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Famous authors and literary works of significant stature are listed in chronological order below. For an exhaustive list of authors see List of Japanese authors: Classical Literature Sei Shonagon (c.~966 - c.10??): The Pillow Book Murasaki Shikibu (c.973 - c.1025): The Tale of Genji Medieval Literature The Tale of the Heike (1371) Early-Modern Literature Ihara Saikaku (1642 – 1693) Matsuo Basho (1644 - 1694) Ueda Akinari (1734 - 1809) Santo Kyoden (1761 - 1816) Jupp ...

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Japanese literature: Encyclopedia II - Japanese literature - Significant authors and works

Japanese literature - Significant authors and works

Famous authors and literary works of significant stature are listed in chronological order below. For an exhaustive list of authors see List of Japanese authors:

Classical Literature

Sei Shonagon (c.~966 - c.10??): The Pillow Book
Murasaki Shikibu (c.973 - c.1025): The Tale of Genji

Medieval Literature

The Tale of the Heike (1371)

Early-Modern Literature

Ihara Saikaku (1642 – 1693)
Matsuo Basho (1644 - 1694)
Ueda Akinari (1734 - 1809)
Santo Kyoden (1761 - 1816)
Juppensha Ikku (1765 - 1831)
Kyokutei Bakin (1767 - 1858)

Late-Modern Literature

Mori Ogai (1862 - 1922)
Ozaki Koyo (1867 - 1903)
Natsume Soseki (1867 - 1916)
Izumi Kyoka (1873 - 1939)
Shiga Naoya (1883 - 1971)
Tanizaki Junichiro (1886 - 1965)
Akutagawa Ryunosuke (1892 - 1927)
Eiji Yoshikawa (1892-1962)
Kawabata Yasunari (1899 - 1972)
Dazai Osamu (1909 - 1948)
Endo Shusaku (1923 - 1996)
Abe Kobo (1924 - 1993)
Mishima Yukio (1925 - 1970)
Oe Kenzaburo (1935)
Nakagami Kenji (1946)
Murakami Haruki (1949)
Murakami Ryu (1952)

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