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| • | Hakkenden | English Animated adaptation of Nanso Satomi Hakkenden, a novel written by Kyokutei Bakin (1767-1848). Site includes story-line, bios of seiyuu (voice actors/actresses), online order form. (Hits: 1,226 Listed: 04/01/2002) |
| • | Japan Folktale Database | English | Japanese Arranged by storyteller. Includes: minwa (folktales), mukashi-banashi (once-upon-a-time tales), and densetsu (legends). Told in various regional dialects. (Hits: 1,273 Listed: 05/16/2004) |
| • | Japanese Creation Myth - Tales from Kojiki | English Modern English retelling of creation-related portions of - The Kojiki -, compiled by O No Yasumaro in 712 CE. This excerpt is from - Reading About the World, Volume 1 -. (Hits: 1,205 Listed: 07/17/2003) |
| • | Japanese Myth | English | Japanese Introduces Japanese myth based on Kojiki, an early 8th Century literary account of the foundational myth of Japan. Presented in a novel-style. Click on -The First Gods- for online excerpts. (Hits: 1,248 Listed: 07/17/2003) |
| • | Natsume Soseki - Kokoro | English English translation of novel, Kokoro. Site also includes related links, works, and photos of author. (Hits: 1,205 Listed: 12/01/2002) |
| • | Noh Plays | English Thirteen Noh plays in Japanese and English, presented by the University of Virginia's Japanese Text Initiative. Translations by Arthur Waley. (Hits: 1,303 Listed: 04/27/2005) |
| • | The Tale of Genji | English Written by Lady Murasaki Shikibu (ca. 1000-1010). Picture scroll reproductions, photographs, illustrations and narration. (Hits: 1,193 Listed: 04/01/2002) |
| • | Ukigumo of Futabatei Shimei | English Ukigumo, Japan's first modern novel, in kanji and kana. Site is part of the University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center and the University of Pittsburgh East Asian Library's Japanese Text Initiative, a project making texts of classical Japanese literature available online. (Hits: 1,217 Listed: 12/04/2002) |
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