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 Sei Shonagon TALE OF GENJI (Genji monogatari) Anonymous 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 DAWN20th 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 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 Sei Shonagon TALE OF GENJI (Genji monogatari) Anonymous 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 DAWN20th 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 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