生活(せいかつ)と創作(そうさく)に行き詰まり(いきづまり)を感じ(かんじ)ており、若い(わかい)横山芳子(よこやまよしか)が弟子入り(でしいり)してきた

'The Quilt' (Futon) is a novella written by Tayama Katai in the Meiji period, considered a monument of Japanese naturalism. The protagonist, writer Takenaka Tokio, lived a mundane life in Tokyo with his wife but felt deadlocked in his daily life and creative works. One day, a young woman who yearned for literature, Yokoyama Yoshiko, applied to become his disciple under his guidance.