Giants of Japan; and great works of Japanese

Explore the giants of Japan and their great works with our curated list of books. Discover Japanese literature, culture, and history through must-read titles by legendary authors.

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Snow Country

by Yasunari Kawabata

This masterpiece from the Nobel Prize-winning author and acclaimed writer of Thousand Cranes is a powerful tale of wasted love set amid the desolate beauty …
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The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

by Yukio Mishima

Because of the boyhood trauma of seeing his mother make love to another man in the presence of his dying father, Mizoguchi becomes a hopeless …
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A Book of Five Rings

by Musashi Miyamoto

Translated by V. Harris. Japan's answer to the Harvard MBA...Written over three centuries ago by a Samurai warrior, the book has been hailed as a …
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Kokoro

by Bishop of Hippo Soseki

Haunted by tragic secrets, Sensei slowly opens up to his young disciple, confessing indiscretions from his own student days that have left him reeling with …
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