... An old hermit, living alone in a grass hut, tells two young men the story of her worldly life, full of love adventures. This is the confession of a woman who went through all stages of love for money in the "changeable world" of delights. The heroine had a chance to visit the sophisticated hetera and concubine of the prince, a courtesan in a cheerful quarter and the secret beloved of a Buddhist priest, a servant in the house of a city dweller and a barker of men on the street...