Shiroi hito [White Man] (novel) 1955

Umi to Dokuyaku [The Sea and Poison] (novel) 1958

Kazan [Volcano] (novel) 1959

Obaka-san [Wonderful Fool] (novel) 1959

Chinmoku [Silence] (novel) 1966

Ougon no Ku [The Golden Country] (play) 1969

Iesu no shogai [A Life of Jesus] (nonfiction) 1973

Seisho no naka no joseitachi (essays) 1975

Juichi no iro-garasu [Stained Glass Elegies] (short stories) 1979

Sakka no nikki (diary excerpts) 1980

Samurai (novel) 1980

Scandal (novel) 1988

Foreign Studies (short stories) 1989

The Final Martyrs (short stories) 1993

Fukai kawa [Deep River] (novel) 1994