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 isshuDrama Zeami ATSUMORI-IZUTSU-NONOMIYA-SEKIDERA KOMACHI-TADANORILife 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 - MEDIOCRITYMori Ôgai THE DANCING GIRL - THE WILD GOOSE - THE ABE FAMILY - SANSHO THE STEWARDNatsume Sôseki I AM A CAT - BOTCHAN - SANSHIRO - KOKORO - GRASS BY THE WAYSIDEShimazaki Tôson THE BROKEN COMMANDMENT - THE FAMILY - BEFORE THE DAWN
20th Century 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 RIVERDazai Osamu THE SETTING SUN - NO LONGER HUMANKawabata Yasunari SNOW COUNTRY - THE SOUND OF THE MOUNTAIN - THE MASTER OF GO - THE OLD CAPITALTanizaki Jun’ichirô NAOMI - ARROWROOT - PORTRAIT OF SHUNKIN - THE MAKIOKA SISTERS - BRIDGE OF DREAMS
Mid-20th (1950-1980)Ibuse Masuji CASTAWAYS - BLACK RAINInoue Yasushi THE ROOF TILE OF TEMPYO - CHRONICLE OF MY MOTHER (memoir)Ôoka Shôhei TAKEN CAPTIVE - FIRES ON THE PLAINYasuoka Shôtarô A VIEW BY THE SEAShiba Ryôtarô CLOUDS ABOVE THE HILL - THE LAST SHOGUN - DRUNK AS A LORD (four samurai tales)Endô Shûsaku THE SEA AND POISON - SILENCE - DEEP RIVERMishima 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 ARKSAKURAEnchi Fumiko THE WAITING YEARS - MASKSAriyoshi Sawako THE RIVER KI - THE DOCTOR'S WIFE - THE TWILIGHT YEARSÔe Kenzaburô THE CATCH - A PERSONAL MATTER - THE SILENT CRY - A HEALING FAMILY
Late-20th (1980- present)Nakagami Kenji THE CAPEMurakami Haruki A WILD SHEEP CHASE - NORWEGIAN WOOD - THE WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE - KAFKA ON THE SHORE - 1Q8Yoshimoto 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 isshuDrama Zeami ATSUMORI-IZUTSU-NONOMIYA-SEKIDERA KOMACHI-TADANORILife 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 - MEDIOCRITYMori Ôgai THE DANCING GIRL - THE WILD GOOSE - THE ABE FAMILY - SANSHO THE STEWARDNatsume Sôseki I AM A CAT - BOTCHAN - SANSHIRO - KOKORO - GRASS BY THE WAYSIDEShimazaki Tôson THE BROKEN COMMANDMENT - THE FAMILY - BEFORE THE DAWN
20th Century 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 RIVERDazai Osamu THE SETTING SUN - NO LONGER HUMANKawabata Yasunari SNOW COUNTRY - THE SOUND OF THE MOUNTAIN - THE MASTER OF GO - THE OLD CAPITALTanizaki Jun’ichirô NAOMI - ARROWROOT - PORTRAIT OF SHUNKIN - THE MAKIOKA SISTERS - BRIDGE OF DREAMS
Mid-20th (1950-1980)Ibuse Masuji CASTAWAYS - BLACK RAINInoue Yasushi THE ROOF TILE OF TEMPYO - CHRONICLE OF MY MOTHER (memoir)Ôoka Shôhei TAKEN CAPTIVE - FIRES ON THE PLAINYasuoka Shôtarô A VIEW BY THE SEAShiba Ryôtarô CLOUDS ABOVE THE HILL - THE LAST SHOGUN - DRUNK AS A LORD (four samurai tales)Endô Shûsaku THE SEA AND POISON - SILENCE - DEEP RIVERMishima 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 ARKSAKURAEnchi Fumiko THE WAITING YEARS - MASKSAriyoshi Sawako THE RIVER KI - THE DOCTOR'S WIFE - THE TWILIGHT YEARSÔe Kenzaburô THE CATCH - A PERSONAL MATTER - THE SILENT CRY - A HEALING FAMILY
Late-20th (1980- present)Nakagami Kenji THE CAPEMurakami Haruki A WILD SHEEP CHASE - NORWEGIAN WOOD - THE WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE - KAFKA ON THE SHORE - 1Q8Yoshimoto Banana KITCHEN - GOODBYE TSUGUMI