"Araki Mataemon" (novel)

...This also extended to the fields of film and popular music. He then moved on to the field of substantial historical novels, such as "Araki Mataemon" (1936-37), which respected historical fact, and "Sagara Sozo and His Comrades" (1940-41), which unearthed historical fact. After the war, he published "Nihon Horoji," an even more thorough historical biography, in which he explored the character of the Japanese people through the issue of prisoners of war.

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…これはまた映画，歌謡曲といった分野まで及んだ。やがて史実を尊重した《荒木又右衛門》(1936‐37)，史実を発掘した《相楽総三とその同志》(1940‐41)などの骨太い歴史小説の分野へと進む。戦後はさらに徹底した史伝体の《日本捕虜志》を発表，捕虜問題を通して日本人の民族性を追究した。…

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