Introduction

In 1904, Mume married Gozaemon MASUNAGA, the eldest son of the village headman of Asozu Village, Asuwa County, Fukui Prefecture, and spent her busy days raising children and keeping the house. One day, Kohachi, Gozaemon's younger brother returns home from Osaka where he has been working, and asks if the whole village can get involved in eyeglass production. He says that glasses are almost unknown today, but with the spread of print culture, they will surely become a necessity. If the project succeeds, it will help
farmers who have no harvest in the winter to make a living. At first, Gozaemon is opposed to the idea, but when he sees a child with weak eyesight gets overjoyed wearing the glasses, he decides to take on the challenge and gathers the people of the village to open a factory. However, the glasses they had painstakingly finished were turned away by the wholesaler because they were "unsalable" then. They were also forced to take out a bank loan due to financial difficulties, and the brothers suffered setbacks time and time again. The brothers were repeatedly frustrated, but Mume who has a strong heart and never gives up on their dream believed in them, and she devotedly supported them. Encouraged by her, the brothers and the craftsmen take the "last gamble"...

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