Introduction to "Blood Pearl":
At the end of the Meiji period, mining tycoon Ito Gonzo used his blood-stained wealth to forcefully marry Saayako Kujo, the daughter of a declining nobleman. The rough and tumble hero treats his wife like a treasured pearl, but a soul longing for freedom is imprisoned in a gorgeous cage. When tuberculosis eroded Quan Zang's strong body, his confession on the bedside revealed his hateful and pitiful true face. The reborn Saayako took off her jewels and attire, turned her huge inheritance into books and ink, and founded a girls' school at the dawn of a new era. A pearl soaked in blood is eventually tempered into a light of education that illuminates the destiny of hundreds of thousands of women.
