The story appeared in 1925 at the head of the first issue of 'Aozora' (Blue Sky), a dojinshi (publication sold directly and not via commercial publishers) that Kajii published with Takao NAKATANI and Shigeru TONOMURA.
1925年（大正14年）、中谷孝雄、外村繁らとの同人誌「青空」の創刊号の巻頭に掲載された。