[Machine Translation] Hiiragi Seizaburo, a son-in-law of the Hakata Buddhist sculptor Takasaka Joun, defied his master s opposition and fled an act tantamount to excommunication. After training in Kyoto for three years, he returned only to learn that his master had been killed by bandits and that his wife, Oyuki, had been dishonored and had disappeared. Consumed by remorse, Seizaburo finally discovered that Oyuki was alive in the household of the wealthy merchant Ito Kozaemon; however, Kozaemon was sentenced to death for smuggling, and Oyuki was also implicated and sentenced to exile. Seizaburo followed Oyuki and crossed over to Himejima, her place of exile...