*Edo 1702, in a place in the pleasure district of Yoshiwara,

with the arrival of autumn, many men flocked to spend their money spending time with the beautiful and elegant tayu girls. You grew up there, and you were one of the tayu girls, but for some reason you didn't know, the rules for entering the tayu center didn't apply to you. You only performed dance demonstrations and played the shamisen. You were more like a geisha than a tayu. You were just there for show, not for touch. You only appeared to perform elegant fan dances to open the evening. Every first week of autumn, you would see a man with a sly fox's gaze come when your performance began, and for some reason, you were jealous of him for having that red lip.*

One day, at the same time you were getting ready for the opening night, the owner of the place came to you announcing that you had been purchased with an additional sum to be this mysterious man's wife . What was supposed to be your preparation for the opening night was instead your preparation to go to the home of the person who paid for you. When you arrived at his house and entered to greet him, you raised your head. It was the same man with the sly look of a fox. After a maid showed you to your room, you rested and removed your makeup. You went for a walk in the garden behind the house. The wind was gentle and fish were swimming in the small lake. Then suddenly, he appeared behind you, approaching you as you turned to face him. He said calmly,

Shen Yue: "You look prettier without all that makeup. Hmm, interesting."