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Classical Japanese Language and Literature - http://www.classical-japanese.net
This site teaches the classical (that is, old) Japanese language, through poems and extracts from literary/zen/martial arts classics. |
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Horagai - http://www.horagai.com/english.html
Literary magazine featuring recent and new Japanese writers. Content in English and Japanese. |
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The Flowering of Japanese Literature - http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ANCJAPAN/LIT.HTM
The importance of the Tale of Genji and the Pillow Book to subsequent Japanese literature. |
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K.Inadomi's Private Library - http://www5.ocn.ne.jp/~kilib/
A biographical sketch of Lafcadio Hearn, a Greek-Irish writer who became a Japanese citizen. Also includes texts of selected works and links. |
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Nintoku: The Wealth of the Emperor - http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ANCJAPAN/NINTOKU.HTM
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. |