Akiko and Tekkan had many children, but sales of Tekkan's poetry kept falling, so she worked very hard as the sole bread-winner until her husband gained a position as a college professor.
子だくさんだったが、鉄幹の詩の売れ行きは悪くなる一方で、彼が大学教授の職につくまで夫の収入がまったくあてにならず孤軍奮闘した。