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Classical Literature (until 1600's)

Title Author Year Description Cover
The Gossamer Years Mother of Michitsuna 974
The Pillow Book Sei Shonagon 1002
The Tale of Genji Murasaki Shikibu 1021
The Tales of Ise Anonymous ~
Hojoki Kamo no Chomei 1212
Essays in Idleness Yoshida Kenko 1330
The Tale of Heike Anonymous 1371

Edo Period (1603-1868)

Title Author Year Pages Description Cover
Life of an Amorous Woman Saikaku Ihara 1686 403
Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai Yamamoto Tsunetomo 1716 180
Four Major Plays Chikamatsu Monzaemon ~1720 220
Chushingura Takedo Izumo, Miyoshi Shoraku, Namiki Senryuu 1748 183
Tales of Moonlight and Rain Ueda Akinari 1776 248

Modern Literature (1868-1945)

Title Author Year Pages Description Book Cover
Ukigumo Futabatei Shimei 1887 381
Pagoda, Skull, and Samurai Koda Rohan ~1889 280
In the Shade of Spring Leaves Higuchi Ichiyo 1892-6 388
Japanese Gothic Tales Izumi Kyoka 1900 212
The Broken Commandment Toson Shimazaki 1906 276
The Quilt and Other Stories Katai Tayama 1907 204
The Tales of Kenji Miyazawa Kenji Miyazawa 1924 216
Kokoro Natsume Soseki 1914 248
Botchan Natsume Soseki 1906 176
I am a Cat Natsume Soseki 1905 656
The Wild Geese Mori Ogai 1913 128
The Paper Door and Other Stories Shiga Naoya 1927 177
Rashomon and Other Stories Ryunosuke Akutagawa 1922 268
During the Rain & Flowers in the Shade Kafu Nagai ~1930 223
Musashi Eiji Yoshikawa 1935 970
The Makioka Sisters Junichiro Tanizaki 1943 544
Naomi Junichiro Tanizaki 1924 256
Japanese Tales of Mystery & Imagination Edogawa Ranpo ~1940 240

Post War (1946 - present)