The murder of the commander. Book 2. Upling Metaphor

"From May, before the next year I lived in the mountains ..." Picturesque, quiet place ideal for creativity. A modest one -story building in the European style, quite spacious for a bachelor, belonged to the artist famous in Japan.
Everything would be peaceful and calm if it weren’t for the picture of the "killing of the commander", found in the attic, if it weren’t for the ringing of the Buddhist bell at night, if not for the strange crypt that arose from under the stone mound in the middle of the thicket, if It would not be a meeting with the aesthet of the Mansika, who asked for fabulous money to write a portrait, first his own, and then possibly his daughter, if not for an attempt to understand himself.
"It comes out to the beginning of everything that is happening around me was that I brought this picture to the world? And thereby opened the circle? " This picture turned the life of the protagonist and influenced everyone who saw her. She created another reality in our world. How is it all possible?