Japanese literature

Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige (東海道中膝栗毛), abbreviated as Hizakurige and known in translation as Shank's Mare, is a comic picaresque novel (kokkeibon) written by Jippensha Ikku (十返舎一九, 1765–1831) about the misadventures of two travelers on the Tōkaidō, the main road between Kyoto and Edo during the Edo period.

The Wamyō ruijushō or Wamyō ruijūshō (倭名類聚抄, "Japanese names [for things], classified and annotated") is a 938 CE Japanese dictionary of Chinese characters.

Takasue's Daughter, or Sugawara no Takasue no musume, (菅原孝標女, c.1008 - after 1059) was a Japanese author.

Fan fiction or fanfiction (also abbreviated to fan fic, fanfic, or fic) is fiction about characters or settings from an original work of fiction, created by fans of that work rather than by its creator.

Kigo (季語 "season word") (plural kigo) is a word or phrase associated with a particular season, used in traditional forms of Japanese poetry.

A light novel (ライトノベル raito noberu) is a style of Japanese novel primarily, but not exclusively, targeting middle- and high-school students (young adult demographic).

The literature of the Five Mountains is the literature produced by the principal Zen (禅) monastic centers of the Rinzai sect in Kyoto and Kamakura, Japan.

Encyclopedia Nipponica (日本大百科全書 Nihon Dai Hyakka Zensho, lit. The Japan Comprehensive Encyclopedia) was published in 1984 from Shogakukan.

Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (小倉百人一首) is a classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets.

Emakimono (絵巻物 emaki-mono, literally 'picture scroll'), often simply called emaki (絵巻), is a horizontal, illustrated narrative form created during the 11th to 16th centuries in Japan.

The Bells of Nagasaki (長崎の鐘 Nagasaki no Kane) is a 1949 book by Takashi Nagai.

Momotarō (桃太郎, "Peach Boy") is a popular hero of Japanese folklore originating from Okayama Prefecture.

Tao: On the Road and on the Run in Outlaw China Written by Aya Goda in 2008 recounts the story of how she met her husband, his arrest by Chinese authorities and their escape to Japan.

Kibyōshi (黄表紙) is a genre of Japanese picture book kusazōshi (草双紙) produced during the middle of the Edo period, from 1775 to the early 19th century.

Kyōka (狂歌, "wild" or "mad poetry") is a popular, parodic subgenre of the tanka form of Japanese poetry with a metre of 5-7-5-7-7.

Kōdan (講談, formerly known as kōshaku (講釈)) is a style of traditional oral Japanese storytelling.

The ninjōbon (人情本) is a pre-modern Japanese literary genre.

The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Literature (日本文学振興会 Nihon Bungaku Shinkōkai) is an organisation, established in 1938, to promote Japanese literature.

The sharebon (洒落本) was a pre-modern Japanese literary genre.

The National Institute of Japanese Literature (国文学研究資料館 Kokubungaku Kenkyū Shiryōkan), or NIJL, was established in May 1972.

Kenyūsha (硯友社) was a writers' society in Meiji era Japan, chiefly led by Ozaki Kōyō.

A kashū (家集), also called a shikashū (私家集) or ie-no-shū (家の集), is a private collection of waka poems compiled by the author of the poems included.

Zenrin-kushū (禪林句集 , meaning "Anthology of Passages from the Forests of Zen") is a collection of writings used in the Rinzai school of Zen.

The National Museum of Taiwan Literature (NMTL; Chinese: 國立臺灣文學館; pinyin: Guólì Táiwān Wénxuéguǎn) is a museum located in Tainan, Taiwan.

The Pleasures of Japanese Literature is a short nonfiction work by Donald Keene, which deals with Japanese aesthetics and literature; it is intended to be less academic and encyclopedic than his other works dealing with Japanese literature such as Seeds in the Heart, but better as an introduction for students and laymen.

Kanazōshi (仮名草子) describes a type of printed Japanese book that was produced primarily in Kyoto between 1600 and 1680.

The Wakan Sansai Zue (和漢三才図会, lit. "Illustrated Sino-Japanese Encyclopedia") is an illustrated Japanese leishu encyclopedia published in 1712 in the Edo period.

Hiromi Itō (伊藤 比呂美 Itō Hiromi, born September 13, 1955) is one of the most prominent woman writers of contemporary Japan, with more than a dozen collections of poetry, several works of prose, numerous books of essays, and several major literary prizes to her name.

The rekishi monogatari (歴史物語, sometimes translated as "historical tale") is a category of Japanese literature.