The time is the early 1800s. Keijiro Moriguchi loses his only daughter, Michiyo, in an unfortunate incident just before his wedding ceremony, and adopts Konosuke, who was supposed to be his son-in-law. Three years later, he hands over the family estate to Konosuke, welcomes his wife, Satsuki, and retires, becoming a dormitory (manager) of a merchant's villa in Negishi Village. Keijiro's second life begins in order to heal...

時は1800年代の初め｡森口慶次郎は､一人娘の三千代を祝言の直前に不幸な事件で失い､娘婿となるはずだった晃之助を養子に迎える｡それから3年後､晃之助に家督を譲り､嫁の皐月を迎えて隠居し､根岸の里で商家の別荘の寮番(管理人)になる｡男に遊ばれて自害した最愛の娘を弔い､心に背負った傷を癒すための､慶次郎の第二の人生がはじまる…｡

定町廻り同心のご隠居､仏の慶次郎が､江戸の庶民の哀感に寄り添いつつ､悩みや揉め事をひもといていく､一話完結の日記帳｡傷を背負った人々が､互いの孤独を癒しつつ､それぞれの明日を生きていく｡