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	Japanese Culture - Arts - Modern Literature and Writers
		He was inspired mainly by German literature and played a leading role in the Japanese romantic literary movement.
		It is a poignant story of unfulfilled love, set against the background of the dramatic social change that came with the fall of the Meiji regime, as the young heroine is forced by poverty to become mistress to a moneylender.
		During the 1930's and 40's, the domination of the military meant that literature was largely stifled.
	www.japan-zone.com /culture/mod_literature.shtml (1068 words)

	Japanese literature - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although Japanese literature and Japanese authors are perhaps not as well known in the west as those in the European and American canons, Japan possesses an ancient and rich literary tradition that draws upon a millennium and a half of written records.
		Literature during this time was written during the largely peaceful Tokugawa Period (commonly referred to as the Edo Period).
		Aozora Bunko for a repository of Japanese literature
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japanese_literature (2028 words)

	Japanese literature - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Japanese literature (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Characteristic of the classical literature is the intermingling of prose and poetry, the forms of the latter being determined by the number of syllables.
		The principal form represented in it is the tanka, a five-line stanza of 5, 7, 5, 7, 7 syllables, and the principal poets include Kakinomoto Hitomaro (died 708/15).
		The 8th–9th centuries saw the change away from the phonetic use of Chinese characters and the first literature written in the indigenous syllabary.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Japanese+literature (617 words)

	Japanese literature Info - Encyclopedia WikiWhat.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ancient Japanese literature (generally pre 12th Century) includes Kojiki, The Pillow Book, The Tale of Genji, where content centers around the life, love, and pasttimes of nobels in the Emperor`s court.
		Medieval Japanese Literature (12th Century - 19th Century) is marked by its strong influence of Zen Buddhism, where characters are priests, travellers, or ascetic poets.
		Modern literature combined the existentiallist influences from previous Zen writings, and placed them in modern settings, where rapid progress in the world served to heighten the alienation felt by the author.
	www.wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/j/ja/japanese_literature.html (314 words)

	Japanese Literature (Rexroth)
		Japanese literature is unquestionably one of the world’s great traditions.
		Modern Japanese Literature is, as a job of editing, equally judicious, equally comprehensive, with the same high standards of translation.
		This is the besetting sin of most modern Japanese literature derived from the native tradition.
	www.bopsecrets.org /rexroth/essays/keene.htm (1284 words)

	UVa Library Etext Center: Japanese Text Initiative
		The University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center and the University of Pittsburgh East Asian Library are pleased to sponsor the Japanese Text Initiative, a collaborative effort to make texts of classical Japanese literature available on the World Wide Web.
		The texts and images in the Japanese Text Initiative may not be downloaded or copied.
		For general conditions of use of the e-texts, see the statement of conditions.
	etext.lib.virginia.edu /japanese (107 words)

	artelino - Art Auctions
		We are specialized in Japanese prints from the 18th until 21st century, and in modern Chinese prints.
		Japanese prints of the shin hanga and sosaku hanga movement, modern 20th century and contemporary Japanese prints.
		Art prints and paintings by leading Chinese printmakers - among them important works of art that received awards, were published in the literature or are in the posessions of public museums.
	www.artelino.com (550 words)

	Japanese Literature \| Anime.com Anime Shrines
		Even those who have mastered reading and writing Japanese find the challenge of reading traditional literature to be a daunting task.
		Welcome to Animated Classics of Japanese Literature, a great way to introduce yourself to Japanese culture by learning some of their classic fables and great literature.
		In a country where 75% of the population reads manga, it is hardly surprising to discover this treatment of traditional literature.
	www.anime.com /Japanese_Literature (462 words)

	The Flowering of Japanese Literature
		The central concern of Tokugawa poets and scholars was the distillation of Japanese culture from all its Chinese and Asian accretions.
		The writers of early Japanese history are not concerned with verification in the same way the modern historians are; they are, rather, concerned with setting out the special character of Japanese culture in the Yamato and Nara periods.
		The Japanese used Chinese characters to develop a new writing technology they called kana, which means "borrowed words." In some cases they used Chinese words in their pictographic meaning—for instance, the Chinese character for "mountain" (shang) could serve as the Japanese character for mountain.
	www.wsu.edu:8080 /~dee/ANCJAPAN/LIT.HTM (1858 words)

	Japanese literature on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		JAPANESE LITERATURE [Japanese literature] literary works produced in the language of the islands of Japan.
		Japanese literature suffered a slump during World War II, when the government censored literary expression it considered contrary to the interests of the state.
		Although modern Japanese poetry and drama have not received as much attention from the West as have novels and short stories, Japanese literature is recognized as a major branch of world literature, and most major works are available in English translation.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/J/Japan-lit.asp (1808 words)

	Japanese literature at opensource encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Japanese literature spans a period of almost 20 centuries of writing.
		Generalized characteristics of Japanese Literature involve a sense of detachment, remoteness, and in many cases where the hero or central figure fails in their efforts.
		Medieval Japanese Literature (12th Century - 19th Century) is marked by the strong influence of Zen Buddhism, where characters are priests, travellers, or ascetic poets.
	www.wiki.tatet.com /Japanese_literature.html (521 words)

	Introduction to history of Japan's Literature
		Japanese literature traces its beginnings to oral traditions that were first recorded in written form in the early eighth century after a writing system was introduced from China.
		His suicide in 1927 was seen as a symbol of the agony Japan was experiencing in the process of rapid modernization, a major theme of modern Japanese literature.
		This school of literature, as represented by Shimazaki Toson, is noted for the "I novel," a style of novel typical of Japan.
	www.kanzaki.com /jinfo/jliterature.html (1070 words)

	Michele Marra: Aesthetics of Discontent: Politics and Reclusion in Medieval Japanese Literature - Book Reviews - House ...
		The art, literature, and domestic habits of medieval Japan became expressions of an "aesthetics of discontent." This book examines this phenomenon in the literature of the period.
		Literature is seldom viewed as a force for political and social change, and the creativity of the oppressed is usually ignored by history unless blood is shed.
		All this legitimizes the study of reclusion east and west, pointing to reclusion, eremitism, and solitude as not mere eccentricities but as a path to resolving the innate contradictions of society and politics.
	www.hermitary.com /bookreviews/marra.html (1586 words)

	Japanese Literature (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Japanese Literature ranks as one of the world's great literatures.
		The oldest existing works of Japanese literature are two histories, The Record of Ancient Matters (A.D. 712) and The Chronicles of Japan (720).
		Japanese poems, partly because of the nature of the language itself, have subtle rhythms and no rhyme.
	www.bergen.org /AAST/Projects/Japan/literature.html (536 words)

	Japanese Popular Literature
		Because the sub-genres of popular literature developed in relation to each other, however, it is important to understand the general trends and characteristics of popular literature as a whole.
		This work is of particular interest to students starting out their research in popular literature because of its extensive bibliography of criticisms, journal specials, literary histories, multi-volume compendia, and complete works of individual authors provided at the end of the work.
		The introductory chapter, however, traces the development of popular literature in relation to the changing media (newspaper, magazine, film, radio, and television), and the closing chapter attempts to grasp the significance of popular literature as a whole.
	www.columbia.edu /~hds2/BIB95/00poplit_sato.htm (2987 words)

	ipedia.com: Japanese literature Article (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Japanese literature spans a period of almost two millenia of writing.
		The Tale of Genji (early 11th century) by Murasaki Shikibu is arguably the most famous work in all of Japanese literature, and is considered by many to be the first novel in Japan, if not the world.
		The medieval literatures strongly reflected hevay influences of Buddhism and Zen ethics had on the emerging samurai class.
	www.ipedia.com /japanese_literature.html (1041 words)

	Japanese Literature
		A Critical Bibliography of English-Language Japanese Verse, 1900-1950.
		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.
		JALInet is a network that, through the voluntary contributions of five famou s authors: Yasutaka Tsutsui, Kyoji Kobayashi, Akira Hori, Yuji Usui, and Aki Sato, seeks to express Japanese literature to the world.
	www.zeroland.co.nz /literature_japan.html (205 words)

	Faculty of Letters \| Keio University
		The history of the faculty is itself part of the history of Japanese literature.
		An important characteristic of the Faculty of Letters is that it offers 17 major areas of study with great diversity of lecturers as well as about 140 dedicated tenured faculty members.
		The history of the Faculty of Letters stretches back more than 110 years and is itself part of the history of Japanese literature.
	www.keio.ac.jp /english/academics/faculties/letters.html (334 words)

	No-sword
		Most commentaries explain that the 淑 refers to the emperors and extremely high-ranked folks of old, leading up to Tenmu himself, while the second refers to less exalted gentlefolk -- like, say, the Emperor's six sons.
		Two of the "wells" are written with 吉 ("favorable", "splendid"); I have no idea why this is. (Anybody?) The last "look well" is written using kanji for their phonetic value (when used to represent Japanese words): 四来三 (yo.ku.mi).
		The general image of classical Japanese poetry as a delicate arrangement of allusions and innuendo is entirely due to the lasting influence of Kokin-chō.
	no-sword.jp /blog (1013 words)

	The Japanese Literature Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Japanese Literature Home Page site has moved, at least for the time being.
		Your browser should redirect you to the new URL (http://www.jlit.net) in about 10 seconds, but if not, the link will also take you there.
		Please update your bookmarks (although it might be a good idea to keep this one stored somewhere, in case it becomes necessary to return the site to this location).
	www.f.waseda.jp /mjewel/jlit (67 words)

	Japanese Arts - Literature (English)
		An effort to make searchable texts of classical Japanese literature available on the WWW.
		JAPAN LITERATURE net seeks to expose the world to five famous Japanese authors: Yasutaka Tsutsui, Kyoji Kobayashi, Akira Hori, Yuji Usui, and Aki Sato.
		It is fascinating to see the parallisms of folk wisdom and it also has linguistic notes regarding the proverbs.
	www.nihongo.org /english/arts/literature (132 words)

	Winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature
		for his narrative mastery, which with great sensibility expresses the essence of the Japanese mind.
		in recognition of his significance as the leading representative of a new era in our literature.
		because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with comsummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West.
	nobelprizes.com /nobel/literature/literature.html (2120 words)

	Japanese literature
		Japanese literature: Western Influence - Western Influence After the dramatic opening of Japan to the West in 1858, the flood of...
		Japanese literature: The Heian Era - The Heian Era The addition of two phonetic syllabaries (katakana and hiragana) during the Heian era...
		Japanese literature: Earliest Writings - Earliest Writings Although Japanese and Chinese are different languages, the Japanese borrowed and...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/ent/A0825988.html (130 words)

	Japanese Literature
		The ethnic Japanese (non-Ainu) are the people who have evolved rapidly through the strong influences of these migratory processes.
		The early literature, which began as an oral tradition, depicted a love of nature and man and held that man was a part of nature.
		One of the most recently written entries into Japanese mythology, as well as one of the most popular, Kwaidan was actually compiled by a man of Greek decent: Lafcadio Hearn (who later became known as Koizumi Yagumo after becoming a Japanese citizen).
	www.indigenouspeople.net /JapaneseLit (1989 words)

	List of Japanese authors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is an alphabetical list of authors who are Japanese, or are famous for having written in the Japanese language.
		Authors are listed by the native order of Japanese names, family name followed by given name to ensure consistency even though some authors are known for their western-ordered name.
		List of Japanese authors by Family Name: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - M - N - O - R - S - T - U - W - Y - Z
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japanese_author (154 words)

	Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life: Reviews
		I’m sure this is the adjective that Sei Shônagon, a lady-in-waiting cum documentarian of the tenth-century Japanese court, would use to express her impressions of Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life.
		Rosenthal notes, there is yet to be a literary term coined in English to encompass the variety of her writing in Ordinary Life; in the meantime, “encyclopedia” does suffice.
		Assistant Professor of Premodern Japanese Literature, The Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
	www.encyclopediaofanordinarylife.com /pages/reviews_full.php?id=12_0_4_0_C (690 words)

	MSN Encarta - Japanese Literature
		Japanese Literature, literature of Japan, in written form from at least the 8th century ad to the present.
		Japanese literature is one of the oldest and...
		Early Japanese Literature (Ancient Times to Late 700s)
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761557640/Japanese_Literature.html (88 words)

	Open Directory - Arts: Literature: World Literature: Japanese (Site not responding. Last check: )
		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.
		Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture - Include review of lectures and details of the prizes awarded by the center to support translation of Japanese literature.
		George Sipos's Homepage - George Sipos is a young scholar in Japanese literature mostly interested in the impact of ideology on literary works.
	dmoz.org /Arts/Literature/World_Literature/Japanese (341 words)

	JAPAN BOOKSTORE: Literature Aisle
		Anthology devoted to early modern Japanese literature, spanning the period from 1600 to 1900.
		Japanese reporter Sohei Toge returns to his homeland, where he finally learns the secret that led to his brother's brutal murder at the hands of the Gestapo.
		The narrator is on a solo journey that begins as a simple mountain trek and turns into an intense confrontation with otherworldly forces, including a ghost in a hotel and overwhelming memories of a lost lover and her terrible demise.
	www.ohayosensei.com /books/lit.html (5505 words)

	Jim Breen's Japanese Page
		Japanese Text Initiative of the University of Virginia Library's Electronic Text Center (also indexed under Literature) now has a Japanese Text Portal, which enables an automatic dictionary lookup of selected words using a linked WWWJDIC mirror.
		Japanese educational resources is the one built and maintained by Charles Kelly.
		The Australian Network for Japanese Law (ANJeL) is an initiative of the law faculties at the Australian National University (ANU), the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and the University of Sydney (USyd).
	www.csse.monash.edu.au /~jwb/japanese.html (10996 words)

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