Bookshelf

32 books · 186 stories in modern English
  1. Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters)712
  2. Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan)720
  3. Man'yoshu (Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves)after 759
  4. Nihon Ryoiki (Miraculous Stories of Japan)c. 822
  5. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (Taketori Monogatari)late 9th to early 10th century
  6. Kokinshu (Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern)905
  7. Tosa Nikki (The Tosa Diary)c. 935
  8. The Tales of Ise (Ise Monogatari)10th century
  9. The Pillow Book (Makura no Soshi)c. 1001
  10. The Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari)c. 1008
  11. The Sarashina Diary (Sarashina Nikki)c. 1060
  12. Tales of Times Now Past (Konjaku Monogatarishu)c. 1120
  13. An Account of My Hut (Hojoki)1212
  14. A Collection of Tales from Uji (Uji Shui Monogatari)Early 13th century
  15. The Tale of the Heike (Heike Monogatari)13th century
  16. Essays in Idleness (Tsurezuregusa)c. 1330
  17. The Taiheiki (Chronicle of Great Peace)c. 1370
  18. The Transmission of the Flower (Fushikaden)c. 1400
  19. The Chronicle of Yoshitsune (Gikeiki)Early Muromachi period
  20. Companion Tales (Otogizoshi)Muromachi period (printed in the mid-Edo period)
  21. The Life of an Amorous Man (Koshoku Ichidai Otoko)1682
  22. The Complete Book of Agriculture (Nogyo Zensho)1697
  23. The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Oku no Hosomichi)Published 1702 (journey of 1689)
  24. The Love Suicides at Sonezaki (Sonezaki Shinju)1703
  25. The Treasury of Loyal Retainers (Kanadehon Chushingura)1748
  26. Tales of Moonlight and Rain (Ugetsu Monogatari)1776
  27. Shank's Mare on the Tokaido (Tokaidochu Hizakurige)1802-1814
  28. The Eight Dog Warriors (Nanso Satomi Hakkenden)1814-1842
  29. Ranking of Hot Springs of the Provinces (Shokoku Onsen Kono Kagami)Late Edo period (early 19th century)
  30. Snow Country Tales (Hokuetsu Seppu)1837-1842
  31. Kwaidan1904
  32. The Legends of Tono (Tono Monogatari)1910