In addition, there was also an aspect of a popular novel with a geigi (a professional female entertainer at banquets) placed at the center of the storyline, while such element as a reunion of a separated brother and a sister by the Battle of Ueno (the battle between the shogitai [a band of supporters of the Tokugawa bakufu] and the Meiji government's army) was also depicted in the novel.
また、芸妓が筋の中心には上野戦争（彰義隊のたたかい）で生き別れになった兄妹の再会など、通俗的な側面もあった。