About this season
At the end of Edo period, Shoji Rui hands over her birthright to her relatives with the death of her father and begins running an inn "Kawasemi" in Ōkawabata. And she settles the matters in their daily lives with her lover Kamibayashi Tōgo, doshin (a sort of constable) Une Genzaburō, physician Amanō Sotarō, and O-Kichi.
Episodes (24)
1. Episode 1
Aired 8 October 1980
2. Episode 2
Aired 15 October 1980
3. Episode 3
Aired 22 October 1980
4. Episode 4
Aired 29 October 1980
5. Episode 5
Aired 5 November 1980
6. Episode 6
Aired 12 November 1980
7. Episode 7
Aired 19 November 1980
8. Episode 8
Aired 26 November 1980
9. Episode 9
Aired 3 December 1980
10. Episode 10
Aired 10 December 1980
11. Episode 11
Aired 17 December 1980
12. Episode 12
Aired 24 December 1980
13. Episode 13
Aired 7 January 1981
14. Episode 14
Aired 14 January 1981
15. Episode 15
Aired 21 January 1981
16. Episode 16
Aired 28 January 1981
17. Episode 17
Aired 4 February 1981
18. Episode 18
Aired 11 February 1981
19. Episode 19
Aired 18 February 1981
20. Episode 20
Aired 25 February 1981
21. Episode 21
Aired 4 March 1981
22. Episode 22
Aired 11 March 1981
23. Cold Weather
Aired 18 March 1981 • 49 min
Rui (Mano Kyoko) turns down Chiyoji (Oka Mayumi) who requests a room at the Kawasemi Inn, lying that it is fully booked. When Togo (Onodera Akira) asks why, Rui says that Chiyoji has come several times before, but always with a different man. Rui says that she cannot provide a room for such a business. Togo learns that Chiyoji is a geisha, but a geisha cannot run such a business on her own. Chiyoji has her own issues with her mother Okatsu (Fumino Tomoko), and she also has difficult problems with Kijimaya Tokijiro (Kishibe Ittoku).
24. Episode 24
Aired 25 March 1981