I Am a Cat by Natsume Sōseki: “To expect more than that is an unreasonable demand, one that could be counted on only when Shino and Kobungo step out of Bakin's novel and the Nansō Satomi Hakkenden moves in next door. [auto-translated]”
Dogra Magra by Yumeno Kyūsaku: “A young man who can calmly answer whether that girl is beautiful is either a worn-out playboy or a descendant of the impotent men who appear in Nansō Satomi Hakkenden and the Water Margin. [auto-translated]”
The Golden Demon by Ozaki Kōyō: “It may sound like a novel, but Miya's feeling ought to be that of Hamaji in Nanso Satomi Hakkenden, slipping out late at night past her parents' eyes to see Shino, who leaves tomorrow morning. How strange: my own circumstances resemble Shino's too, parted from my parents in childhood, raised in the Shigisawa house, betrothed to their… [auto-translated]”
Grass on the Wayside by Natsume Sōseki: “"He must be a scholar, that man, mustn't he? Which of them is better, him or Kyokutei Bakin? I own Bakin's Nansō Satomi Hakkenden too, you know." Sure enough, in his paulownia bookcase he had a neat stack of the subscription edition of the Nansō Satomi Hakkenden, printed in movable type on Japanese paper. [auto-translated]”
Gesaku Zanmai by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa: “The Nansō Satomi Hakkenden, Master, grows ever more wondrous with each volume, and it is splendidly done. Funamushi disguising herself as a blind woman to try to kill Kobungo, and then, once seized and tortured, the rescue by Sōsuke: that sequence is simply beyond words. [auto-translated]”