visits the Mill House once a year. |
| Art dealer. Mori Shigehiko (46) | Visits the Mill House once a year. Professor of art history at M— University. |
| Mitamura Noriyuki (36) | Visits the Mill House once a year. Director of a surgical hospital. |
| Furukawa Tsunehito (37) | Visits the Mill House once a year. Deputy priest of the Fujinuma family temple. |
| Shimada Kiyoshi (36) | An uninvited guest. |