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Abe Kobo (1924-1993)
Abe is best known
for The Woman in the Dunes (1962).
Beyond
the Curve (paperback)
Fake
Fish: The Theater of Kobo Abe
Friends
(play)
Inter
Ice Age 4
Kangaroo
Notebook: A Novel (paperback)
Secret
Rendezvous
Secret
Rendezvous (paperback)
The
Ark Sakura
The
Box Man
The
Man Who Turned into a Stick: 3 Rel. Plays, Abe
(Ed.)
The
Ruined Map
The
Woman in the Dunes (paperback)
The
Woman in the Dunes (Twentieth-Century Classics)
Three
Plays (hardcover)
Three
Plays (paperback) Akutagawa Ryunosuke Born in Tokyo, Akutagawa (1892-1927) studied literature at
Tokyo Imperial University. His psychological novel
Rashomon later became a film directed by Kurosawa.
Akutagawa committed suicide at age 35.
Akutagawa:
An Introduction, by Beonocheon Yu
Exotic
Japanese stories
Exotic
Japanese Stories
Hell
Screen Cogwheels a Fools Life
Japanese
Short Stories.
Kappa:
A Satire
Kappa
Rashomon
and Other Stories (paperback)
Rashomon
and Other Stories
Tutze-Chun
Dazai Osamu (1909-1948)
Dazai Osamu, the
pseudonym of Tsushima Shuji, was one of Japan's
leading post-WW II novelists.
Akutagawa
and Dazai: Instances of Literary Adaptation
Blue
Bamboo: Tales of Fantasy and Romance
Crackling
Mountain and Other Stories (hardcover)
Crackling
Mountain and Other Stories
Dazai
Osamu, by James Aloysius O'Brien
Dazai
Osamu: Selected Stories and Sketches
No
Longer Human (paperback)
Return
to Tsugaru: Travels of a Purple Tramp
Self
Portraits: Stories
Suicidal
Narrative in Modern Japan: The Case of Osamu
The
Saga of Dazai Osamu: A Critical Study With
Translations
The
Setting Sun, tr. by Donald Keene Endo Shusaku (1923-
)
Endo is a
Christian author.
Deep
River (paperback)
Foreign
Studies
Life
of Jesus
Scandal:
A Novel
Scandal
Silence
Stained
Glass Elegies (hardcover)
Stained
Glass Elegies: Stories (paperback)
The
Final Martyrs (International Authors Series)
The
Final Martyrs
The
Girl I Left Behind
The
Samurai (paperback)
The
Sea and Poison
Volcano
When
I Whistle: A Novel
Wonderful
Fool
Atoda Takashi (1935-
)
One of Japan's
most famous short-story writers.
The
Square Persimmon and Other Stories
Futabatei Shimei (1864-1909)
Best remembered
for Ukigumo (The Drifting Cloud , 1887), Japan's
first serious novel written in colloquial Japanese.
Japan's
First Modern Novel: Ukigumo (Drifting Cloud)
Ibuse Masuji
(1898-1993)
His novel Black
Rain (Kuroi Ame, 1965) examines the effects of WW II
on the inhabitants of Hiroshima.
A
Critical Study of the Literary Style of Ibuse
Masuji...
Black
Rain
Castaways:
Two Short Novels (hardcover)
Castaways:
Two Short Novels (paperback)
Lieutenant
Lockeast and Other Stories
Pools
of Water, Pillars of Fire: The Literature of Ibuse
Masuji
Salamander
and Other Stories
Waves:
2 Novels by Masuji Ibuse
Waves:
Two Short Novels
Inoue Yasushi
(1907-1991)
Chronicle
of My Mother
Chronicle
of My Mother (paperback)
Hunting
Gun
Letters
of Four Seasons
Lou-Lan
and Other Stories (hardcover)
Lou-Lan
and Other Stories (paperback)
Roof
Tile of Temyo
Shirobamba
(hardcover)
Shirobamba:
A Childhood in Old Japan (paperback)
Tun-Huang
Wind
and Waves
Ishiguro Kazuo (1954-
)
British novelist.
A
Pale View of Hills
An
Artist of the Floating World
The
Remains of the Day (paperback)
The
Unconsoled (paperback)
Understanding
Kazuo Ishiguro
Ishikawa
Takuboku
(1886-1912)
Ishikawa
Takuboku, by Hijiya Yukihito
Romaji
Diary and Sad Toys
Sad
Toys (Kanashiki Gangu)
Kawabata Yasunari Kawabata
(1899-1972), a novelist and short-story writer,
became the first Japanese to win the Nobel Prize for
Literature in 1968.
Beauty
and Sadness
House
of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories
Japan
the Beautiful and Myself
Japan
the Beautiful and Myself
Lake
Palm-Of-The-Hand
Stories
Snow
Country (Yukiguni)
The
Dancing Girl of Izu and Other Stories (paperback)
The
Izu Dancer and Other Stories
The
Master of Go (Vintage International)
The
Old Capital
The
Sound of the Mountain (Vintage International)
The
Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
Thousand
Cranes
Kita Morio (1927-
)
Trained in
psychiatry at Tohoku University, Kita practiced at
Keio University Hospital before becoming a writer.
Ghosts:
A Novel (paperback)
Kitahara
Hakushu (1885-1942)
Kitahara
Hakushu: His Life and Poetry, by Margaret Benton
Fukasawa
Kizaki Satoko (1939-
)
The
Sunken Temple
The
Phoenix Tree and Other Stories (hardcover)
The
Phoenix Tree and Other Stories (paperback)
Kunikida Doppo
(1871-1908)
River
Mist and Other Stories, tr. by David G. Chibbett
Maruya Saiichi (1925-
)
A
Mature Woman (hardcover)
A
Mature Woman (paperback)
Rain
in the Wind: Four Stories (paperback)
Singular
Rebellion (paperback)
Lafcadio
Hearn (1850-1904)
American
journalist and novelist who, with the help of his
Japanese wife, became the first Westerner to deeply
understand the Japanese culture, which he introduced
to Western readers in numerous English books and
articles. Born in Greece and raised in Dublin, he
was named "Lafcadio" after the Ionian
island of Lefkas. Hearn became a Japanese citizen in
1894 (Japanese name: Koizumi Yakumo).
A
Fantastic Journey: Life and Literature of Lafcadio
Hearn
A
Fantastic Journey: Life and Literature of Lafcadio
Hearn
A
Walk in Kumamoto: Life & Times of...Hearn's J.
Wife
Blue
Ghost: Lafcadio Hearn's Work
Books
and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn
Boy
Who Drew Cats and Other Japanese Fairy Tales
Buddhist
Writings of Lafcadio Hearn
Chita:
A Memory of Last Island
Exotics
and Retrospectives
Fantastics
and Other Fancies
Fantastics
and Other Fancies
Gleanings
in Buddha-Fields:...Hand & Soul in the Far
East
Gleanings
in Buddha-Fields
Glimpses
of Unfamiliar Japan (paperback)
In
Ghostly Japan (paperback)
In
Hearn's Footsteps:...Life of Hearn
Interpretations
of Literature
Japan:
An Attempt at Interpretation
Japan:
In the Land of the Brokenhearted
Japan
Japanese
Fairy Tales
Japanese
Letters of Lafcadio Hearn
Japanese
Miscellany
Kokoro:
Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life
Kokoro:
Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life
(hardcover)
Kotto:
Being Japanese Curios, with Sundry Cobwebs
Kwaidan:
Stories and Studies of Strange Things
Kwaidan:
Stories and Studies of Strange Things (paperback)
Lafcadio
Hearn, by Elizabeth Stevenson
Lafcadio
Hearn, by Arthur E. Kunst
Lafcadio
Hearn, by Vera Seeley McWilliams
Lafcadio
Hearn: Life, Work, and Irish Background
Lafcadio
Hearn and His German Critics:...
Lafcadio
Hearn and the Vision of Japan
Lafcadio
Hearn in Japan
Lafcadio
Hearn: A Bibliography of His Writings
Lafcadio
Hearn: An Appreciation
Lafcadio
Hearn: New Anthology...1894-1904
Lafcadio
Hearn's American Days
Lafcadio
Hearn's Japan:...Writings on Country & People
Leaves
from the Diary of an Impressionist...Chinese
Ghosts
Letters
Manuscripts
Memoranda
for the Lectures at Tokyo Imperial University
Occidental
Gleanings: Sketches and Essays
Out
of the East: Reveries and Studies in New Japan
Period
of the Gruesome: Selected Cincinnati Journalism...
Rediscovering
Lafcadio Hearn: J. Legends Life & Culture
Reminiscences
of Lafcadio Hearn
Shadowings
Some
Chinese Ghosts
Some
New Letters and Writings of Lafcadio Hearn
The
Glass Lark: A Study of Lafcadio Hearn
The
Selected Writings of Lafcadio Hearn (paperback)
The
Selected Writings of Lafcadio Hearn (paperback)
Wandering
Ghost: The Odyssey of Lafcadio Hearn (paperback)
Writings
from Japan: An Anthology (Penguin Classics)
Mishima Yukio (1925-1970)
Born Hiraoka
Kimitake. In his novels, plays, and short stories,
Mishima romanticized pre-Western Japan. Mishima
committed ritual seppuku (aka hara-kiri, belly
cutting).
Acts
of Worship: Seven Stories (paperback)
Ba
Ra Kei: Ordeal by Roses
Confessions
of a Mask (paperback)
Deadly
Dialectics: Sex, Violence,...(hardcover)
Deadly
Dialectics: Sex, Violence,...(paperback)
Death
in Midsummer and Other Stories (paperback)
El
Pabellon De Oro (paperback, in Spanish)
Escape
from the Wasteland:...(hardcover)
Escape
from the Wasteland:...(hardcover)
Five
Modern No Plays
Forbidden
Colours
Forbidden
Colours
La
Corrupcion de un Angel (The Decay of the Angel)
Life
and Death of Yukio Mishima (paperback)
Mishima:
A Vision of the Void
Mishima:
A Vision of the Void
Patriotism
Reflections
on the Death of Mishima
Runaway
Horses (Sea of Fertility, 2)
Silk
and Insight, Kinu to Meisatsu: A Novel (hardcover)
Silk
and Insight, Kinu to Meisatsu: A Novel (paperback)
Spring
Snow (The Sea of Fertility, 1)
Sun
& Steel (paperback)
The
Decay of the Angel (The Sea of Fertility, 4)
The
Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (paper)
The
Sea of Fertility: A Cycle of Novels
The
Sea of Fertility
The
Sound of Waves (paperback)
The
Temple of Dawn (The Sea of Fertility, 3)
The
Temple of the Golden Pavilion (hardcover)
The
Temple of the Golden Pavilion (paperback)
The
Way of the Samurai:...on Hagakure in Modern Life
The
Way of the Samurai
Vida
Y Muerte De Yukio Mishima
Yukio
Mishima (Literature and Life)
Mori Ogai (1862-1922)
Mori wrote novels,
drama, poetry, etc. The Wild Geese (1911-1913)
describes the plight of a girl forced to be a
mistress.
Historical
Fiction of Mori Ogai (UNESCO)
Mori
Ogai, by J. Thomas Rimer
Mori
Ogai and Modernization of J. Culture, by Bowring
Paragons
of the Ordinary: Biographical Lit. of Mori Ogai
Saiki
Koi and Other Stories (UNESCO)
Saiki
Koi and Other Stories (hardcover)
The
Incident at Sakai and Other Stories (UNESCO)
The
Wild Goose (hardcover), tr. by Burton Watson
The
Wild Goose (paperback), tr. by Burton Watson
Wild
Geese (paperback)
Youth
and Other Stories, ed. by J. Thomas Rimer
Mukoda Kuniko
(1929-1981)
The
Name of the Flower: Stories
Murakami Haruki
(1949- )
Murakami writes of
the rebelliousness and anomie of the 1960s.
A
Wild Sheep Chase: A Novel
Dance,
Dance, Dance: A Novel (paperback)
Hard-Boiled
Wonderland and the End of the World: A Novel
South
of the Border, West of the Sun
The
Elephant Vanishes: Stories
The
Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (paperback)
Murakami Ryu (1952-
)
Winner of the
Gunzo Literature Prize and the Akutagawa Prize.
Almost
Transparent Blue
Coin
Locker Babies (hardcover)
Coin
Locker Babies (paperback)
Sixty-Nine
(hardcover)
Nagai Kafu (1879-1959)
Nagai was a
novelist who studied in the U.S. and France.
During
the Rains & Flowers in the Shade (hardcover)
During
the Rains & Flowers in the Shade (paperback)
Kafu
the Scribbler: Life & Writings of Nagai
(hardcover)
Kafu
the Scribbler: Life & Writings of Nagai
(paperback)
Nagatsuka Takashi
(1879-1915) Famous
poet and writer of the Meiji (1968-1912) and early
Taisho (1912-1926) eras.
The
Soil: Portrait of Rural Life in Meiji J.
(hardcover)
The
Soil: Portrait of Rural Life in Meiji J.
(paperback)
Natsume Soseki (1867-1916)
One of Japan's
greatest modern writers, Natsume was a master of the
psychological novel.
And
Then (Sorekara): A Novel
And
Then: Natsume Soseki's Novel Sorekara
Botchan,
tr. by Alan Turney (paperback)
Chaos
and Order in the Works of Natsume Soseki
Everyone
but Thee and Me
Grass
on the Wayside (Michikusa): A Novel (UNESCO
Grass
on the Wayside (Michikusa): A Novel
Grass
on the Wayside (Michikusa: A Novel)
I
Am a Cat (paperback)
I
Am A Cat, Vol. 2 (paperback)
I
Am a Cat, Vol. 3 (paperback)
Kokoro
a Novel (paperback)
Kokoro
a Novel and Selected Essays
Kokoro:
A Novel
Light
and Darkness
Sanshiro
Ten
Nights of Dream, Hearing Things, the Heredity of
Taste
The
Gate (Mon)
The
Miner
The
Psychological World of Natsume Soseki, by Doi
Takeo
The
Wayfarer (Kojin)
Three
Modern Novelists: Soseki, Tanizaki, Kawabata
Three-Cornered
World (UNESCO)
To
the Spring Equinox and Beyond
Wayfarer
Zen
Haiku: Poems and Letters of Natsume Soseki
Oe Kenzaburo
(1935- )
Known for his
pacifistic novels and his fiction devoted to his
mentally retarded son, Oe won the Nobel Prize for
Literature in 1994.
A
Healing Family
A
Personal Matter
A
Quiet Life (paperback)
An
Echo of Heaven
Catch
and Other Stories
Escape
from the Wasteland:...(hardcover)
Escape
from the Wasteland: Romanticism and Realism
Fire
from the Ashes:...Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Grand
Street 55: Egos
Hiroshima
Notes (hardcover)
Hiroshima
Notes (paperback)
Japan,
the Ambiguous, & Myself: Nobel Prize Speech...
Nip
the Buds, Shoot the Kids (hardcover)
Nip
the Buds, Shoot the Kids (paperback)
Seventeen
and J:...Pol. Being &...Sexual Being
Teach
Us to Outgrow Our Madness (paperback)
Teach
Us to Outgrow Our Madness: Four Short Novels
The
Crazy Iris &...Stories of Atomic Aftermath,
ed. Oe
The
Marginal World of Oe: Themes and... (hardcover)
The
Marginal World of Oe: Themes and... (paperback)
The
Music of Light: Extraordinary Story of Hikari &...
The
Music of Light: Extraordinary Story of Hikari &...
The
Pinch Runner Memorandum (hardcover)
The
Pinch Runner Memorandum (paperback)
The
Silent Cry: A Novel (hardcover)
The
Silent Cry: A Novel (paperback)
Nitta Jiro (1942-
)
Alaskan
Tale, by Jiro Nitta
Death
March on Mount Hakkoda
Oda Sakunosuke (1913-1947)
Stories
of Osaka Life (UNESCO)
Okamoto Kanoko
(1889-1939)
The
House Spirit and Other Stories
Saito Sanki (1900-1962)
A dentist and
haiku poet, Saito founded several haiku associations
and haiku revues.
The
Kobe Hotel
Shiga Naoya (1883-1971)
A
Dark Night's Passing
Shiga
Naoya, by Francis Mathy
The
Paper Door and Other Stories, tr. by Lane Dunlop
The
Paper Door and Other Stories
The
Shiga Hero
(1961-
)
Dream
Messenger
Shimazaki Toson Shimazaki
(1872-1943) was known for his first-person novels
(watakushi shosetsu ).
Before
the Dawn
Chikuma
River Sketches
The
Broken Commandment
The
Family
Shono Junzo (1921- )
Still
Life and Other Stories
Tanizaki
Jun'ichiro (1886-1965)
Novelist who wrote
about traditional Japanese culture.
A
Cat, a Man, and Two Women (paperback)
Ashikali
and the Story of Shunkin: Modern Japanese Novels
Childhood
Years: A Memoir (paperback)
Diary
of a Mad Old Man (paperback)
Diary
of a Mad Old Man
In
Praise of Shadows (paperback)
Naomi
(paperback)
Quicksand
(paperback)
Secret
History of the Lord Musashi and Arrow Root
Seven
Japanese Tales (paperback)
Some
Prefer Nettles: A Novel (paperback)
The
Key (paperback)
The
Makioka Sisters (hardcover)
The
Makioka Sisters (paperback)
The
Moon in the Water:...Tanizaki, Kawabata, &
Mishima
The
Reed Cutter & Capt. Shigemoto's Mother
(paperback)
The
Secret History of Lord of Musashi & Arrowroot
(paperback)
The
Secret Window: Ideal Worlds in Tanizaki's Fiction
Visions
of Desire: Tanizaki's Fictional Worlds (hardcover)
Uchida Yoshiko (c.
1921-1992)
American writer
who wrote about the Japanese experience in
California.
A
Jar of Dreams
Desert
Exile (paperback)
Desert
Exile: Uprooting of a J.-American Family
Hisako's
Mysteries
In
Between Miya
In
Between Miya
Jar
of Dreams (paperback)
Journey
Home (hardcover)
Journey
Home (paperback)
Journey
Home (paperback)
Journey
to Topaz (paperback)
Journey
to Topaz:...Japanese-American Evacuation
Magic
Listening Cap More Folk Tales from Japan
Makoto,
the Smallest Boy: A Story of Japan
Picture
Bride: A Novel
Rokubei
and the Thousand Rice Bowls
Rooster
Who Understood Japanese
Samuri
of Gold Hill (paperback)
Sea
of Gold: And Other Tales from Japan
Sumi
and the Goat and the Tokyo Express
Sumi's
Prize
Sumi's
Special Happening
Takao
and Grandfather's Sword
The
Best Bad Thing (paperback)
The
Best Bad Thing
The
Birthday Visitor
The
Bracelet (paperback)
The
Bracelet
The
Dancing Kettle and Other Japanese Folk Tales
The
Happiest Ending (hardcover)
The
Invisible Thread (In My Own Words)
The
Invisible Thread (In My Own Words)
The
Invisible Thread: An Autobiography (paperback)
The
Magic Listening Cap: More Folk Tales (paperback)
The
Magic Listening Cap: More Folk Tales from J.
The
Magic Purse
The
Rooster Who Understood Japanese
The
Terrible Leak
The
Wise Old Woman
Tokutomi Kenjiro
(1868-1927)
Footprints
in the Snow: A Novel of Meiji Japan
Footprints
in the Snow: A Novel of Meiji Japan
Tsushima Yuko (1947- )
Child
of Fortune
The
Shooting Gallery and Other Stories (paperback)
The
Shooting Gallery and Other Stories
Woman
Running in the Mountains
Uno Chiyo (1897-1996)
Confessions
of Love (paperback)
Story
of a Single Woman
The
Sound of the Wind: Life and Works of Uno Chiyo
Yosano Akiko (1878-1942)
A composer of
31-syllable tanka poems, Yosano was known as the
Poetess of Passion.
Night
Fading to Pale Rose
River
of Stars: Selected Poems
Tangled
Hair: Selected Tanka from Midaregami
Yoshikawa Eiji (1892-1962)
Fragments
of a Past: A Memoir
Heike
Story
Musashi
Taiko:
An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan
The
Art of War (Musashi Book II)
The
Bushido Code (Musashi Book IV)
Way
of Life and Death (Musashi, Book V)
Way
of the Samurai (Musashi Book I) Yoshimoto
Banana (1964-
)
Amrita
(paperback)
Kitchen
Lizard
N.P.:
A Novel
Miscellaneous
Modern Fiction Contemp.
J. Lit.: Anth. of Fiction, Film, and...Since 1945
Memoirs
of a Geisha (audio cassette)
Memoirs
of a Geisha: A Novel (audio cassette)
Memoirs
of a Geisha: A Novel (hardcover), by Arthur Golden
Memoirs
of a Geisha: A Novel (large print book series,
cloth)
Memoirs
of a Geisha: A Novel (paperback)
Memoirs
of a Geisha: A Novel (paperback)
Modern
Japanese Literature: An Anthology, by Donald Keene
Akutagawa Ryunosuke
Dazai Osamu (1909-1948)
Endo Shusaku (1923-
)
Kawabata Yasunari
Mishima Yukio (1925-1970)
Mori Ogai (1862-1922)
Murakami Haruki
(1949- )
Murakami Ryu (1952-
)
Nagatsuka Takashi
Natsume Soseki (1867-1916)
Saito Sanki (1900-1962)
Shimazaki Toson
Yosano Akiko (1878-1942)
Yoshikawa Eiji
(1892-1962)
