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In a Grove, by Ryunosuke Akutagawa
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Japanese Haiku, by Peter Beilenson
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Japanese Haiku
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Kazuo Ishiguro - The Remains of the Day
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Japanese Haiku
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Kakuzo Okakura - The Book of Tea
In the 1880s and 90s Okakura Kakuzo was a leading figure in the movement to preserve Ja...
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Ryunosuke Akutagawa is regarded as the "Father of the Japanese short story", and is not...
Tales of the Samurai
The following tales of the samurai, the knights of old
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Kazuo Ishiguro - When We Were Orphans
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Ancient Tales and Folk-Lore of Japan (1918)
This is a memorable collection of historical legends and folktales from Japan. Nearly a...
Kazuo Ishiguro - The Unconsoled
Ryder arrives in an unidentified European city at a bit of a loss. Everyone he meets se...
Kobo Abe - The Woman in the Dunes
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Romances of Old Japan (1920)
Lurid stories from old Japan.
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THE TRAGEDY OF KESA G...
Kazuo Ishiguro - A Pale View of Hills
Etsuko, a widowed woman living in England, is shattered by the suicide of one of her da...
Kazuo Ishiguro - An Artist of the Floating World
Like figures on a Japanese screen, the painter Masuji Ono and his daughters Setsuko and...
Kazuo Ishiguro - The Remains of the Day
The Remains of The Day is one of the most highly-regarded post-war British novels. It w...
Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales (1910)
These tales and legends have been collected from
many sources. Some of them have been s...
Japanese Fairy Tales (1903)
Yei Theodora Ozaki's translation of Sadanami Sanjin's collection of Japanese fairy tale...
Japanese Folk Tales (1942)
An English translation of Nippon no Mukashibanashi, a collection of 108 Japanese Otogi ...
Japanese Fairy Tales (1911)
A collection of Japanese fairy tales.
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Shunsui, Saito, & Greey - The Loyal Ronins (1880)
Digital reprint of the 1880 first edition. THE LOYAL RONINS an historical romance, tran...
Rinder, Frank - Old World Japan (1895)
Digital reprint of the 1895 first edition. With original illustrations by T. H. Robinson.
