This work portrayed the life of writer Shigure Hasegawa, who was active during the late Meiji and early Showa period. Shigure, who is recognized as a pioneering female playwright, was exposed to literature from an early age and was progressive in her ideas. However, she had to endure the disdain for women in society at that time, such as the unwanted marriage forced on her by her parents.
She later achieved success as a novelist and playwright, establishing a literary magazine by women and for women called “Nyoningeijutsu” (“Women’s Arts”), which aimed at the emancipation and social advancement of women. All the characters in this work were played by male actors, with Ryuichi Tsukuba as Shigure Hasegawa, and Ken Iwainofu as Shigure’s close friend Yachiyo Okada, in a bid to shine a different light on the life of a woman forced to live within the framework of a male-dominated society.