List of classical Japanese texts
This is a list of texts written in
classical Japanese
, grouped by genres and in chronological order.
Genres
Buddhism
Sangyō Gisho
Shōmangyō Gisho
(611)
Yuimagyō Gisho
(613)
Hokke Gisho
(615)
Gangōji Garan Engi
(747)
Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki
(late Nara period)
Sangō Shiiki
(794)
Ōjōyōshū
(985)
heike nōkyō (1164)
Senchaku Hongan Nenbutsushū
(1189)
Shōbōgenzō
(mid 13th century)
Kyogyoshinsho
(Kamakura period)
Tannisho
(late Kamakura period)
Denkoroku
(late Kamakura period)
Confucianism and philosophy
Go Rin no Sho
1645
Fudōchi Shinmyōroku
(unknown)
Rongo Shitsuchu
(1600)
Okina Mondō
(1641)
Daigaku Kuwakumon
(1655–1658)
Seikyo Yoroku
(1665)
Shugi Washo
(1673)
Gomo Jiki
(1683)
Banmin Tokuyo
(early 16th century)
Santokushō
(early 16th century)
Dojimon
(1704)
Shugi Gaisho
(1709)
Rongo Kogi
(1712)
Yojokun
(1713)
Seiyō Kibun
(1715)
Bendo (1717)
Benmei
(1717)
Oritaku Shiba no Ki
(started in 1716), finished before the writer's death in 1725)
Seidan
(written between 1716 and 1736)
Tohi Mondo
(1739)
Shutsujo Kougo
(1744)
Shizen Shineido
(partially published between 1751 and 1764)
Kokuiko
(1765)
Naobinomitama
(1771)
Gengo
(1775)
Sobo Kigen
(1788)
Uiyamabumi
(1799)
Shutsujo Shogo
(1811)
Rangaku Kotohajime
(1814)
Kyukeidan
(1815)
Yume no Shiro
(1820)
Kodo Taii
(1824)
Tsugi (completed in 1832, published in 1847)
Senshin Dosakki
(1833)
Kyuo Dowa
(1835)
Jurinhyo
(1836)
Genshi Shiroku
Genshiroku
(1824)
Genshi Koroku
(1838)
Genshi Banroku
(1850)
Genshi Tetsuroku
(1852)
Komo Yowa
(1855)
Ugen
(1855)
Bimiyu Genko
(mid 19th century)
Ninomiyaou Yowa
(late 19th century)
Diary
Nittō Guhō Junreikōki
(836-847)
Kanpyō Gyoki
(887-897), written by
Emperor Uda
Teishin Kōki
(908-948), written by
Fujiwara no Tadahira
Tosa Nikki
(c. 935), written by
Ki no Tsurayuki
Kagerō Nikki
(c. 974)
Midō Kampakuki
(998-1021), written by
Fujiwara no Michinaga
Gonki
(991-1017), written by
Fujiwara no Yukinari
Shōyūki
(982-1032), written by
Fujiwara no Sanesuke
Izumi Shikibu Nikki
(1008), written by
Izumi Shikibu
Murasaki Shikibu Nikki
(
The Murasaki Shikibu Diary
) (1008–10)
Sarashina Nikki
(1020–59)
Shunki
(1038–54), written by
Fujiwara no Sukefusa
Tokinoriki
(1075–1108), written by
Taira no Tokinori
Gonijō Moromichi-ki
(1083–99), written by
Fujiwara no Moromichi
Chūyūki
(1087–1132), written by
Fujiwara no Munetada
Heihanki
(1132–71), written by
Taira no Nobunori
Taiki (1136–55), written by
Fujiwara no Yorinaga
Gyokuyō
(1164–1200), written by
Fujiwara no Kanezane
Meigetsuki
(1180–1235), written by
Fujiwara no Teika
Heikoki
(1196–1246), written by
Taira no Tsunetaka
Sanuki no Suke Nikki
, written by
Fujiwara no Nagako
Towazugatari
(1271–1306), written by
Go-Fukakusa In no Nijō
Izayoi Nikki
(c. 1283), written by
Abutsu-ni
Nakatsukasa no Naishi Nikki
(1280–92), written by
Fujiwara no Tsuneko
Entairyaku
(1311–60), written by
Tōin Kinkata
Hanazono Tennō Shinki
(1310–32), written by
Emperor Hanazono
Kanmon Nikki
(1416–48), written by
Prince Sadafusa
Sakkaiki
(1418–48), written by
Nakayama Sadachika
Chikamoto Nikki
(1465–86), written by
Ninagawa Chikamoto
Tokikuni Kyōki
(1474–1502), written by
Yamashina Tokikuni
Sanetaka Kōki
(1474–1536), written by
Sanjōnishi Sanetaka
Nobutane Kyōki
(1480–1522), written by
Nakamikado Nobutane
Tokitsugu Kyōki
(1527–76), written by
Yamashina Tokitsugu
Uwai Kakuken Nikki
(1574–86), written by
Uwai Satokane
Tokitsune Kyōki
(1576–1608), written by
Yamashina Tokitsune
Tamonnin Nikki
(1478–1618), written by Eishun and others
Honkō Kokushi Nikki
(1610–33), written by
Ishin Sūden
Dictionary, Encyclopedia
Tenrei Banshō Meigi
(830-835)
Shinsen Jikyō
(898-901)
Wamyō Ruijushō
(934)
Ruiju Myōgishō
(1081–1100)
Iroha Jiruishō
(1144–65)
Jikyōshū
(c. 1245)
Kagakushū
(1444)
Setsuyōshū
(1469–87)
Onkochishinsho
(1484)
Wagokuhen
(c. 1489)
Nippo Jisho
(1603)
Wakan Sansai Zue
(1713)
Fable and novel
Suigakuki
(late Nara period)
Nihon Ryōiki
(810-824)
Yamato Monogatari
(956)
Sanpō Ekotoba
(984)
Nihon Ōjō Gokurakuki
(985-986)
Taketori Monogatari
(early 10th century)
Utsubo Monogatari
(c. 989)
Genji Monogatari
(c. 1008)
Honchō Hokke Genki
(1040)
Ise Monogatari
(early Heian period)
Hamamatsu Chūnagon Monogatari
(late Heian period, late 11th century)
Kohon Setsuwashū
(late Heian period)
Sagoromo Monogatari
(late Heian period)
Torikaebaya Monogatari
(late Heian period)
Yoru no Nezame
(late Heian period)
Heichū Monogatari
(Heian period)
Honchō Shinsenden
(Heian Period)
Ochikubo Monogatari
(Heian period)
Gōdanshō
(1104–1108)
Uchigikishū
(1134?)
Matsuuramiya Monogatari
(1193?)
Konjaku Monogatarishū
(early 12th century)
Tsutsumi Chūnagon Monogatari
(late 12th century)
Hobutsushu
(early Kamakura period)
Hosshinshū
(early Kamakura period)
Sumiyoshi Monogatari
(early Kamakura period)
Takamura Monogatari
(late Heian to early Kamakura period)
Uji Shūi Monogatari
(early Kamakura period, early 13th century)
Ima Monogatari
(mid Kamakura period, after 1239)
Towazugatari
(late Kamakura period)
Iwashimizu Monogatari
(Kamakura period)
Koke no Koromo
(Kamakura period)
Senjoshū
(Kamakura period)
Jikkunshō
(1252)
Kokin Chomonjo
(1254)
Shasekishū
(1283)
Otogizōshi
(collected from Muromachi to Edo period)
Kazashi no Himegimi
(Muromachi period)
Seisuishō
(1628)
Isoho Monogatari
(Azuchi Momoyama period)
Ugetsu Monogatari
(1776)
Ukiyoburo
(1809–1813)
Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige
(1802–1814)
Go
and
shogi
Igoshiki
(1199)
Shōgi Zushiki
(1636), written by Ōhashi Sōko
Sho Shōgi Zushiki
(1694)
Shōgi Rokushu no Zushiki
(unknown)
Igo Hatsuyōron
(1713)
Shogi Kenshoku
(1804)
History
Jūshichi-jō Kenpō
(604)
Kokki
(620)
Tennōki
(620)
Ōmiryō
(668)
Teiki
(681)
Asuka Kiyomihara Ritsuryō
(681-689)
Iki no Hakatoko no Sho
(late 7th century)
Taihō Ritsuryō
(701)
Jōgū Shōtoku Hōō Teisetsu
(c. 710)
Kyūji
(< 712)
Kojiki
(712)
Yōrō Ritsuryō
(718)
Nihon Shoki
(720)
Fudoki
(712-733?)
Hitachi Fudoki
(715)
Harima no Kuni Fudoki
(715)
Bungo no Kuni Fudoki
(>732)
Izumu no Kuni Fudoki
(733)
Tōshi Kaden
(c. 760–766)
Takahashi Ujibumi
(c. 789)
Shoku Nihongi
(797)
Kogo Shūi
(807)
Shinsen Shōjiroku
(815)
Nihon Kōki
(840)
Shoku Nihon Kōki
(869)
Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku
(879)
Ruijū Kokushi
(892)
Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku
(901)
Engishiki
(927)
Eiga Monogatari
(late
Heian period
)
Ōkagami
(late
Heian period
)
Kuji Hongi
(Heian period)
Shōmonki
(c. 940)
Fusō Ryakuki
(12th century)
Imakagami
(c. 1170 and 1178)
Mizukagami
(late 12th century)
Hogen Monogatari
(1220?)
Azuma Kagami
(late 13th century)
Shaku Nihongi
(late 13th century)
Genpei Seisuiki
(late Kamakura period)
Jinnō Shōtōki
(1339?)
Heike Monogatari
(1371)
Masukagami
(1374?)
Taiheiki
(late 14th century)
Baishōron
(Muromachi period)
Gikeiki
(Muromachi period)
Sandaiki
(early Muromachi period)
Soga Monogatari
(early Muromachi period)
Meitokuki
(late Muromachi period)
Gukanshō
(1465)
Oninki
(late 15th century)
Shinchoki
(1600?) - Commonly called
Shinchokoki
Shinchoki
(1604)
Mikawa Monogatari
(1625–1626)
Nihon Ōdai Ichiran
(1652)
Taikōki
(1625–1661)
Honchō Tsugan
(1644–1647, 1670)
Kouyou Gunkanki
(early 17th century)
Hankanfu
(1702)
Tokushi Yoron
(1712)
Koshitsu
(1716)
Sangoku Tsūran Zusetsu
(1785)
Kaikoku Heidan
(1791)
Keisei Hisaku
(1789–1801)
Saiiki Monogatari
(around 18th century)
Nihon Gaishi
(early 18th century)
Ryushi Shinron
(mid 18th century)
Kondo Hisaku
(late Edo period)
Nihon Seiki
(late Edo period)
Shinron
(late Edo period)
Shoku Hankanfu
(1806)
Yasou Dokugo
(1806)
Keikodan
(1813)
Shinkiron
(1838)
Yume Monogatari (1838)
Kaitenshishi
(1844)
Tokushi Zeigi
(1852)
Seikenroku
(1854)
Shozan Taiwa
(1864)
Shozan Kanwa
(1865)
Hikawa Seiwa
(1897)
Dai Nihon Shi
(started in 1657, completed in 1906)
Mathematics, science
Ishinpō
(984)
Jinkōki
(1627)
Katsuyo Sanpo
(mid Edo period)
Kenkon Bensetsu
(mid Edo period)
Hatsubi Sanpō
(1674)
Kyuritsu
(1836)
Sekka Zusetsu
(1835)
Zoku Sekka Zusetsu
(1840)
Poetry
Kanshi
Kaifūsō
(751)
Ryōunshū
(814)
Bunka Shūreishū
(c. 818)
Keikokushū
(827)
Fusōshū
(c. 995–999)
Wakan Rōeishū
(c. 1013)
Honchō Monzui
(mid 11th century)
Gōrihōshū
(c. 1071)
Wakankensakushū
(1277–79)
Waka
Bussokuseki-kahi
(c. 753)
Man'yōshū
(>759)
Kakyō Hyōshiki
(772)
Shinsen Man'yōshū
(early 10th century)
Iseshū
(after 939)
Amanotekorashū
(late 10th century)
Tomonorishū
(late 10th century)
Kingyoku Wakashū
(1007–11)
Wakanrōeishū
(1018)
Yorizaneshū
(after 1044)
Zōkihōshishū
(mid 11th century)
Shōryōshū
(1078)
Gensanmi Yorimasashū
(1173–78)
Chōshūeisō
(1178)
Tsuneiekyōshū
(c. 1182)
Sankashū
(late 12th century)
Kinkai Wakashū
(c. 1213)
Kenrei-mon In Ukyō No Daibu Shū
(c. 1233)
Fūyō Wakashū
(1271)
Wakankensakushū
(1277–79)
Shokugenyō Wakashū
(1323–24)
Shūgyokushū
(c. 1328)
Renri Hishō
(c. 1349)
Tsukubashū
(1356)
Shinyō Wakashū
(1381)
Shinsen Tsukubashū
(1495)
Kanginshū
(1518)
Shinsen Inutsukubashū
(after 1524)
Nijūichidaishū
(21 imperial collections of Japanese poetry)
Kokin Wakashū
(c. 920)
Gosen Wakashū
(951)
Shūi Wakashū
(1005–1007)
Goshūi Wakashū
(1086)
Kin'yō Wakashū
(1124–27)
Shika Wakashū
(1151–54)
Senzai Wakashū
(1187)
Shin Kokin Wakashū
(1205)
Shinchokusen Wakashū
(1234)
Shokugosen Wakashū
(1251)
Shokukokin Wakashū
(1265)
Shokushūi Wakashū
(1278)
Shingosen Wakashū
(1303)
Gyokuyō Wakashū
(1313–14)
Shokusenzai Wakashū
(1320)
Shokugoshūi Wakashū
(1325–26)
Fūga Wakashū
(1344–46)
Shinsenzai Wakashū
(1359)
Shinshūi Wakashū
(1364)
Shingoshūi Wakashū
(1383–84)
Shinshokukokin Wakashū
(1439)
Haikai
Fuyu no hi
(1684)
Haru No Hi
(1686)
Arano (1689)
Hisago
(1690)
Sarumino
(1691)
Sumidawara
(1694)
Oku no Hosomichi
(1702)
Zuihitsu
Chiteiki
(982)
Makura no Sōshi
(1002)
Hōjōki
(1212)
Tsurezuregusa
(c. 1330)
See also
List of Japanese poetry anthologies
List of National Treasures of Japan (writings)
Notes
↑
WorldCat,
Taihō Ritsuryō
↑
WorldCat,
Yōrō Ritsuryō
↑
WorldCat,
Nihon Shoki
↑
WorldCat,
Shinsen Shōjiroku
↑
WorldCat,
Nihon Kōki
↑
WorldCat,
Shoku Nihon Kōki
↑
Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku
↑
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Ruijū Kokushi
↑
WorldCat,
Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku
↑
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Engishiki
↑
WorldCat,
Eiga Monogatari
↑
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Okagami
↑
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Imakagami
↑
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Mizukagami
↑
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Hogen Monogatari
↑
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Azuma Kagami
↑
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Shaku Nihongi
↑
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Genpei Seisuiki
↑
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Jinnō Shōtōki
↑
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Heike Monogatari
↑
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Masukagami
↑
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Taiheiki
↑
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Gikeiki
↑
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Gukanshō
↑
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Nihon Odai Ichiran
; also
Nipon o daï itsi ran
↑
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Taikōki
↑
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Honchō Tsugan
↑
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Tokushi Yoron
↑
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Sangoku Tsūran Zusetsu
; also
Sankoku Tsūran Zusetsu
↑
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Yume Monogatari
↑
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Tokushi Zeigi
↑
WorldCat,
Dai Nihon Shi
References
Brownlee, John S. (1997)
Japanese historians and the national myths, 1600-1945: The Age of the Gods and Emperor Jimmu.
Vancouver:
University of British Columbia Press
.
ISBN
0-7748-0644-3
Tokyo:
University of Tokyo Press
.
ISBN
4-13-027031-1
Brownlee, John S. (1991).
Political Thought in Japanese Historical Writing: From Kojiki (712) to Tokushi Yoron (1712).
Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
ISBN
0-88920-997-9
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