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…
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1. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
By: Anonymous , Yasunari Kawabata , Donald Keene
3.79
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
Preface by Donald Keene Taketori Monogatari, The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter is the oldest surviving… read more
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2. The Tale of Genji
By: Royall Tyler , Murasaki Shikibu
3.90
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
See an alternate cover edition . Written in the eleventh century, this portrait of courtly life in… read more
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3. 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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4. 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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5. 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
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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. Essays in Idleness - The Tsurezuregusa of Kenko
By: Donald Keene , Yoshida Kenkō , 兼好法師
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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10. La principessa di Sumiyoshi
By: Unknown , None
4.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
La crudelta di una matrigna che maltratta la figliastra e ostacola la sua storia d'amore con il Ten… read more
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11. The Tale of the Heike
By: Anonymous , Helen Craig McCullough
3.88
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Tale of the Heikeis one of the masterworks of Japanese literature, ranking with The Tal of Genj… read more
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12. 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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13. The Dancing Girl of Izu and Other Stories
By: Yasunari Kawabata , J. Martin Holman
3.58
Format: 376 pages, Paperback
Influential Japanese novelist Yasunari Kawabata has constructed an autobiography through his fictio… read more
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14. The Life of an Amorous Woman and Other Writings
By: Saikaku Ihara , Ivan Morris
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
[From back.] One of the great writers of Japan, Ihara Saikaku (1623-93) wrote of the lowest class i… read more
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15. 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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16. The Tale of Murasaki
By: Liza Dalby
3.91
Format: None pages, Paperback
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17. The Kojiki: Records of Ancient Matters
By: Ō no Yasumaro , Basil Hall Chamberlain , None
3.45
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Written by imperial command in the eighth century, The Kojikiis the oldest surviving Japanese book.… read more
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18. La monaca tuttofare, la donna serpente, il demone beone: Racconti dal medioevo giapponese
By: Roberta Strippoli
3.58
Format: 229 pages, Paperback
Nobili principi che si innamorano di fanciulle non nobili; monaci e monache che possiedono ben poco… read more
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19. The Tales of Ise
By: Peter Macmillan
3.67
Format: None pages, ebook
One of the three seminal works of Japanese literature, this beautiful collection of poems and tales… read more
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20. The Izumi Shikibu Diary: A Romance of the Heian Court
By: Izumi Shikibu
3.60
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
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21. La dama que amaba los insectos y otros relatos breves del antiguo Japón
By: Anonymous
3.61
Format: 163 pages, Paperback
En una sociedad estrictamente regulada y construida en torno a las más refinadas apariencias, una d… read more
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