日本作家武者小路实笃曾经这样评论:“大正文学是在自然主义文学基础之上形成的一个新的时代文学。”(《大正文学作家论》序文,1943年),这一论调与平野谦“由自然主义向私小说的转变,从而演化成了近代日本文学的富有生命力的传统”的论点遥相呼应,从而使大正时期的私小说这一文学体裁模式成为可能。当然,也正如武者小路实笃所说,大正时期的文学是传承了自然主义的一种新的文学形式。平野谦在同一篇文章中也曾说过,如果 Japanese Writer Martyr’s Path Shi-tuk once commented: “Taisho literature is a new era literature based on naturalistic literature.” (Preface to Taisho literary writers, 1943) “The transformation from naturalism to private fiction has evolved into a viable tradition of modern Japanese literature.” This echoes the argument that the literary genre of private novels during the Taisho period was possible. Of course, just as the martial arts path Shitou said, Taisho period literature inherited a new literary form of naturalism. Hirano also said in the same article, if