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Akutagawa Ryūnosuke (芥川龍之介)
A Fool's Life (PDF)
A Fool's Life (mobi)
A Story of a Tiger (PDF)
Dreams (PDF)
Futari Komachi (PDF)
Hell Screen (PDF)
Hyottoko (PDF)
In the Grove (PDF)
Mandarins (epub)
- Mandarins
- At the Seashore
- An Evening Conversation
- The Handkerchief
- An Enlightened Husband
- Autumn
- Winter
- Fortune
- Kesa and Moritō
- The Death of a Disciple
- O'er a Withered Moor
- The Garden
- The Life of a Fool
- The Villa of the Black Crane
- Cogwheels
Rashōmon and Other Stories (epub)
- Rashōmon
- In a Bamboo Grove
- The Nose
- Dragon: The Old Potter's Tale
- The Spider Thread
- Hell Screen
- Dr. Ogata and Ryōsai: Memorandum
- O-Gin
- Loyalty
- The Story of a Head that Fell Off
- Green Onions
- Horse Legs
- Daidōji Shinsuke: The Early Years
- The Writer's Craft
- The Baby's Sickness
- Death Register
- The Life of a Stupid Man
- Spinning Gears
Rashōmon and Other Stories (PDF)
- The Contents of this PDF are the same as the epub above
Rashōmon (PDF)
Short Stories by Akutagawa, translated by Anthony Perrin (PDF)
- Translator's official website
- The "Akutagawa a Week" page has the same contents as the PDF
The Christ of Nanking (epub)
The Dog and the Flute (PDF)
The Frogs (PDF)
The Nose (PDF)
The Shadow (PDF)
The Shadow (epub)
The Shadow of Death (PDF)
The Spider's Thread (PDF)
The Three Treasures (PDF)
The Truck (PDF)
The Youth and Death (docx)
Tu-Tze-Chun (PDF)
White Dog (PDF)
Cogwheels and Other Stories (PDF)
- Cogwheels
- Hell Screen
- The Spider's Thread
Kappa (PDF)
Ayatsuji Yukito (綾辻行人)
Dan Kazuo (檀一雄)
Dazai Osamu (太宰治)
A Snowy Night's Tale (PDF)
A, Autumn (Original Source)
Angst Journal (PDF)
Blue Bamboo (PDF)
- On Love and Beauty
- The Chrysanthemum Spirit
- The Mermaid and the Samurai
- Blue Bamboo
- Alt Heidelberg
- Romanesque
- Lanterns of Romance
Butterflies (PDF)
Cherries (PDF)
Chiyojo (PDF)
December 8th (epub)
December 8th (PDF)
Diary of Distress (PDF)
Down with Decadence (PDF)
Fallen Flowers (PDF)
Female (PDF)
Fulfillment of a Vow (PDF)
I Can Speak (PDF)
Lantern (epub)
Leaves (PDF)
Lies (PDF)
Morning (PDF)
Mother (PDF)
No Kidding (PDF)
No Longer Human (PDF)
One Snowy Night (PDF)
Otogizoshi (mobi)
- Prologue
- The Stolen Wen
- Urashima-san
- Click-Clack Mountain
- The Sparrow Who Lost Her Tongue
The original fairy tales (PDF)
Run, Melos! (PDF)
Schoolgirl (PDF)
Select Stories and Sketches (PDF)
- Memories
- Transformation
- The Island of Monkeys
- Toys
- Das Gemeine
- Putting Granny out to Die
- My Older Brothers
- Eight Views of Tokyo
- On the Question of Apparel
- Homecoming
- A Poor Man's Got His Pride
- The Mound of the Monkey's Grave
- Takin the Wen Away
- Currency
- The Sound of Hammering
- Osan
Self Portraits (PDF)
- My Elder Brothers
- Train
- Female
- Seascape with Figures in Gold
- No Kidding
- A Promise Fulfilled
- One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji
- I Can Speak
- A Little Beauty
- Canis familiaris
- Thinking of Zenzo
- Eight Scenes from Tokyo
- Early Light
- Garden
- Two Little Words
- Merry Christmas
- Handsome Devils and Cigarettes
- Cherries
Shame (PDF)
Tanabata (PDF)
The Father (PDF)
The Garden Lantern (PDF)
The Joy of Novels (PDF)
The Lady of Banquets (PDF)
The Saga of Dazai Osamu (PDF)
- Dazai's Life and the Osamu Saga
- Part I: Dazai's Life
- The Journey Outward
- The Journey Inward
- Part II: The Osamu Saga
- Childhood and Adolescence
- Establishing the Writer
- Going Home
- Fatal Success
- Conclusion
- Osamu Stories
- Recollections
- Eight Views of Tokyo
- Going Home
- Hometown
- An Almanac of Pain
- Tsugaru
- Part I: Dazai's Life
- Dazai's Life and the Osamu Saga
The Sea (PDF)
The Setting Sun (PDF)
Villon's Wife (epub)
Villon's Wife (PDF)
Waiting (PDF)
Edogawa Ranpo (江戸川乱歩)
Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination (PDF)
- The Human Chair
- The Psychological Test
- The Caterpillar
- The Cliff
- The Hell of Mirrors
- The Twins
- The Red Chamber
- Two Crippled Men
- The Traveler with the Pasted Rag Picture
The Caterpillar (PDF)
The Early Cases of Akechi Kogoro (PDF)
- The Case of the Murder on D. Hill
- The Black Hand Gang
- The Ghost
- The Dwarf
The Fingers (docx)
The Human Chair (PDF)
The Two-Sen Copper Coin (PDF)
Fukuchi Gen'ichiro (福地源一郎)
Politics of the Meiji Press: The life of Fukuchi Gen'ichiro by James L. Huffman
Fukuzawa Yukichi (福澤諭吉)
Hagiwara Sakutarō (萩原朔太郎)
Cat Town (epub)
Collected Poetry (PDF)
The Town of Cats (PDF)
Higuchi Ichiyō (樋口一葉)
Autumn Ensemble (PDF)
Muddy Bay (PDF)
The Thirteenth Night (PDF)
Hori Tatsuo (堀辰雄)
Aquarium (PDF)
The Wind Has Risen (PDF)
Ishikawa Jun (石川淳)
The Jesus of the Ruins (PDF)
Ishikawa Takuboku (石川啄木)
The Romaji Diary (PDF)
Izumi Kyōka (泉鏡花)
Japanese Gothic Tales (epub)
- The Surgery Room
- The Holy Man of Mount Koya
- One Day in Spring
- Osen and Sokichi
The Demon Pond (PDF)
The Enchanted Sword (PDF)
The Holy Man of Mt. Koya (PDF)
Kajii Motojirō (梶井基次郎)
Caress (PDF)
Lemon (PDF)
Poet of Darkness (PDF)
- Blue Sky
- The Story of the Bamboo Water Pipe
- Underneath the Cherry Trees
- A Picture Scroll of Darkness
Scenes of the Mind (PDF)
The Ascension of K (PDF)
Katayama Hiroko (片山広子)
Kikuchi Kan (菊池寛)
The Father Returns (PDF)
The Housetop Madman (PDF)
Kitahara Hakushū (北原白秋)
Okaru and Kampei (PDF)
The Water Surface (PDF)
Kobayashi Takiji (小林多喜二)
The Cannery Boat (PDF)
Koganei Kimiko (小金井喜美子)
My Brother's Homecoming (docx)
Kōda Rohan (幸田露伴)
A Single Sword (PDF)
Pagoda, Skull, and Samurai (epub)
Kume Masao (久米正雄)
The Tiger (PDF)
Kunikida Doppo (国木田獨歩)
An Honest Man (PDF)
Bird of Spring (PDF)
Death (PDF)
Five Stories (PDF)
- Old Gen
- Unforgettable People
- The Suburbs
- An Honest Man
- The Bamboo Gate
Meat and Potatoes (PDF)
River Mist and Other Stories (PDF)
- River Mist
- Old Gen
- The Bonfire
- The Deer Hunt
- Those Unforgettable People
- The Stars
- Third Party
- Woman Trouble
- Poetic Images
- Phantoms
- Musashino
- The Self-Made Man
- Letter from Yugahara
- Bird of Spring
- Meat and Potatoes
Selected Stories of Doppo Kunikida (PDF)
- The Sunrise
- Stars
- Extras
- Going Home Again
- The Will of a Japanese Mother
- Farewell
- A Phantom
- Father and Daughter
- Poetical Ideas
- My Sad Recollection of a Picture
- Sir Tomioka
The Bonfire (PDF)
The Self-Made Man (PDF)
Unforgettable People (PDF)
Kyōgoku Natsuhiko (京極夏彦)
The Summer of the Ubume (PDF)
Masaoka Shiki (正岡子規)
Selected Haiku (PDF)
Selected Poems (PDF)
Mishima Yukio (三島由紀夫)
Confessions of a Mask (epub)
Confessions of a Mask (PDF)
Omi (PDF)
Miyazawa Kenji (宮沢賢治)
Miyazawa Kenji Collection (PDF)
- Be not Defeated by the Rain
- The Child of the Wild Geese
- The Dragon and the Poet
- The Great Bear of the Crows
- The Poison Powder Police Chief
- The Restaurant of Many Orders
- The Acorns and the Wildcat
- The NIghthawk's Star
Gauche the Cellist (PDF)
Poetry Selections (PDF)
- Table of Contents on pages 8-13 of the PDF
Tales of the Zashiki Children (Original Source)
The Earthgod in Rags and the Fox who was an Astronomy Fan (PDF)
The Four Forests (PDF)
The Nighthawk's Star (PDF)
Miyoshi Tatsuji (三好達治)
Selected Poems (PDF)
Mori Ōgai (森鴎外)
Dancing Girl (PDF)
Down the Takase River (PDF)
Kanzan Jittoku (PDF)
Mori Ogai in Germany (PDF)
Snake (PDF)
Suginohara Shina (PDF)
The Takase Boat (PDF)
The Wild Geese (epub)
Vita Sexualis (epub)
Murō Saisei (室生犀星)
Brother and Sister (PDF)
Winter Grass (PDF)
Mushanokōji Saneatsu (武者小路実篤)
Friendship (PDF)
Love and Death (PDF)
Nagai Kafu (永井荷風)
The River Sumida (PDF)
American Stories (PDF)
Hydrangea (PDF)
Nakahara Chūya (中原中也)
Depilautumn (PDF)
Five Poems (PDF)
Good Girl (PDF)
Poem Collection (PDF)
Song of Upbringing (PDF)
Summer (PDF)
Nakajima Atsushi (中島敦)
The Curse of Letters (PDF)
The Disciple (PDF)
Gojo Shusse (PDF) *Translated as The Rebirth of Wujing
Light, Wind, and Dreams (PDF)
Tiger Hunt (PDF)
Wu-Jin's Admiration (PDF)
Natsume Sōseki (夏目漱石)
A Strange Sound (PDF)
And Then (epub)
Botchan (epub)
Botchan (PDF)
I am a Cat (epub)
Inside my Glass Doors (epub)
Kokoro (epub)
Kasamakura (epub)
Light and Dark (epub)
Sanshiro (epub)
The 210th Day (epub)
The Gate (epub)
The Three Cornered World (PDF)
To the Spring Equinox and Beyond (epub)
Zen Haiku (PDF)
Oda Sakunosuke (織田作之助)
Autumn Halo (PDF)
Hurray for Marriage (PDF)
Six White Venus (PDF)
The City of Trees (PDF)
The State of the Times (PDF)
Ōkura Teruko (大倉燁子)
Bewitching Shadow (PDF)
Ozaki Kōyō (尾崎 紅葉)
Golden Demon (PDF)
Sakaguchi Ango (坂口安吾)
A Village in Uproar (PDF)
Discourse on Decadence (PDF)
Eroticism and Literature (PDF)
Kazehakase (PDF)
Master Sun-Moon (PDF)
One Woman and the War (PDF)
Pan Girls (PDF)
Pearls (PDF)
The Idiot (PDF)
Satō Haruo (佐藤春夫)
A Record of Nochalant (PDF)
Shibusawa Tatsuhiko (澁澤龍彦)
Fish Scales (PDF)
Shiga Naoya (志賀直哉)
A Dark Night's Passing (PDF)
At Kinosaki (PDF)
The Paper Door (PDF)
Shimazaki Tōson (島崎藤村)
The Broken Commandment (PDF)
Tachihara Michizō (立原道造)
Of Dawn, Of Dusk (PDF)
Selected Poems (PDF)
Takamura Kōtarō (高村光太郎)
Green Sun (PDF)
Whale Spouting (PDF)
Tanizaki Jun'ichirō (谷崎潤一郎)
A Fool's Love (Naomi) (PDF)
A Golden Death (PDF)
Arrowroot (epub)
In Praise of Shadows (PDF)
Quicksand (PDF)
Seven Japanese Tales (epub)
- A Portrait of Shunkin
- Terror
- The Bridge of Dreams
- The Attooer
- The Thief
- Aguri
- A Blind Man's Tale
Some Prefer Nettles (PDF)
The Censor (PDF)
The Firefly Hunt (PDF)
The Magician (PDF)
The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi and Arrowroot (epub)
The Tattooer (PDF)
Tayama Katai (田山花袋 )
30 Years in Tokyo (PDF)
One Soldier (PDF)
The Quilt (Futon) (PDF)
Tokuda Shūsei (徳田秋声)
Yokomitsu Riichi (横光利一)
Machine (PDF)
The Underside of Town (PDF)
Time (PDF)
Yosano Akiko (与謝野晶子)
Poetry Selections 1 (PDF)
Poetry Selections 2 (PDF)
River of Stars (PDF)
Yoshikawa Eiji (吉川英治)
Musashi (PDF)
Taiko (PDF)
The Heike Story (PDF)
Yoshiyuki Eisuke (吉行エイスケ)
Yumeno Kyūsaku (夢野久作)
Dogra Magra (Incomplete) (PDF)
Dogra Magra (Incomplete; translated from Japanese to French to English) (PDF)
Hell in a Bottle (PDF)
Love After Death (PDF)
Short Stories Collection (PDF)
- A Flea and a Mosquito
- A Pig and a Wild Boar
- A Snake and a Frog
- A Watch and a Mouse
- A Pen Point and Ink
The Paper Rain Doll (PDF)
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