在江户时代中期，它描绘了一个女人的性爱，她受制于男人的摆布，拥有金钱和权力。失去父亲的男人前往藏前布田手下的女佣服务，美浓家纪右卫门。之所以决定向藏前的箕矢纪右卫门拜侍女，是为了让科尼亚的手艺人荣助成为独立的恋人，成为夫妻。然而，在吉原被称为通勤者的纪右卫门看到了她的美貌，并试图将其作为取悦男人的工具。鬼右卫门的目的是把它交给水政的领主岡戸主水正作为回报。

Osono and Eisuke would like to get married but with her up to her neck in debt due to her late father's illness and him trying to raise the funds to start a business, they can't afford to do so. Osono agrees to work as a geisha and eventually is tricked into becoming a businessman's mistress, all because she wants to help her lover. The businessman, in turn, is actually only interested in training her so he can hand her over to a palace official in exchange for a trade agreement...