Ogai and his wife's names appeared in the sixth edition of a serial called 'Dangerous foreign books' started by the Asahi Shinbun in September, and the Nanbokucho-Seijunron (argument over legitimacy of Northern or Southern Courts) became further divided.
9月に朝日新聞が「危険なる洋書」という連載を開始して6回目に鴎外と妻の名が掲載され、さらに南北朝正閏論南北朝正閏問題が大きくなった。