山海との(やまみとの)離婚(りこん)と破局を経て、再び父親の平四郎の元で(もとで)新たな一歩を踏み出した

In the end, following the painful divorce and breakup with Yamami, the story concludes with Anzuko taking a new step forward once again by her father Heishiro's side. The quiet affirmation of life gained after setbacks, and Saisei Muro's uniquely melancholy and beautiful Japanese style, are highly acclaimed to this day as a monument of modern Japanese family fiction.