japanese

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• - Creighton University's Japanese bibliographic and internet resources as well as online texts.
  
• - This site teaches the classical (that is, old) Japanese language, through poems and extracts from literary/zen/martial arts classics.
  
• - Include review of lectures and details of the prizes awarded by the center to support translation of Japanese literature.
  
• - Contains numerous searchable online texts in Japanese and translation from the Man'yoshu to the modern era. Also contains links to online dictionaries.
  
• - Literary magazine featuring recent and new Japanese writers. Content in English and Japanese.
  
• - From its inception to the present.
  
• - The importance of the Tale of Genji and the Pillow Book to subsequent Japanese literature.
  
• - A biographical sketch of Lafcadio Hearn, a Greek-Irish writer who became a Japanese citizen. Also includes texts of selected works and links.
  
• - George Sipos is a young scholar in Japanese literature mostly interested in the impact of ideology on literary works. See his current research and projects.
  
• - 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.
  
• - Online book by an internationally known architect, which advocates a regard for metamorphosis and symbiosis, as distinct from the machine age of today.
  
• - Extensive list of Japanese literature-related links as well as its own exclusive ring of Japanese literature pages.
  
• - Overview of Japanese literary history and important listing of Japanese Authors.
  
• - A short history of literature from the eighth century to the present day.