Classical Japanese Language and Literature «
http://www.classical-japanese.net | | This site teaches the classical (that is , old) japanese language , through poems and extracts from literary/zen/martial arts classics. |
Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture «
http://www.cc.columbia.edu/cu/ealac/dkc/ | | Include review of lectures and details of the prizes awarded by the center to support translation of japanese literature. |
Ethical issues in Modern Japanese Literature «
http://www2.ntu.ac.uk/ntsad/research/iaa/iaa7/yasuko_claremont.pdf | | Article by yasuko claremont discussing a range of 20th century authors , including kawabata , oe and mishima. |
Horagai «
http://www.horagai.com/english.html | | Literary magazine featuring recent and new japanese writers. content in english and japanese. |
Introduction to History of Japan's Literature «
http://www.kanzaki.com/jinfo/jliterature.html | | A short history of literature from the eighth century to the present day. |
Japanese Literature Home Page «
http://www.f.waseda.jp/mjewel/jlit/index.html | | Overview of japanese literary history and important listing of japanese authors. |
Japanese Literature Resources Page «
http://mockingbird.creighton.edu/english/worldlit/wldocs/japan.htm | | Creighton university's japanese bibliographic and internet resources as well as online texts. |
Japanese Text Initiative «
http://etext.virginia.edu/japanese/ | | Contains numerous searchable online texts in japanese and translation from the man'yoshu to the modern era. also contains links to online dictionaries. |
K. Inadomi's Private Library «
http://www5.ocn.ne.jp/~kilib/ | | A biographical sketch of lafcadio hearn , a greek-irish writer who became a japanese citizen. also includes texts of selected works and links. |
Nintoku: The Wealth of the Emperor «
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ANCJAPAN/NINTOKU.HTM | | From the nihongi , book xi. a short anecdote from a history of the emperor nintoku on the relationship of the wealth of the population in relationship to the wealth of the emperor. a good example of the importation of confucian thought in early japan. |
The Flowering of Japanese Literature «
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ANCJAPAN/LIT.HTM | | The importance of the tale of genji and the pillow book to subsequent japanese literature. |
