He denied tales that rewards good and punishes evil which was preferred in Edo period, and he has stated that a novel should depict the human empathy first, followed by the depiction of times and folkways.
江戸時代の勧善懲悪の物語を否定し、小説はまず人情を描くべきで世態風俗の描写がこれに次ぐと論じた。