The manga was first serialized in Bessatsu Hana to Yume magazine in 2010 and published in tankōbon form by Hakusensha in June 2011.

Seventeen year old Yukari Kobayakawa is a famous author of historical fiction novels about the Edo period in Japan.

[2] Samurai, ninja and high-ranking officials often visited Yoshiwara during the Edo period after Tokugawa shogunate established it in 1604.

Tales about Yoshiwara often depict the women as highly sought-after flowers that capture the attention of political figures from all across Edo.

Historical documents also show that some of the women that worked at Yoshiwara were the wives or daughters of fallen samurai or feudal lords.