A historical novel in which a man searching for the woman he loved runs a lowest-rung brothel while getting drawn into the human drama of Edo.

He opens a brothel and keeps waiting while searching for the woman.

A novel in which Yukari, after meeting the cabaret-club hostess Rai in Kabukicho and starting to live with her, finds a new world between romance, loneliness, and devotion to her favorites.

A late-night encounter in Shinjuku opens Yukari's world.