It is the story of a man who plays the connoisseur bringing his innocent son to Yoshiwara, and the author describes the manners and customs in Yoshiwara and the contrast between iki and yabo (vulgarity), and it takes conversations between the main characters and prostitutes in chaya (teahouses) and prostitutes in the red-light districts as its center.
通人をきどる男がうぶな息子を連れて吉原に行くという筋で、茶屋の女房や遊女らとの会話を中心にして吉原の風俗や粋と野暮との対比を描いている。