[Machine Translation] Gyoma Tsukuyono, a playwright, has given up his name and past as a samurai and lives in Kyoto. Gyoma writes an illustrated book of famous places in Kyoto for his close friend, Manto Shorin, and is drawn to the beautiful paintings of Fuyume, a female painter, which contain sad feelings. At the same time, Gyoma receives a report that some of his fellow samurai have been attacked by a street cutter wielding a mysterious sword that Gyoma was supposed to be carrying. Gyoma investigates the lackey who tricked him, and soon learns of a tragedy in his hometown...