The Izumi Shikibu Diary: A Romance of the Heian Court
By: Izumi Shikibu
3.60
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
Japanese
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1. In Praise of Shadows
By: Edward G. Seidensticker , Jun'ichirō Tanizaki , Thomas J. Harper , Charles Moore , None
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Format: 335 pages, Paperback
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2. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
By: Anonymous , Yasunari Kawabata , Donald Keene
3.79
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
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3. The Tale of Genji
By: Royall Tyler , Murasaki Shikibu
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Format: 144 pages, Paperback
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4. The Diary of Lady Murasaki
By: Murasaki Shikibu , Richard Bowring
3.66
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
'When I go out to sit on the veranda and gaze, I sem to be always conjuring up visions of the past'… read more
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5. The Pillow Book
By: Sei Shōnagon , Ivan Morris
3.91
Format: 163 pages, Paperback
"The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon" is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the … read more
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6. As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams: Recollections of a Woman in Eleventh-Century Japan
By: Lady Sarashina , Ivan Morris
4.00
Format: 142 pages, Paperback
In the mainstream of Japan's literary tradition, As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreamsnot only reveals mu… read more
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7. The Tales of Ise
By: Anonymous , H. Jay Harris
4.24
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
A timeless work, beloved since the Middle Ages, takes a glorious new form in this deluxe modern edi… read more
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8. Hojoki: Visions of a Torn World
By: Michael Hofmann , Kamo no Chōmei
3.99
Format: 380 pages, Paperback
The single great work of literary witness in medieval Japan, Hojoki is a short social chronicle pro… read more
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9. Tales of Moonlight and Rain
By: Ueda Akinari , Anthony H. Chambers
3.87
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
First published in 1776, the nine gothic tales in this collection are Japan's finest and most celeb… read more
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10. Essays in Idleness - The Tsurezuregusa of Kenko
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3.86
Format: 416 pages,
Written sometime between 1330 and 1332, the Essays in Idleness,with their timeless relevance and ch… read more
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11. The Gossamer Years: The Diary of a Noblewoman of Heian Japan
By: Edward G. Seidensticker , None
3.49
Format: 465 pages, Paperback
Kagero Nikki, translated here as The Gossamer Years, belongs to the same period as the celebrated T… read more
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12. Masks
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4.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
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13. La morte d'oro
By: Jun'ichirō Tanizaki , Luisa Bienati
3.93
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
L'itinerario artistico di Tanizaki Jun'ichiro (1886-1965) puo essere quasi interamente ripercorso d… read more
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14. The Great Passage
By: Shion Miura , None , None
4.14
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
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15. Night of the Milky Way Railway
By: Kenji Miyazawa , Bryn Barnard , None
3.20
Format: None pages, Hardcover
One night, alone on a hilltop, a young boy is swept aboard a magical train bound for the Milky Way.… read more
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16. The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches
By: Matsuo Bashō , None
4.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
In later life Basho turned to Zen Buddhism, and the travel sketched in this volume relfect his atte… read more
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17. Strange Tale of Panorama Island
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2.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
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18. Snow Country
By: Yasunari Kawabata , Edward G. Seidensticker
3.59
Format: 175 pages, Paperback
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"국경의 긴 터널을 빠져나오자, 雪國이었다."-Yasunari Kawabata, Snow Country
"Nothing is so strange when one is in love."-Yasunari Kawabata, Snow Country
"In the moonlight the fine geishalike skin took on the luster of a seashell."-Yasunari Kawabata, Snow Country
"The notes went out crystalline into the clean winter morning, to sound on the far, snowy peaks."-Yasunari Kawabata, Snow Country
19. The Izumi Shikibu Diary: A Romance of the Heian Court
By: Izumi Shikibu
3.60
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
Japanese read more
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20. Tokyo Ueno Station
By: Yū Miri
3.47
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Born in Fukushima in 1933, the same year as the Emperor, Kazu’s life is tied by a series of coincid… read more
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"There’s that sound again."-Yū Miri, Tokyo Ueno Station
"To speak is to stumble, to hesitate, to detour and hit dead ends. To listen is straightforward. You can always just listen."-Yū Miri, Tokyo Ueno Station
"I was always tired. There was never a time I was not tired. Not when life had its claws in me, and not when I escaped from it. I did not live with intent, I only lived. But that’s all over now."-Yū Miri, Tokyo Ueno Station
"I used to think life was like a book: you turn the first page, and there’s the next, and as you go on turning page after page, eventually you reach the last one. But life is nothing like a story in a…"-Yū Miri, Tokyo Ueno Station
21. This Monk Wears Heels: Be Who You Are
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3.72
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
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