Amanogawa no Taiyo is a historical novel by Jugo Kuroiwa centered on the Jinshin War. Focusing on Prince Oama as his position narrows under Emperor Tenji after the Taika Reform, it layers his relationship with Princess Nukata, court power struggles, and East Asian politics to portray an era when ancient Japan was being shaken and remade.

Pressed by his brother's regime, Prince Oama moves toward the great upheaval that will shake ancient Japan.

Two historical works by Junichi Watanabe that received the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for Literature. Toki Rakujitsu portrays the life of Hideyo Noguchi from his poor childhood in Aizu to his medical research career in the United States, combining scientific glory with human frailty. Nagasaki Roshia Yujo-kan is set in Nagasaki during the transition from the late Edo period to Meiji, depicting medicine, contact with foreigners, and the joys and sorrows of women in the licensed quarters through linked historical stories.

Historical fiction that depicts passion for medicine and the dawn of a new age, including human weakness and desire.