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A Bibliography of English-Language Japanese Verse, 1900-1950.
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Classical Japanese poetry and prose in English translation

Classical Japanese Poetry
Poems from Manyoshu, Kokinshu, and Genji, in English, romaji and Japanese script, with explanation of classical grammar.
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Haiku for People!
Haiku poetry by Japanese masters in English translation. How to write haiku.
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Hass on Haiku
Selected Basho and Issa haiku translated into English by U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Hass.
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Ogura Hyakunin Isshu: 100 Poems by 100 Poets - Complete online text of the classical Japanese anthology of waka or tanka, with the originals in Japanese characters, romanji, and English translation available in a side-by-side-by-side display format.
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Folktales from Japan
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Haiku

History of Japanese literature.
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Horogai. Literary webpages from Japan.
Criticism, reviews, articles, Japanese writers.

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Introduction to Japanese literature.

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Japanese literature portals, archives and etexts

Japanese Literature Online Texts The University of Virginia
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Japanese Literature Guide
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Japanese Literature Home Page
Overview of Japanese literary history and listing of important Japanese Authors.
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Japanese Literature Resources Page
Creighton University's Japanese bibliographic and internet resources as well as online texts.
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The Japanese Literature Homepage
Authors, pre-modern and modern; literary history; links; resources; archives.
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Japanese Text Initiative
Sponsored by the University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center and the University of Pittsburgh East Asian Library, this is a collaborative effort to make texts of classical Japanese literature available on the World Wide Web.

Japanese Writers and Poets
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Japan Literature Net. JALInet
is a network that, through the voluntary contributions of five famous authors: Yasutaka Tsutsui, Kyoji Kobayashi, Akira Hori, Yuji Usui, and Aki Sato, seeks to express Japanese literature to the world.
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Horagai
Literary magazine featuring recent and new Japanese writers. Content in English and Japanese.

Poetry

Haiku
Haiku for People
What is Haiuku? How to write Haiku. Examples.
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Haiku web directory. Open Directory Project
Poetry. Japanese classical poetry.
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Classical Japanese Poetry
Poems from Manyoshu, Kokinshu, and Genji, in English, Romaji and Japanese script.
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Classical Japanese poetry
A selection of classical Japanese poems, with translation and grammar notes.
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One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets
Ogura Hyakunin Isshu
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Online Japanese literature texts from the University of Virginia.
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Poets
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Tanka
Tanka and related forms of Japanese poetry.
The Open Directory Project

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Tanka Central
Promoting the tanka form of poetry, to educate newcomers to tanka about the form's history and future.
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Tanka Society of America
Wikipedia entry on Japanese poetry.

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The Tale of Genji,
the 11th Century Japanese classic written by a Heian court lady known as Murasaki Shikibu.

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Tanka and related forms of Japanese poetry. Open Directory Project
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Web Ring for Japanese literature.
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Wikipedia entry on Japanese literature.
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Zen documents and writing.

Japanese writers, Japanese poets

Basho, Matsuo. Matsuo Bashō (松尾芭蕉)
Classical Japanese Database.

Fujiwara no Teika. Wikipedia entry.
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Isshu, Ogara Hyakunin. Ogura Hyakunin Isshu
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Kawabata, Yusanari. Yusanari Kawabata
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Kobo, Abe. Abe Kobo website.
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Hitomaro, Kakinomto no Hitomaro. Kakinomoto no Hitomaro
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Hoshi, Saigyo. Saigyo Hoshi, Wikipedia entry.
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Mishima, Yukio. Yukio Mishima. Introduction, list of works.
Mishima Cyber-Museum
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Yukio Mishima Wikipedia entry.
Murakami, Huraki. Haruki Murakami, a forum.
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Musashi, Miyamoto. Miyamoto Musashi.  A Book of Five Rings


Murasaki, Lady, Lady Murasaki. Skikibu.  Tale of the Genji
The Tale of Genji Author Biography
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The Tale of Genji, 1654 Library of Congress, Asian Division. A  complete and well-preserved set including the complete main text (54 volumes) of Tale of Genji.
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The Tale of Genji 1976 Seidensticker translation
Online text of complete 1976 Seidensticker translation.
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Japanese Literature - Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan Suematsu translation of the first 17 chapters of The Tale of Genji, with an introduction and notes.
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The Texts of Genji Monogatari
Original text, romanized version, and modern Japanese translation of The Tale of Genji. University of Virginia Library
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The Tale of Genji
A photographic guide to The Tale of Genji
Ryonosuke, Akutagawa. Akutagawa Ryonosuke
Ryonosuke Akutagawa, Wikipedia entry.
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Ryonosuke Ryunosuke, a Japanese website.
Sei ShônagonThe Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon  Online Japanese language texts.
The Pillow Book. Excerpts in English. Translation by Ivan Morris.
Teika, Fujiwara no. Fujiwara no Teika. Wikipedia entry.
 

Books by Japanese Writers, Books on Japanese Literature. Buy Here. Amazon.com
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Norwegian Wood, by Haruki Murakami. Buy Here . Amazon.com.





 


 


 


 




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