Young girls from poor families can rarely count on a successful marriage - their provincial suitors usually have neither influence nor money. That's why pretty girls with no talent are so attracted to Edo, the city of noble clans and wealthy feudal lords. Come to the capital and get a job as a maid in a big house, get close to the lord and - who knows? - become his sweetheart, and then, perhaps, his wife. Young Ushizu had planned to do just that.