sentences:  Nagata and Jun'ichirō Tanizaki were close friends, even to the extent that Nagata used the pen name “Mikihiko Jun'ichirō” on some of his early works; however, after Tanizaki went to Kyoto in 1912, their relations deteriorated, and afterwards they had little contact.Nagata is best known for his semi-factual work on the Great Kantō earthquake, "Daichi wa furu" ("The Earth Shakes", 1923) and for numerous works on the Gion district of Kyoto.He later turned to scriptwriting and directed a theatrical troupe.