Hatamoto Kinyudo 1: Zeni ga Nasake no Shinjiro is a historical novel by Maruo Kyozuka. Shinjiro, born into a hatamoto family, faces money and compassion while caught between samurai respectability and the realities of a moneylending family business.

Samurai honor and the craft of moneylending move Edo-period human feeling in unexpected ways.

Hokahoka Fuki Gohan: Izakaya Zenya is a historical novel by Kikuko Sakai. Set around an Edo-period tavern, it is a volume in the Izakaya Zenya series, warmly depicting food, human feeling, affection, and life in the town.

Steaming dishes and Edo-period human warmth slowly loosen the hearts of the characters.

The Inemuri Doshin Kagegoyo and Tsukudajima Yojinbo Nisshi series are historical fiction series by Shun Hayami. They depict Edo-period incidents, swordplay, human feeling, and town life through the duties and actions of their respective protagonists.

In Edo's streets, men bound by duty meet unfolding incidents with human feeling and the sword.

A historical fiction series set around an Edo textile shop, following Orin as she connects people through chintz patterns, craft, and trade. It blends townspeople's lives, artisanship, romance, and family feeling in a warmly colored portrait of Edo.

In the patterns of chintz, Edo life and human feeling are dyed into story.

Set in seventh-century East Asia, this novel follows the historical currents leading to the Battle of Baekgang, where Baekje, Wa, Silla, and Tang collide. It traces the road to defeat through intersecting national ambitions and personal loyalties.

Across the seas of ancient East Asia, the fates of nations and individuals collide.

A vast cycle of historical novels by Kenzo Kitakata spanning Suikoden, Yoryoden, and Gakuhiden. From the ideals of Liangshan Marsh to wars involving Song and Jin, it turns aspiration, defeat, and inheritance into a long epic.

The ideals of Liangshan continue to flow into the next generation, even after defeat.