From 1919 he wrote nine stories under the title of 'Hanshichi Kikigakicho' (The Hanshichi Notebooks) using a style in which Hanshichi took dictation of his senior's stories, at which point the series came to a temporary halt.
1919年から「半七聞書帳」の題で、半七が先輩の話を聞き書きする体裁で9編を書き、一旦執筆を終了。