There was also a a novel by Ogai MORI, 'Maihime,' (The Dancing Girl) in which the author revealed himself by telling a story of a Japanese man, who fell in love with the German girl in lower class, made her pregnant, and then deserted her; however, Ogai's novel was not as shocking as Katai's work which dealt with the agony of sexual desire caused by the unrequited love toward a female disciple.
自分のことを暴露する小説としては、これより先に森鴎外の「舞姫」があったが、下層のドイツ人女性との恋愛の末妊娠させて捨てるという内容であり、女弟子に片想いをし、性欲の悶えを描くという花袋の手法ほどの衝撃は与えなかった。