Following his death, Kinuyo's mother ran a business manufacturing to-omote (tatami (Japanese straw mat) facings made of rattan), but their life gradually went into decline after they suffered misfortunes including the theft of money by servants.
その後母は藤表（とうおもて）製造業を営んでいたが、使用人に有り金を持ち逃げされるなどの災難に遭い、一家の生活は徐々に暗転していった。