Kikuko (the eldest daughter)
Umeko (the second daughter)
Sakura (the third daughter)
Ayame (the fourth daughter)
Ooka (Umeko's husband)
Nomura (Ayame's husband)
Kudo
Minegishi (Ooka's friend)
Goro (Kudo's younger brother)
Tsuruo (the eldest son)
Asako (Ooka's mother)
Kondo (Tsuruo's friend)
Aki Ueno (the four sisters' mother)
