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)
(1600)
(1641)
(1655–1658)
(1665)
(1673)
(1683)
(early 16th century)
(early 16th century)
(1704)
(1709)
(1712)
(1713)
Seiyō Kibun (1715)
Bendo (1717)
(1717)
Oritaku Shiba no Ki (started on 1716), finished before the writer's death on 1725)
(written between 1716 and 1736)
(1739)
(1744)
(partially published between 1751 and 1764)
(1765)
(1771)
(1775)
(1788)
(1799)
(1811)
Rangaku Kotohajime [1] (1814)
(1815)
(1820)
(1824)
Tsugi (completed on 1832, published on 1847)
(1833)
(1835)
(1836)
- (1824)
- (1838)
- (1850)
- (1852)
(1855)
(1855)
(mid 19th century)
(late 19th century)

Diary[]

Nittō Guhō Junreikōki (836-847)
Kanpyō Gyoki (887-897), written by Emperor Uda
(908-948), written by Fujiwara no Tadahira
Tosa Nikki (c. 935), written by Ki no Tsurayuki
Kagerō Nikki (c. 974)
(998-1021), written by Fujiwara no Michinaga
(991-1017), written by Fujiwara no Yukinari
(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
(1075–1108), written by
(1083–99), written by Fujiwara no Moromichi
(1087–1132), written by
(1132–71), written by
Taiki (1136–55), written by Fujiwara no Yorinaga
(1164–1200), written by Fujiwara no Kanezane
Meigetsuki (1180–1235), written by Fujiwara no Teika
(1196–1246), written by
, written by Fujiwara no Chōshi
Towazugatari (1271–1306), written by
(c. 1283), written by Abutsu-ni
(1280–92), written by
(1311–60), written by Tōin Kinkata
(1310–32), written by Emperor Hanazono
(1416–48), written by
(1418–48), written by
(1465–86), written by
(1474–1502), written by
(1474–1536), written by
(1480–1522), written by
(1527–76), written by
(1574–86), written by Uwai Satokane
(1576–1608), written by
(1478–1618), written by Eishun and others
(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[]

(late Nara period)
Nihon Ryōiki (810-824)
Yamato Monogatari (956)
(984)
(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)
(late Heian period)
(late Heian period)
Torikaebaya Monogatari (late Heian period)
Yoru no Nezame (late Heian period)
Heichū Monogatari (Heian period)
(Heian Period)
Ochikubo Monogatari (Heian period)
(1104–1108)
(1134?)
(1193?)
Konjaku Monogatarishū (early 12th century)
Tsutsumi Chūnagon Monogatari (late 12th century)
Hobutsushu (early Kamakura period)
(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)
(mid Kamakura period, after 1239)
Towazugatari (late Kamakura period)
(Kamakura period)
(Kamakura period)
(Kamakura period)
(1252)
(1254)
Shasekishū (1283)
Otogizōshi (collected from Muromachi to Edo period)
Kazashi no Himegimi (Muromachi period)
(1628)
(Azuchi Momoyama period)
Ugetsu Monogatari (1776)
Ukiyoburo (1809–1813)
Tōkaidōchū Hizakurige (1802–1814)

Go and shogi[]

(1199)
Shōgi Zushiki (1636), written by Ōhashi Sōko
Sho Shōgi Zushiki (1694)
Shōgi Rokushu no Zushiki (unknown)
Igo Hatsuyōron (1713)
(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) ^[1]
Jōgū Shōtoku Hōō Teisetsu (c. 710)
Kyūji (< 712)
Kojiki (712)
Yōrō Ritsuryō (718) ^[2]
Nihon Shoki (720) ^[3]
Fudoki (712-733?)
- (715)
- (715)
- (>732)
- (733)
Tōshi Kaden (c. 760–766)
Takahashi Ujibumi (c. 789)
Shoku Nihongi (797)
Kogo Shūi (807)
Shinsen Shōjiroku (815) ^[4]
Nihon Kōki (840) ^[5]
Shoku Nihon Kōki (869) ^[6]
Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku (879) ^[7]
Ruijū Kokushi (892) ^[8]
Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku (901) ^[9]
Engishiki (927) ^[10]
Eiga Monogatari (late Heian period) ^[11]
Ōkagami (late Heian period) ^[12]
(Heian period)
(c. 940)
Fusō Ryakuki (12th century)
Imakagami (c. 1170 and 1178) ^[13]
Mizukagami (late 12th century) ^[14]
Hogen Monogatari (1220?) ^[15]
Azuma Kagami (late 13th century) ^[16]
Shaku Nihongi (late 13th century) ^[17]
Genpei Seisuiki (late Kamakura period) ^[18]
Jinnō Shōtōki (1339?) ^[19]
Heike Monogatari (1371) ^[20]
Masukagami (1374?) ^[21]
Taiheiki (late 14th century) ^[22]
(Muromachi period)
Gikeiki (Muromachi period) ^[23]
(early Muromachi period)
Soga Monogatari (early Muromachi period)
(late Muromachi period)
Gukanshō (1465) ^[24]
(late 15th century)
(1600?) - Commonly called Shinchokoki
(1604)
(1625–1626)
Nihon Ōdai Ichiran (1652)^[25]
Taikōki (1625–1661)^[26]
Honchō Tsugan (1644–1647, 1670)^[27]
(early 17th century)
(1702)
Tokushi Yoron (1712)^[28]
(1716)
Sangoku Tsūran Zusetsu (1785)^[29]
(1791)
(1789–1801)
(around 18th century)
Nihon Gaishi (early 18th century)
(mid 18th century)
(late Edo period)
(late Edo period)
(late Edo period)
(1806)
(1806)
(1813)
(1838)
Yume Monogatari (1838) ^[30]
(1844)
Tokushi Zeigi (1852) ^[31]
(1854)
(1864)
(1865)
(1897)
Dai Nihon Shi (started on 1657, completed on 1906) ^[32]

Mathematics, science[]

Ishinpō (984)
(1627)
(mid Edo period)
(mid Edo period)
(1674)
(1836)
Sekka Zusetsu (1835)
(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)
(c. 1071)
(1277–79)

Waka[]

Bussokuseki-kahi (c. 753)
Man'yōshū (>759)
Kakyō Hyōshiki (772)
Shinsen Man'yōshū (early 10th century)
(after 939)
(late 10th century)
(late 10th century)
(1007–11)
Wakanrōeishū (1018)
(after 1044)
(mid 11th century)
(1078)
(1173–78)
(1178)
(c. 1182)
Sankashū (late 12th century)
(c. 1213)
(c. 1233)
Fūyō Wakashū (1271)
(1277–79)
(1323–24)
(c. 1328)
Renri Hishō (c. 1349)
Tsukubashū (1356)
(1381)
(1495)
(1518)
(after 1524)
Nijūichidaishū (21 imperial collections of Japanese poetry)

Haikai[]

Fuyu no hi (1684)
(1686)
Arano (1689)
(1690)
Sarumino (1691)
(1694)
Oku no Hosomichi (1702)

Zuihitsu[]

Chiteiki (982)
Makura no Sōshi (1002)
Hōjōki (1212)
Tsurezuregusa (c. 1330)

Notes[]

^ WorldCat, Taihō Ritsuryō
^ WorldCat, Yōrō Ritsuryō
^ WorldCat, Nihon Shoki
^ WorldCat, Shinsen Shōjiroku
^ WorldCat, Nihon Kōki
^ WorldCat, Shoku Nihon Kōki
^ Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku
^ WorldCat, Ruijū Kokushi
^ WorldCat, Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku
^ WorldCat, Engishiki
^ WorldCat, Eiga Monogatari
^ WorldCat, Okagami
^ WorldCat, Imakagami
^ WorldCat, Mizukagami
^ WorldCat, Hogen Monogatari
^ WorldCat, Azuma Kagami
^ WorldCat, Shaku Nihongi
^ WorldCat, Genpei Seisuiki
^ WorldCat, Jinnō Shōtōki
^ WorldCat, Heike Monogatari
^ WorldCat, Masukagami
^ WorldCat, Taiheiki
^ WorldCat, Gikeiki
^ WorldCat, Gukanshō
^ WorldCat, Nihon Odai Ichiran; also Nipon o daï itsi ran
^ WorldCat, Taikōki
^ WorldCat, Honchō Tsugan
^ WorldCat, Tokushi Yoron
^ WorldCat, Sangoku Tsūran Zusetsu; also Sankoku Tsūran Zusetsu
^ WorldCat, Yume Monogatari
^ WorldCat, 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

[1] WorldCat, Taihō Ritsuryō

[2] WorldCat, Yōrō Ritsuryō

[3] WorldCat, Nihon Shoki

[4] WorldCat, Shinsen Shōjiroku

[5] WorldCat, Nihon Kōki

[6] WorldCat, Shoku Nihon Kōki

[7] Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku

[8] WorldCat, Ruijū Kokushi

[9] WorldCat, Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku

[10] WorldCat, Engishiki

[11] WorldCat, Eiga Monogatari

[12] WorldCat, Okagami

[13] WorldCat, Imakagami

[14] WorldCat, Mizukagami

[15] WorldCat, Hogen Monogatari

[16] WorldCat, Azuma Kagami

[17] WorldCat, Shaku Nihongi

[18] WorldCat, Genpei Seisuiki

[19] WorldCat, Jinnō Shōtōki

[20] WorldCat, Heike Monogatari

[21] WorldCat, Masukagami

[22] WorldCat, Taiheiki

[23] WorldCat, Gikeiki

[24] WorldCat, Gukanshō

[25] WorldCat, Nihon Odai Ichiran; also Nipon o daï itsi ran

[26] WorldCat, Taikōki

[27] WorldCat, Honchō Tsugan

[28] WorldCat, Tokushi Yoron

[29] WorldCat, Sangoku Tsūran Zusetsu; also Sankoku Tsūran Zusetsu

[30] WorldCat, Yume Monogatari

[31] WorldCat, Tokushi Zeigi

[32] WorldCat, Dai Nihon Shi

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List of classical Japanese texts

Contents

Genres[]

Buddhism[]

Confucianism and philosophy[]

Diary[]

Dictionary, Encyclopedia[]

Fable and novel[]

Go and shogi[]

History[]

Mathematics, science[]

Poetry[]

Kanshi[]

Waka[]

Haikai[]

Zuihitsu[]

See also[]

Notes[]

References[]