[1][2][3] Widow Hatsuko maintains a successful tayū (highest class of courtesans) house in Kyoto.

She is having a discreet affair with young doctor Matoba, who works for the courtesan guild and looks after her.

Yukiko immediately despises Matoba, while he begins to harbor feelings for the young woman.

When Yukiko finds out that Matoba speculated on money by Hatsuko for his practice, she ends their relationship, instead following in her mother's footsteps as proprietress of the tayū house.

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