Japanese literature

Japanese literature spans a period of almost two millennia of writing. Early work was heavily influenced by Chinese literature, but Japan quickly developed a style and quality of its own. When Japan reopened its ports to Western trading and diplomacy in the 19th century, Western Literature had a strong effect on Japanese writers, and this influence is still seen today.

External links

• http://users.mdonline.net/wabei/ - translations of Japanese short stories and folk tales
• http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/japanese/
• http://www.lib.duke.edu/ias/eac/literature.html
• http://www.f.waseda.jp/mjewel/jlit/
• http://mockingbird.creighton.edu/english/worldlit/wldocs/japan.htm
• A Mini-collection of Modern Japanese Literature