Born in 1697. He is introduced at the age of 19 (year 1716), as the son of a hakamoto (a high-ranked samurai). He is in love with Nobu, a merchant's daughter. But their love is tragic and thus he decided to enter the Inner Chambers a.k.a Ooku - as a page. As he experience his life in the Ooku, he soon discovers that everything is not what it seems...