Query: historical novels that are japanese
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
The River Ki
Sanada Taiheiki (novel)
Silence (Endō novel)
Moeyo Ken
Makai Tensho
The Doctor's Wife (Ariyoshi novel)
Evidence from documents: The River Ki: novels that are japanese: is a novel by Japanese writer Sawako Ariyoshi.
historical: Set in Wakayama prefecture, the novel's focus is on three generations of women representing modern Japanese history.
Sanada Taiheiki (novel): The novel deals with the Sanada clan during the Warring States period in Japan The stories were originally serialized as a serial in the Japanese magazine ''Shūkan Asahi'' between 1974 and 1982.
Silence (Endō novel): is a 1966 novel of theological and historical fiction by Japanese author Shūsaku Endō, published in English by Peter Owen Publishers.
Moeyo Ken: is a novel by Japanese author Ryōtarō Shiba. It dramatizes the life of Hijikata Toshizō, a member of the Shinsengumi, active in Japan during the ''bakumatsu'' (the end of the Tokugawa shogunate).
Makai Tensho: a 1967 historical fantasy novel by Futaro Yamada.


It is a tale in which Mori Sōiken resurrects other dead historical figures to overthrow the Shogunate, while Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi rises to fight him and his warriors of the dead.
The Doctor's Wife (Ariyoshi novel): '''''The Doctor's Wife''''', known in Japanese as , is a noted novel by Sawako Ariyoshi written in 1966.


The partly historical novel is based on the life of noted male physician Hanaoka Seishū.