literature

“Hyakunin Isshu”: Japan’s Most Famous Poetry AnthologyCULTURE | Oct 10, 2025

Koizumi Setsu: Lafcadio Hearn’s Wife and Creative PartnerCULTURE | Sep 26, 2025

Seeking New Values in an Age of Growth: Japanese Books from 1955 to 1964CULTURE | Sep 15, 2025

Yosano Akiko: Passionate Poet and Prescient JournalistCULTURE | Aug 8, 2025

Qudan Rie: The “Sympathy Tower Tokyo” Author on Language and RhythmCULTURE | Jul 30, 2025

Shaped by Conflict: Japanese Literature After World War IIINSIGHT | Jul 9, 2025

Writing in the Shadow of Oppression: Japanese Books from 1926 to 1944CULTURE | May 29, 2025

“Yasuko, Songs of Days Past”: New Film Remembers Poet Nakahara Chūya and a Literary Love TriangleCULTURE | Apr 24, 2025

Anpanman Creator Yanase Takashi’s Heartfelt Message of the Joy of LivingINSIGHT | Apr 16, 2025

Rana Seif: The Translator Bringing Japanese Women’s Lit, Manga, and More to Middle East Readers CULTURE | Mar 28, 2025

“Mono no Aware”: The Essence of the Japanese SensibilityCULTURE | Feb 21, 2025

Yamasaki Toyoko: Exploring the Author’s Grand Works and Profound Social Influence CULTURE | Dec 30, 2024

Death at the TempleINSIGHT | Dec 16, 2024

The End of the WindINSIGHT | Dec 9, 2024

Abe Kōbō: An Avant-Garde Writer for a Time of TurmoilCULTURE | Dec 6, 2024

In Memory of Tanikawa Shuntarō: A Great Poet and Shaper of Literary LanguageINSIGHT | Dec 5, 2024

“The Beauties of Japanese”: A New Side of Donald KeeneCULTURE | Nov 26, 2024

Reading in the RainINSIGHT | Nov 25, 2024