This occasion let him advance to historical novels, and he wrote "The Abe clan" of 'Rekishi Sonomama,' "Sanshodayu" and "Takasebune" (The Boat on the River Takase) (novel) from 'Rekishi Banare' and so on, and finally he produced the historical biography "Chusai SHIBUE."
これを機に歴史小説に進み、「歴史其儘」の『阿部一族』、「歴史離れ」の『山椒大夫』『高瀬舟(小説)』などののち、史伝『渋江抽斎』に結実した。