Bungou Books
A collection of Asian literature works.
- Red blocks are for Poetry
- Green blocks are for Fiction
- Blue blocks for articles and non-fiction writings,
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Table of Contents
- Japan
- Akutagawa Ryuunosuke
- Arishima Takeo
- Dazai Osamu
- Edogawa Ranpo
- Fukuchi Ouchi
- Fukuzawa Yukichi
- Futabatei Shimei
- Hagiwara Sakutarou
- Higuchi Ichiyou
- Hori Tatsuo
- Ibuse Masuji
- Ishikawa Takuboku
- Izumi Kyouka
- Hayashi Fumiko
- Juuchiya Gisaburo
- Kajii Motojirou
- Kawabata Yasunari
- Kindaichi Kyousuke
- Kikuchi Kan
- Kishida Toshiko
- Kitamura Toukoku
- Kobayashi Takiji
- Kouda Aya
- Kouda Rohan
- Koutoku Shuusui
- Kunikida Doppo
- Masamune Hakuchou
- Mori Mari
- Mori Ougai
- Mishima Yukio
- Miyazawa Kenji
- Miyoshi Tatsuji
- Mushanokouji Saneatsu
- Nagai Kafuu
- Nakahara Chuuya
- Nakajima Atsushi
- Naoki Sanjuugo
- Natsume Souseki
- Nomura Kodou
- Oda Sakunosuke
- Okamoto Kanoko
- Okamoto Kidou
- Ookura Teruko
- Orikuchi Shinobu
- Ozaki Housai
- Ozaki Kouyou
- Saitou Mokichi
- Sakaguchi Ango
- Satomi Ton
- Satou Haruo
- Shiga Naoya
- Shimazaki Touson
- Tachihara Michizou
- Takahama Kyoshi
- Taneda Santouka
- Tanizaki Jun'ichirou
- Takamura Koutarou
- Tayama Katai
- Tokuda Shuusei
- Tokutomi Roka
- Tokutomi Sohou
- Tsubouchi Shouyou
- Uchida Hyakken
- Yanagita Kunio
- Yokomitsu Riichi
- Yokomizo Seishi
- Yosano Akiko
- Yoshikawa Eiji
- Yumeno Kyuusaku
- Korea
East Asia
Japan
Dawn to the West by Donald Keene
Non-Fiction
Format: Website
Link (Vol. 1: Fiction)
Link (Vol. 2: Poetry, Drama and Criticism)
Akutagawa Ryuunosuke
A Note to a Certain Old Friend
Non-Fiction
Format: PDF
Link
Abandoned Child
Short Story
Format: Website
Link
Born in Tokyo
Non-Fiction
Format: Website
Link
Dialogue in Darkness
Short Story
Format: Website
Link
Dramatisation of Novels
Non-Fiction
Format: Website
Link
Futari Komachi
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Hell Screen
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Hyottoko
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Last Will and Testament
Non-Fiction
Format: Website
Link
Magic
Short Story
Format: Website
Link
Mandarins
Short Story
Format: Website
Link
On "-isms"
Non-Fiction
Format: Website
Link
Piano
Short Story
Format: Website
Link
Rashoumon and Other Stories
Short Story Collection
Format: PDF
Link
Sumida River
Short Story
Format: Website
Link
Suspicion
Short Story
Format: Website
Link
The Feud Between the Monkey and the Crab
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Garden
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Water of the Okawa River
Short Story
Format: Website
Link
Unrequited Love
Short Story
Format: Website
Link
Winter in Souseki Sanbo
Memoir
Format: Website
Link
Wonder Island
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Arishima Takeo
Coward
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Drawn Flowers
Short Story
Format: Website
Link
Fate and Man
Non-Fiction
Format: Website
Link
Love Takes Away Without Regret
Criticism
Format: Website
Link (Part 1)
Link (Part 2)
Link (Part 3)
Link (Part 4)
Spring
Short Story
Format: Website
Link
The Two Roads
Criticism
Format: Website
Link
Tidal Fog
Short Story
Format: Website
Link
Dazai Osamu
A Letter to Kawabata Yasunari
Letter
Format: PDF
Link
A Snowy Night's Tale
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Blue Bamboo
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Butterflies
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Cherries
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Cherry Leaves and the Magic Song
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
December 8
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Diary of Distress
Diary Entries
Format: PDF
Link
Down With Decadence
Essay
Format: PDF
Link
Fallen Flowers
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Fulfillment of a Vow
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
I Can Speak
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Leaves
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Lies
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Memories
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Morning
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Mother
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
No Longer Human
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
Return to Tsugaru
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Run, Melos!
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
Schoolgirl
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Self Portraits
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Father
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Flowers of Buffoonery
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
The Garden Lantern
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Lady of Banquets
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Setting Sun
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
Villon's Wife
Short Story
Format: EPUB
Link
Waiting
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Wish Fulfilled
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Edogawa Ranpo
Early Cases of Akechi Kogorou
Story Collection
Format: PDF
Link
Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Story collection
Format: PDF
Link
Strange Tale of Panorama Island
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
The Caterpillar
Mystery Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Fingers
Mystery Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Man Travelling With the Brocade Portrait
Mystery Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Two-Sen Copper Coin
Mystery Story
Format: PDF
Link
Fukuchi Ouchi
The Dropped Robe
Play
Format: PDF
Link
The Mirror Lion, A Spring Diversion
Play
Format:PDF
Link
Fukuzawa Yukichi
An Encouragement of Learning
Essay
Format: PDF
Link
An Outline Theory of Civilization
Essay
Format: PDF
Link
Conditions in an Old Feudal Clan
Essay
Format: PDF
Link
Futabatei Shimei
Drifting Clouds
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
Hagiwara Sakutarou
A Town of Cats
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
Face at the Bottom of the World and Other Poems
Poetry Collection by Graeme Wilson
Format: PDF
Link
The Flight From Despair
Aphorisms
Format: Website
Link
Sadness at the Death of a Poet
Non-Fiction
Format: Website
Link
Higuchi Ichiyou
Autumn Ensemble
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Encounters on a Dark Night
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Muddy Bay
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Thirteenth Night
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
This Child
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Hori Tatsuo
Aquarium
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
The Wind Has Risen
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
Ibuse Masuji
A Cold Night
Short Story
Format: Website
Link
Black Rain
Novel
Format: EPUB
Link
Ishikawa Takuboku
Poems to Eat
Poetry Collection
Format: PDF
Link
The Impasse of Our Age
Essay
Format: PDF
Link
Romaji Diary and Sad Toys
Poetry Collection
Format: EPUB
Link
Izumi Kyouka
The Demon Pond
Play
Format: PDF
Link
The Saint of Mount Kouya
Play
Format: PDF
Link
Hayashi Fumiko
Borneo Diamond
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Juuchiya Gisaburo
Grass
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Kajii Motojirou
After the Snow
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Blue Sky
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Caresses
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Certain Feelings on a Cliff Top
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Instrumental Illusions
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Landscapes of the Heart
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Lemon
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Mating
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Mire
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
On the Road
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Scroll of Darkness
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Ascension of K
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Carefree Patient
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Past
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Story of the Bamboo Pipe
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Winter Days
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Winter Flies
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Kawabata Yasunari
The Titmouse
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Kindaichi Kyousuke
The Concepts Behind The Ainu Bear Festival
Paper
Format: PDF
Link
Kikuchi Kan
My Moral Precepts for Everyday Life
Essay
Format: PDF
Link
On the Conduct of Lord Tadanao
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Father Returns
Play
Format: PDF
Link
The Housetop Madman
Play
Format: PDF
Link
Kishida Toshiko
Daughters in Boxes
Speech
Format: Google Docs
Link
Kitamura Toukoku
The Magic Mirror
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Kobayashi Takiji
Five Short Stories
Short Story Collection
Format: PDF
Link
Life of a Party Member
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
The Crab Cannery Ship
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
Yasuko
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
Kouda Aya
A Friend For Life
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Dolls for a Special Day
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Fragments
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Rain
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Medal
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Pincushion
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Kouda Rohan
A Single Sword
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Buddha of Art
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
Koutoku Shuusui
Discussion of Violent Revolution, From a Jail Cell
Essay
Format: PDF
Link
Kunikida Doppo
An Honest Man
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Birds of Spring
Short Story
Format:
Link
Death
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Meat & Potatoes
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Old Gen
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Bamboo Gate
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Bonfire
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Suburbs
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Unforgettable People
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Masamune Hakuchou
Dust
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Clay Doll
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
Mori Mari
Thorn
Mmeoir
Format: PDF
Link
Mori Ougai
Blessings from Heaven
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Boat on the Takase River
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Delusion
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Han Shan and Shih-te
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
My Hundred Tanka
Poetry Collection
Format: PDF
Link
Ooshio Heihachirou
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
Rat Hill
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Suginohara Shina
Biography
Format: PDF
Link
The Dancing Girl
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Entertainment for the Evening
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Sala Tree
Poetry Collection
Format: PDF
Link
Verse Diary
Poetry Collection
Format: PDF
Link
Vita Sexualis
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
Mishima Yukio
Voices of the Heroic Dead
Short Story
Format: Website
Link
Miyazawa Kenji
Night on the Milky Way Train
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Selections (Mainly from Spring and Asura)
Poetry Collection by Sato Hiroaki
Format: PDF
Link
The Nighthawk's Star
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Restaurant of Many Orders
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Miyoshi Tatsuji
Poems
Poetry collection
Format: PDF
Link
Mushanokouji Saneatsu
Friendship
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
Love and Death
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
Nagai Kafuu
American Stories
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Fireworks
Essay
Format: PDF
Link
Hydrangea
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Opera at the Imperial Theatre
Short Story
Format: Website
Link
Something Strange Across the River
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Fox
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Mediterranean in the Twilight
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The River Sumida
Short Story
Format: EPUB
Link
The Voice of the Bell
Short Story
Format: Website
Link
Nakahara Chuuya
Five Poems
Poetry Collection
Format: PDF
Link
Poetry Collection
Poetry Collection
Format: PDF
Link
Nakajima Atsushi
Gojou Tan'i
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Landscape with an Officer: A Sketch in 1923
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Legend of the Master
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Moon Over the Mountain
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Naoki Sanjuugo
The Robot and the Weight of the Bed
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Natsume Souseki
And Then
Novel
Format: EPUB
Link
Botchan
Novel
Format: EPUB
Link
Heart
Novel
Format: EPUB
Link
I Am A Cat
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
Kusamakura
Novel
Format: EPUB
Link
Light and Darkness
Novel
Format: EPUB
Link
Sanshirou
Novel
Format: EPUB
Link
Nomura Kodou
The Golden Virgin
Story Collection
Format: PDF
Link
Oda Sakunosuke
Hurray for Marriage!
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
Six White Venus
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The City of Trees
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The State of the Times
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Okamoto Kanoko
Ivy Gates
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Okamoto Kidou
The Curious Casebook of Inspector Hanshichi
Story Collection
Format: PDF
Link
Ookura Teruko
Bewitching Shadow
Mystery Story
Format: PDF
Link
Orikuchi Shinobu
Whistling
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
Ozaki Housai
Haiku Poems
Poetry Collection
Format: PDF
Link
Ozaki Kouyou
The Golden Demon
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
Saitou Mokichi
Fragments of Rainbows
Poetry Collection and Biography
Format: PDF
Link
Red Light; Selected Tanka Sequences
Poetry Collection and Biography
Format: PDF
Link
Sakaguchi Ango
A Personal View on Japanese Culture
Essay
Format: PDF
Link
A Village in Uproar
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Ango's Detective Casebook No. 1
Story Collection
Format: PDF
Link
Eroticism and Literature
Interview
Format: PDF
Link
I Want To Be Holding the Sea
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Light, Wind and Twenty Year Old Me
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Master Sun-Moon
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
One Woman and the War
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Panpan Girls
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Pearls
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Professor Blowhard
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Idiot
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Under The Cherry Blossom Trees in Full Bloom
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Satomi Ton
Blowfish
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Camellia
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Flash Storm
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Satou Haruo
A Record of Nonchalant
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
House of a Spanish Dog
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
Shiga Naoya
A Dark Night's Passing
Novel
Format: EPUB
Link
A Murder Case
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
At Kinosaki
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Paper Door
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Razor
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Shimazaki Touson
Collection of Four Poems
Poetry Collection + Analysis by James R. Morita
Format: PDF
Link
The Broken Commandment
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
Tachihara Michizou
Of Dawn, Of Dusk
Poetry collection
Format: PDF
Link
Takahama Kyoshi
Ichinen
Short Story
Format: Website
Link
Taneda Santouka
For All My Walking
Poetry collection by Burton Watson
Format: PDF
Link
Hail in the Begging Bowl: The Odyssey and Poetry of Santouka by James Abrams
Paper
Format: Website
Link
Tanizaki Jun'ichirou
In Praise of Shadows
Essay
Format: PDF
Link
Longing for Mother
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Naomi (A Fool's Love)
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
Quicksand
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
Some Prefer Nettles
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
The Makioka Sisters (Light Snow)
Novel
Format: EPUB
Link
The Key
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
The Tattooer
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Takamura Koutarou
Chieko's Sky
Poetry Collection
Format: PDF
Link
The Green Sun
Essay
Format: PDF
Link
Tayama Katai
One Soldier
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Quilt (Futon)
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
Tokuda Shuusei
Order of the White Paulownia
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Tokutomi Roka
Ashes
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
Five Days at Yasnaya Polyana
Memoir
Format: PDF
Link
Snow
Memoir
Format: PDF
Link
Tokutomi Sohou
The New Japan
Non-Fiction
Format: PDF
Link
Tsubouchi Shouyou
A Sinking Moon over the Lonely Castle Where the Cuckoo Cries
Play
Format: PDF
Link
Uchida Hyakken
Kudan
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Yanagita Kunio
Guide to Japanese Folktales
Folklore
Format: Website
Link
Tales from Tonoo
Folklore
Format: PDF
Link
Yokomitsu Riichi
Machine
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Mount Hiei
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
The Underside of Town
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Time
Short Story
Format: PDF
Link
Yokomizo Seishi
Death on Gokumon Island
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
Inugami Curse
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
The Honjin Murders
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
The Village of Eight Graves
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
Yosano Akiko
Selected Tanka from Tangled Hair
Poetry Collection*
Format: PDF
Link
Yoshikawa Eiji
Miyamoto Musashi
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
Taiko
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
Heikemonogatari
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
Yumeno Kyuusaku
Hell in a Bottle
Novel
Format: PDF
Link
Korea
Yi Sang
Selected Poems
Poetry Collection
Format: PDF
Link
The Wings
Novel
Format: PDF
Link