Shinsaku-Noh has also employed some Japanese literature works as their subject matters such as 'Chieko-sho' (Chieko's sky) by Kotaro TAKAMURA and 'Eiketsu no Asa' (Morning of the Last Farewell) by Kenji MIYAZAWA.
日本文学からは高村光太郎の「智恵子抄」、宮沢賢治「永訣の朝」なども新作能の題材となっている。