Secret History of the Lord of Musashi was one of his favorite works. He spoke of writing a sequel, and an outline for it was found after his death. Evaluation The Secret History both supplements traditional Japanese histories and burlesques them, by outrageous exaggeration and by never questioning the veracity of the preposterous events uncovered. In his commentary in the Chūkō bunko edition, Shoichi Saeki compares the narrative of this work with that of Alfred Hitchcock. References Bibliography Notes External links Text of book in Aozora Bunko Preface to the first publication as a novel, by Masamune Shiratori ] in Aozora Bunko Tanizaki Junichiro Memorial Museum Novels by Junichiro Tanizaki 1931 novels Japanese serial novels Category :Novels set in Japan Category :Japanese-language literature Sengoku period in fiction Unfinished books Alfred A. Knopf books Works by Japanese writers 20th-century Japanese literature Works originally published in Japanese magazines Novels first published in serial form