Japanese
Japanese Links
- Horagai: Abe Kobo Covers Abe and modern Japanese literature in general. Interviews, updates and a wide variety of information.
- History of Japanese Literature From its inception to the present.
- Haruki Murakami Unofficial Homepage Summaries, interpretations, book reviews and journal articles on this postmodern master of Japanese Literature.
- Seppuku and Jisatsu in Modern Japanese Literature: Yukio Mishima, Natsume Soseki, Kokoro
- Classical Japanese Language and Literature This site teaches the classical (that is, old) Japanese language, through poems and extracts from literary/zen/martial arts classics.
- Ryokan poetry Poems of Zen monk Ryokan (1758-1831) in English translation.
- Literature History of Japanese literature from the beginnings of poetry, drama, and novels to the manga of today.
- The World of Kenji Miyazawa Biographical data, bibliography, downloadable Miyazawa translations, image gallery and essay collection.
- Kotodama Contemporary art of haiku by Yumeya in Nara, with streaming audio.
- Japanese Literature Webring Extensive list of Japanese literature-related links as well as its own exclusive ring of Japanese literature pages.
- Japanese Literature Resources Page Creighton University's Japanese bibliographic and internet resources as well as online texts.
- History of Japan's Literature Begins with the Nara period, when tales from the oral traditions of the past started to be written down.
- Nintoku: The Wealth of the Emperor From the Nihongi, Book XI. A short anecdote from a history of the Emperor Nintoku on the relationship of the wealth of the population in relationship to the wealth of the Emperor. A good example of the importation of Confucian thought in early Japan.
- Ten poems from the new Kokinshu The webpage of Steven D. Carter, a preeminent translator of Japanese poetry.
- The Flowering of Japanese Literature The importance of the Tale of Genji and the Pillow Book to subsequent Japanese literature.
- Japanese Text Initiative Contains numerous searchable online texts in Japanese and translation from the Man'yoshu to the modern era. Also contains links to online dictionaries.
- Philosophy of Symbiosis Online book by an internationally known architect, which advocates a regard for metamorphosis and symbiosis, as distinct from the machine age of today.
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