The captivating Ginko passes her days in the red-light district of Yoshibara, entertaining men for payment. One day, a traveling peddler catches Ginko's attention, and she recognizes him as the boy who saved her life years ago, the first human she ever saw, and the object of her affection. The complication is that Ginko is a fox spirit known as an Ayakashi, making her love for Yuujiro truly forbidden. Aware that being with Yuujiro would endanger him, Ginko fled and eventually became a courtesan. Meanwhile, Yuujiro, who never forgot Ginko, became a traveling peddler so he could search for her and find her again. Finally reunited, Ginko permits herself one night of pleasure and bliss, a forbidden tryst with the man she loves.