Sanjugo Naoki failed to create a historical novel (takes place in a setting located in the past) serialized in a weekly magazine, which would establish him as a writer of popular fiction.
In 1929, he had an historical novel, Yui Kongen Taisakki, serialized in a weekly magazine, and a similar historical novel about the Satsuma Rebellion, Nangoku Taiheiki, serialized in a newspaper following year. 
