Japanese literature is one of the most renowned literature. If you want to explore Japanese literature, then here is a list of Japanese books that you can add to your reading list.
- Death in Midsummer and Other Stories (1953) by Yukio Mishima
Death in Midsummer is a 1953 collection of stories by Yukio Mishima. The book takes its name from an included short story of the same title, which was first published in the October 1952 issue of Shinchō. It contains five short stories and one play, Sotoba Komachi.
- Kokoro (1914) by Natsume Soseki
Kokoro is a novel by the Japanese author Sōseki Natsume. It was first published in 1914 in serial form in the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun. The title translated literally means “heart”. The word contains shades of meaning, and can be translated as “the heart of things” or “feeling”.
- Seven Japanese Tales (1963) by Jun’ichirō Tanizaki
“In these seven stories, the author of The Makioka Sisters explores the territory where love becomes self-annihilation, where the contemplation of beauty gives way to fetishism, and where tradition becomes an instrument of refined cruelty.”
- The Tale of Genji (ca. 1008) by Murasaki Shikibu
“The Tale of Genji is a classic work of Japanese literature written in the early 11th century by the noblewoman and lady-in-waiting Murasaki Shikibu. The original manuscript, created around the peak of the Heian period, no longer exists. It was made in “concertina” or orihon style: several sheets of paper pasted together and folded alternately in one direction then the other.”
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