After 'Shuzenji no taikan' (serious illness in Shuzenji), he wrote "Kojin" (The Wayfarer), "Kokoro," "Garasudo no naka" (Inside My Glass Doors) and others as a professional writer.
「修善寺の大患」後は、『行人』『こゝろ』『硝子戸の中』などを執筆。