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The 38 pages that link to Japanese literature, each with the reason it gives.

• The Tale of GenjiNarrower topic: The novel is a central work in the history of Japanese prose.

• Kokin WakashūNarrower topic: The anthology became a foundational work in the history of Japanese literary culture.

• Matsuo BashōNarrower topic: Bashō’s poetry and travel prose occupy a lasting place in this broader tradition.

• Mono no awareNarrower topic: The sensibility emerged through readings of particular literary works and became a wider aesthetic term.

• Murasaki ShikibuNarrower topic: Murasaki’s fiction became a landmark in the history of Japanese prose.

• Kenzaburō ŌeNarrower topic: Ōe’s novels engage Japanese literary traditions while adopting international modernist techniques.

• Masaoka ShikiNarrower topic: Shiki’s work belongs to a literary culture rapidly redefining its forms in the Meiji era.

• Natsume SōsekiNarrower topic: Sōseki helped establish the modern novel as a central form in Japanese literature.

• Yasunari KawabataNarrower topic: Kawabata’s international stature helped draw attention to modern Japanese literature.

• HiraganaNarrower topic: Hiragana enabled literary expression in Japanese beyond writing through Chinese characters alone.

• Mori ŌgaiNarrower topic: Ōgai’s writing helped reshape modern Japanese prose and literary debate.

• Classical JapaneseNarrower topic: Classical Japanese forms a major historical foundation of the literary tradition.

• Ihara SaikakuNarrower topic: Saikaku’s work remains a defining part of its early modern prose tradition.

• Oku no HosomichiNarrower topic: The travelogue became a landmark that shaped later Japanese writing about place and journey.

• Bai JuyiNarrower topic: Bai’s poetry circulated in Japan and influenced the development of Japanese court writing.

• Haruki MurakamiNarrower topic: Murakami is one prominent contemporary figure within this broader literary tradition.

• Kōbō AbeNarrower topic: Abe’s work belongs to postwar Japanese literature while resisting familiar realist conventions.

• Yasushi InoueNarrower topic: Inoue's career belongs to the modern history of Japanese prose and poetry.

• Donald KeeneNarrower topic: Keene’s scholarship and translations ranged across its history, genres, and major authors.

• Lafcadio HearnNarrower topic: Hearn’s English retellings differ from works created within Japan’s own literary traditions.

• Ukiyo-zōshiNarrower topic: Ukiyo-zōshi belongs to a longer history of Japanese prose and storytelling.

• I Am a CatNarrower topic: The novel became a major work of modern Japanese fiction.

• Takizawa BakinNarrower topic: Bakin’s scale and popularity secured his place in the history of Japanese fiction.

• The Sea of FertilityNarrower topic: The cycle’s scale and formal ambition place it among major works of modern Japanese fiction.

• The Wind-Up Bird ChronicleNarrower topic: The novel’s reception and literary context include its place in modern Japanese writing.

• Ichiyō HiguchiNarrower topic: Higuchi’s career belongs to a literary tradition undergoing rapid change in the Meiji era.

• Junpei GomikawaNarrower topic: Gomikawa’s novel belongs to the postwar literary reckoning with Japan’s wartime past.

• Mari MoriNarrower topic: Her novels and essays belong to the broader tradition of Japanese writing.

• Nobutsuna SasakiNarrower topic: Sasaki’s scholarship and poetry belong to this broad literary tradition.

• Takiji KobayashiNarrower topic: Kobayashi’s work reshaped a politically engaged strand of modern Japanese writing.

• Tekkan YosanoNarrower topic: His poetry and criticism belong to a literary tradition undergoing modern transformation.