In the same year, his first short story 'Ronen' (Old Age) was published in the "Shin-Shicho" (New Thought) magazine, and in 1916, the following year, the same magazine ran another one of his short stories titled 'Hana' (The Nose) which he set to take place around the same period as Rashomon.
同年には『新思潮』に処女作短編「老年」を発表しており、翌大正5年には同時期に構想した「鼻」を同誌に発表している。