JAPANESE LITERATURE
Periods (Postclassical - E Modern - 19th Century - 20th Century) Genres (Poetry - Drama - Fiction - Autobiography - Essay)
Literary Works
Postclassical Period
Myths and Legends KOJIKI (Record of Ancient Matters)
Poetry
Anthologies Man’yôshû - Kokinshû - Shinkokinshû - Hyakunin isshu
Drama
Zeami ATSUMORI-IZUTSU-NONOMIYA-SEKIDERA KOMACHI-TADANORI
Life Writing Mother of Fujiwara Michitsuna GOSSAMER DIARY (Kagerô nikki ) Kamo no Chômei AN ACCOUNT OF MY HUT (Hôjôki)
Essay
Sei Shonagon PILLOW BOOK (Makura no sôshi)
Yoshida Kenkô ESSAYS IN IDLENESS (Tsurezuregusa)
Fiction
Murasaki Shikibu TALE OF GENJI (Genji monogatari)
TALES OF ISE (Ise monogatari)
TALES OF TIMES NOW PAST (Konjaku monogatari)
TALES OF THE HEIKE (Heike monogatari )
Early Modern Period
Poetry
Matsuo Bashô THE NARROW ROAD OF THE INTERIOR
Drama
Chikamatsu Monzaemon LOVE SUICIDES AT AMIJIMA
Fiction
Ihara Saikaku FIVE WOMEN WHO LOVED LOVE-WORLDLY MENTAL CALCULATIONS
19th Century
Futabatei Shimei DRIFTING CLOUD - MEDIOCRITY
Mori Ôgai THE DANCING GIRL - THE WILD GOOSE - THE ABE FAMILY - SANSHO THE STEWARD
Natsume Sôseki I AM A CAT - BOTCHAN - SANSHIRO - KOKORO - GRASS BY THE WAYSIDE
Shimazaki Tôson THE BROKEN COMMANDMENT - THE FAMILY - BEFORE THE DAWN
Early 20th (1915-1950)
Akutagawa Ryûnosuke EXEMPLARY SHORT STORIES (e.g., Rashomon, Hell Screen, Kappa, Cogwheels)
Shiga Naoya DARK NIGHT'S PASSING - EXEMPLARY SHORT STORIES (e.g., Han’s Crime, At Kinosaki, The Razor, The Shopboy’s God)
Nagai Kafû THE RIVER SUMIDA - GEISHA IN RIVALRY - STRANGE TALE FROM EAST OF THE RIVER
Dazai Osamu THE SETTING SUN - NO LONGER HUMAN
Kawabata Yasunari SNOW COUNTRY - THE SOUND OF THE MOUNTAIN - THE MASTER OF GO - THE OLD CAPITAL
Tanizaki Jun’ichirô NAOMI - ARROWROOT - PORTRAIT OF SHUNKIN - THE MAKIOKA SISTERS - BRIDGE OF DREAMS
Mid-20th (1950-1980)
Ibuse Masuji CASTAWAYS - BLACK RAIN
Inoue Yasushi THE ROOF TILE OF TEMPYO - CHRONICLE OF MY MOTHER (memoir)
Ôoka Shôhei TAKEN CAPTIVE - FIRES ON THE PLAIN
Yasuoka Shôtarô A VIEW BY THE SEA
Shiba Ryôtarô CLOUDS ABOVE THE HILL - THE LAST SHOGUN - DRUNK AS A LORD (four samurai tales)
Endô Shûsaku THE SEA AND POISON - SILENCE - DEEP RIVER
Mishima Yukio CONFESSIONS OF A MASK - TEMPLE OF THE GOLDEN PAVILION - THE SEA OF FERTILITY (tetralogy of novels)
Abe Kôbô THE WOMAN IN THE DUNES - THE FACE OF ANOTHER - THE BOX MAN - THE ARKSAKURA
Enchi Fumiko THE WAITING YEARS - MASKS
Ariyoshi Sawako THE RIVER KI - THE DOCTOR'S WIFE - THE TWILIGHT YEARS
Ôe Kenzaburô THE CATCH - A PERSONAL MATTER - THE SILENT CRY - A HEALING FAMILY
Late-20th (1980- present)
Nakagami Kenji THE CAPE
Murakami Haruki A WILD SHEEP CHASE - NORWEGIAN WOOD - THE WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE - KAFKA ON THE SHORE - 1Q8
Yoshimoto Banana KITCHEN - GOODBYE TSUGUMI
Periods (Postclassical - E Modern - 19th Century - 20th Century) Genres (Poetry - Drama - Fiction - Autobiography - Essay)
Literary Works
Postclassical Period
Myths and Legends KOJIKI (Record of Ancient Matters)
Poetry
Anthologies Man’yôshû - Kokinshû - Shinkokinshû - Hyakunin isshu
Drama
Zeami ATSUMORI-IZUTSU-NONOMIYA-SEKIDERA KOMACHI-TADANORI
Life Writing Mother of Fujiwara Michitsuna GOSSAMER DIARY (Kagerô nikki ) Kamo no Chômei AN ACCOUNT OF MY HUT (Hôjôki)
Essay
Sei Shonagon PILLOW BOOK (Makura no sôshi)
Yoshida Kenkô ESSAYS IN IDLENESS (Tsurezuregusa)
Fiction
Murasaki Shikibu TALE OF GENJI (Genji monogatari)
TALES OF ISE (Ise monogatari)
TALES OF TIMES NOW PAST (Konjaku monogatari)
TALES OF THE HEIKE (Heike monogatari )
Early Modern Period
Poetry
Matsuo Bashô THE NARROW ROAD OF THE INTERIOR
Drama
Chikamatsu Monzaemon LOVE SUICIDES AT AMIJIMA
Fiction
Ihara Saikaku FIVE WOMEN WHO LOVED LOVE-WORLDLY MENTAL CALCULATIONS
19th Century
Futabatei Shimei DRIFTING CLOUD - MEDIOCRITY
Mori Ôgai THE DANCING GIRL - THE WILD GOOSE - THE ABE FAMILY - SANSHO THE STEWARD
Natsume Sôseki I AM A CAT - BOTCHAN - SANSHIRO - KOKORO - GRASS BY THE WAYSIDE
Shimazaki Tôson THE BROKEN COMMANDMENT - THE FAMILY - BEFORE THE DAWN
Early 20th (1915-1950)
Akutagawa Ryûnosuke EXEMPLARY SHORT STORIES (e.g., Rashomon, Hell Screen, Kappa, Cogwheels)
Shiga Naoya DARK NIGHT'S PASSING - EXEMPLARY SHORT STORIES (e.g., Han’s Crime, At Kinosaki, The Razor, The Shopboy’s God)
Nagai Kafû THE RIVER SUMIDA - GEISHA IN RIVALRY - STRANGE TALE FROM EAST OF THE RIVER
Dazai Osamu THE SETTING SUN - NO LONGER HUMAN
Kawabata Yasunari SNOW COUNTRY - THE SOUND OF THE MOUNTAIN - THE MASTER OF GO - THE OLD CAPITAL
Tanizaki Jun’ichirô NAOMI - ARROWROOT - PORTRAIT OF SHUNKIN - THE MAKIOKA SISTERS - BRIDGE OF DREAMS
Mid-20th (1950-1980)
Ibuse Masuji CASTAWAYS - BLACK RAIN
Inoue Yasushi THE ROOF TILE OF TEMPYO - CHRONICLE OF MY MOTHER (memoir)
Ôoka Shôhei TAKEN CAPTIVE - FIRES ON THE PLAIN
Yasuoka Shôtarô A VIEW BY THE SEA
Shiba Ryôtarô CLOUDS ABOVE THE HILL - THE LAST SHOGUN - DRUNK AS A LORD (four samurai tales)
Endô Shûsaku THE SEA AND POISON - SILENCE - DEEP RIVER
Mishima Yukio CONFESSIONS OF A MASK - TEMPLE OF THE GOLDEN PAVILION - THE SEA OF FERTILITY (tetralogy of novels)
Abe Kôbô THE WOMAN IN THE DUNES - THE FACE OF ANOTHER - THE BOX MAN - THE ARKSAKURA
Enchi Fumiko THE WAITING YEARS - MASKS
Ariyoshi Sawako THE RIVER KI - THE DOCTOR'S WIFE - THE TWILIGHT YEARS
Ôe Kenzaburô THE CATCH - A PERSONAL MATTER - THE SILENT CRY - A HEALING FAMILY
Late-20th (1980- present)
Nakagami Kenji THE CAPE
Murakami Haruki A WILD SHEEP CHASE - NORWEGIAN WOOD - THE WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE - KAFKA ON THE SHORE - 1Q8
Yoshimoto Banana KITCHEN - GOODBYE TSUGUMI