Masako, the daughter of an impoverished itinerant tinsmith, wins a grammar school composition contest with an essay about her neighborhood. The much publicized essay ends up causing the family problems and their chronic money troubles threaten Masako's further education.

Masako

Father

Mother

Teacher

Tanno-san

Aunt

The second wife
August 21, 1938



Masako

Father

Mother

Teacher

Tanno-san

Aunt

The second wife