His minimalistic style, the result of many revisions, was admired as 'concise writing,' and significantly influenced subsequent generations of writers from the Taisho Era to the Showa Era; he was known as the "god of novels."
推敲を尽くした簡潔な文体は、「無駄のない文章」として、大正から昭和にかけて多くの文学者に大きな影響を及ぼし、小説の神様とも称された。