Although Shimao seems to have felt somewhat to blame for his wife's illness due to his past affairs and what he describes as his own selfishness. In 1955 he took her back to Amami Ōshima, the largest of the Amami Islands; his novella The Sting of Death describes this period using his own name and that of his wife.
Shimao felt responsible for his wife's illness due to past affairs and his perceived selfishness, leading him to return her to Amami Ōshima in 1955. His novella "The Sting of Death" depicts this period using his own name and that of his wife.