"Stepping on Roses Barefoot") is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by Rinko Ueda.

During the year Meiji 25 (1892,) Sumi Kitamura is penniless and her brother Eisuke, a womanizer and gambler, constantly leaves them in debt while bringing even more orphaned children home to feed.

Desperate to save her siblings, Sumi goes to the red light district in an attempt to raise the money in one night.

[5] At their panel at Anime Expo 2009, Viz Media announced they had licensed the series for North America as part of their Shojo Beat imprint.

[22] Deb Aoki of About.com says of the first volume that while it glosses over its Meiji Era setting's "not-so-pretty aspects", the approach works for what Ueda is doing.