| In 1916, he became interested in detective stories, inspired by reading Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and decided to write his own detective story in pure Edo style, because he thought that a contemporary story might easily be an imitation of Western stories. |
1916年にコナン・ドイルのシャーロック・ホームズを読み刺激されて探偵小説への興味が起き、自分でも探偵ものを書こうと考えたが、現代ものを書くと西洋の模倣になりやすいので純江戸式で書くことにした。 |