The literature which emerged also during this period include that of the neo-sensualists such as Yasunari KAWABATA and Riichi YOKOMITSU, the esthetic literature of Junichiro TANIZAKI and the popular literature of authors such as Eiji YOSHIKAWA and Kaizan NAKAZATO.
川端康成、横光利一などの新感覚派文学や谷崎潤一郎の耽美的な文学、吉川英治、中里介山などの大衆文学が出たのもこの時期である。