Set at the end of the Edo (Tokugawa Shoganate) era, the series depicts Kumo's family with his wife, Kame, their 11-year-old son Shinnosuke and 8-year-old daughter Ohana. Kumo is always ignoring work and messing around. Kumo is notorious for womanizing. --- - **Won the Shogakukan Manga Award for General Manga in 1979**