In order to make a living as a novelist, she also studied under Tosui NAKARAI, who reported on novels for the Asahi Shimbun, frequented a library, and published her first novel 'Yamizakura' (literally, Cherry Blossom in the Dark) in the first issue of the magazine 'Musashino,' presided over by Tosui.
さらに小説家として生計を立てるため、朝日新聞小説記者の半井桃水（なからいとうすい）に師事し、図書館に通い詰めながら処女小説「闇桜」を桃水主宰の雑誌「武蔵野」の創刊号に発表した。