Essential Japanese literature

Discover the must-read books in essential Japanese literature. Explore timeless classics and modern masterpieces from Japan's greatest authors for a deep dive into its rich literary heritage.

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The Tale of Genji

by Murasaki Shikibu

The Tale of Genji was written in the eleventh century by Murasaki Shikibu, a lady of the Heian court. It is universally recognized as the …
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The Pillow Book of Sei Sh?nagon

by Sei ShĹŤnagon

One of the great classics of Japanese literature, "The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon" is by far our most detailed source of factual material on …
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The world of the shining prince

 

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Spring Snow

by Yukio Mishima

"A classic of Japanese literature" (Chicago Sun-Times) and the first novel in the masterful tetralogy, The Sea of Fertility, set in 1912 Tokyo, featuring an …
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The Setting Sun

by 太宰治

Novel of present day Japan. Reaction of an upper-class family to the war and the resultant cultural impact.
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The Makioka Sisters

by Junichiro Tanizaki

Four daughters of an old merchant family unknowingly face the end of a gentler way of life in Osaka, Japan in 1938.
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A Wild Sheep Chase

by Haruki Murakami

A New York Times bestselling author—and “a mythmaker for the millennium, a wiseacre wiseman” (New York Times Book Review)—delivers a surreal and elaborate quest that …
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