My collection of classical Japanese texts.

Early Classical Period (Nara, late 8th century)

  • The Kojiki: Records of Ancient Matters
  • The Ten Thousand Leaves: Poems from the Man’yōshū

Mid Classical Period (Heian, 9th–12th centuries)

  • The Kokinshū: Selected Poems
  • The Tale of Genji
  • The Pillow Book (Makura no Sōshi)
  • The Tales of Ise (Ise Monogatari)

Late Classical / Medieval Period (Kamakura to Muromachi, 12th–16th centuries)

War Tale Cycle:

  • Hōgen Monogatari: Tale of the Disorder in Hōgen
  • The Ten Foot Square Hut and Tales of the Heike

Other Medieval Canon:

  • Hōjōki (An Account of My Hut)
  • Essays in Idleness (Tsurezuregusa)
  • The No Plays of Japan
  • The Taiheiki: A Chronicle of Medieval Japan

Early Modern Period (Edo, 17th–18th centuries)

  • Four Major Plays of Chikamatsu
  • The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches (Oku no Hosomichi)