WRITERS FROM JAPAN

• Abutsu-ni, ca. 1209-1283 [aka Ankamon'in no Shijo] (ca. 1220 - ca. 1283) ; More Information
• Akasome Emon ( - ca. 1042)
• Aoki, Yayoi, 1927- (1927 - )
• Ariyoshi, Sawako, 1931-1984 (1931 - 1984)
• Banks, Milena (fl. 2011) ; More Information
• Ben no Naishi, 13th cent. (ca. 1228 - ca. 1267) ; More Information
• Brown, Lee Ann (fl. 2009) ; More Information
• Bumiller, Elisabeth (May 15, 1956 - ) ; Wikipedia
• Chand, Meira (1942 - )
• Chiyo-ni, 1703-1775 [aka Kaga no Chiyo; Soen (Simple Garden)] (1703 - 1775)
• Cowman, Charles E., Mrs., 1870-1960 [aka Lettie Burd Cowman; Mrs. Charles Elmer Cowman] (1870 - 1960)
• DeForest, Charlotte B. (Charlotte Burgis), b. 1879 (1879 - 1973)
• Draper, Edythe Squier [aka Mrs. James B. Brown] (July 25, 1882 - September 25, 1964)
  • As Grass, and Other Stories (HTML at Washburn)
• Ema, Saiko (1787 - 1861)
• Enchi, Fumiko, 1905-1986 (1905 - 1986)
• Fisher, Gertrude Adams (fl. 1906)
  • A Woman Alone in the Heart of Japan (London: Sisley's, n.d.) (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Fujiwara Toshinari no Musume, 1171?-1254? [aka Shunzei kyo no musume] (ca. 1171 - ca. 1252)
• Go Shizuko (1929 - )
• Gordon, Beate [aka Beate Sirota Gordon] (1924 - )
• Goto, Hiromi, 1966- (1966 - ) ; More Information ; More Information ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Hagiwara, Yoko (1920 - )
• Harada, Yasuko, pseud. [aka Yasuko Sasaki] (1928 - )
• Harbaugh, Karen (fl. 1996)
• Harrington, Dorothy Joan (1931 - )
• Hasegawa, Shigure, 1879-1941 (1879 - 1941)
• Hayashi, Kyoko (1930 - )
• Hayashi, Mariko, 1954- (1954 - )
• Hiraiwa, Yumie, 1932- (1932 - )
• Hisajo Sugita (1890 - 1946)
• Hyde, Helen, 1868-1919 (1868 - 1919) ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Ike, Gyokuran, 1728-1784 (ca. 1727 - 1784)
• Ise no go (Lady Ise) [aka Ise no miyasudokoro] (ca. 875 - ca. 938)
• Ito, Mizuko (fl. 2010)
  • Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning With New Media (Cambridge, MA and London: MIT Press, c2010) (PDF at MIT Press)
• Iwa no Hime, Empress ( - 347)
• Izumi Shikibu, b. 974? (974 - )
  • Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan (Boston And New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press Cambridge, 1920) (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• Karu, Princess [aka Sotoshi] (fl. 5th cent.)
• Kasa, Iratsume, 8th cent. (fl. 701)
• Kasenjo [aka Takitani-ni (Waterfall Valley)] (1703 - ca. 1716)
• Kato, Shizue, 1897- [aka Shidzue Hirota Ishimoto; Shizue Hirota] (1897 - 2001) ; More Information
• Kenrei Mon'in Ukyo no Daibu [aka Daibu] (ca. 1173 - ca. 1232)
• Kikusha-ni, 1753-1826 (1753 - 1826)
• Kobayashi, Tamai, 1965- (1965 - ) ; More Information
• Kojiju (ca. 1121 - ca. 1201)
• Kono Taeko (1926 - )
• Kurahashi, Yumiko, 1935-2005 (1935 - June 10, 2005)
• Lum, Bertha Boynton, 1869-1954 [aka Bertha Boynton Bull; Mrs. Burt F. Lum] (May 1869 - February 1954) ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Maruoka, Hideko, 1903- (1903 - 1990)
• Massey, Sujata (1964 - ) ; More Information
• Matsuyo Akimoto (1911 - )
• Matutani Miyoko (1926 - )
• McCall, Sidney [aka Mary McNeil Fenollosa; Mary McNeill Chester; Mary McNeill Scott] (March 8, 1865 - January 11, 1954)
• Michitsuna no Haha, ca. 935-995 [aka Udaisho Michitsuna no haha] (ca. 935 - 995)
• Miller, Lilian [aka Lilian May Miller] (July 20, 1895 - January 11, 1943) ; More Information ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Miura, Ayako, 1922-1999 (1922 - 1999)
• Miyabe, Miyuki, 1960- (1960 - )
• Miyao, Tomiko, 1926- (1926 - )
• Mizuta, Tamae, 1929- (1929 - )
• Mori, Mari, 1903-1987 (1903 - 1987)
• Morisaki, Kazue, 1927- (1927 - )
• Mukoda Kuniko (1929 - 1981)
• Murasaki Shikibu, b. 978? [aka Lady Murasaki] (ca. 978 - ca. 1031) ; More Information ; More Information
  • Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan (Boston And New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press Cambridge, 1920) (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
  • Genji Monogatari (From "Japanese Literature"; New York: Colonial Press, 1900) (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
  • Genji monogatari (1654) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Kogetsushō (1675) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Murasaki Shikibu nikki ([1884]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • Shinyaku Genji monogatari. ([1914]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • The Tale of Genji (HTML with commentary at unesco.org)
• Nakanoin Masatada no Musume, b. 1258. [aka Nijo] (ca. 1257 - ca. 1308)
• Nogami, Yaeko, 1885-1985 (1885 - 1985)
• Nothomb, Amélie (1967 - ) ; In French
• Nukada no Okimi [aka Princess Nukata] (ca. 638 - ca. 690)
• Oba Minako (November 11, 1930 - May 24, 2007)
• Ohara Tomie (1912 - )
• Oku, Princess, daughter of Tenmu, Emperor of Japan (661 - 701)
• Ono, Komachi, 9th cent. (ca. 834 - )
• Ono, Komachi, 9th cent. (fl. 850)
• Otokami, S. (fl. 9th cent.)
• Otomo no Sakanoue Iratsume (fl. 8th cent.)
• Ozaki, Yei Theodora (fl. 1903)
  • Buddha's crystal and other fairy stories / by Yei Ozaki. (Tokyo : Kelly & Walsh, 1908) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • The Japanese fairy book, rendered into English by Yei Theodora Ozaki. (London [etc.] Constable and Company, limited; New York, E.P. Dutton and Company, [1922]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • Japanese Fairy Tales (unillustrated version) (Gutenberg text)
  • Japanese Fairy Tales, Compiled by Yei Theodora Ozaki, Profusely Illustrated by Japanese Artists (New York: A. L. Burt Co., ca. 1905) (page images at durendal.org)
  • Japanese fairy tales, compiled by Yei Theodora Ozaki, profusely illustrated by Japanese artists. (New York, A.L. Burt company, [1905]) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Romances of old Japan [rendered into English from Japanese sources] by Madame Yukio Ozaki. (New York, Brentano's, [1920]) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Romances of old Japan [rendered into English from Japanese sources] by Madame Yukio Ozaki. (London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & co., [1919]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • Warriors of old Japan and other stories. / Illustrated by Shusui Okakura and other Japanese artists. (Boston : Houghton, 1909) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rengetsu, 1791-1875 [aka Otagaki Rengetsu] (1791 - 1875)
• Sagami, b. ca. 998 [aka Otojiju] (ca. 998 - )
• Sanuki no Suke, b. ca. 1079 [aka Fujiwara no Nagako] (1079 - ca. 1119)
• Sata, Ineko, 1904-1998 (1904 - 1998)
• Sato, Aiko (1923 - )
• Sawachi, Hisae (1930 - )
• Sei Shonagon, b. ca. 967 (ca. 965 - ca. 1010) ; More Information ; Wikipedia
• Senshi, Princess, daughter of Murakami, Emperor of Japan, 964-1035 [aka Senshi Naishinno] (964 - 1035)
• Setouchi, Harumi, 1922- (1922 - )
• Sherman, Delia (fl. 2011) ; Wikipedia
• Shibaki, Yoshiko, 1914- (1914 - )
• Shikishi, Princess, daughter of Goshirakawa, Emperor of Japan, d. 1201 ( - 1201)
• Shiono, Nanami, 1937- (1937 - )
• Sims, Barbara R. (Barbara Helen Rutledge) (April 17, 1918 - April 24, 2002)
  • Japan Will Turn Ablaze! Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Letters of Shoghi Effendi and the Universal House of Justice, and Historical Notes About Japan (revised edition, 1992) (HTML at bahai-library.org)
  • The Macau Baha'i Community in the Early Years (HTML at bahai-library.org)
  • The Taiwan Baha'i Chronicle: A Historical Record of the Early Days of the Baha'i Faith in Taiwan (HTML at bahai-library.org)
  • Traces That Remain: A Pictorial History of the Early Days of the Baha'i Faith Among the Japanese (illustrated HTML at bahai-library.org)
• Sono, Ayako, 1931- (1931 - )
• Sotori, Princess [aka Sotoshi] (fl. 5th cent.)
• Stanton, Mary [aka Claudia Bishop; Anne Craig; Jane Feather] (1947 - ) ; Bibliography ; More Information
• Sugawara no Takasue no Musume, b. 1008 [aka Anonymous] (1008 - )
  • Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan (Boston And New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, The Riverside Press Cambridge, 1920) (illustrated HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
  • Kōchū Sarashina nikki / Sasaki Nobutsuna chū. (Tōkyō : Hakubunkan, Meiji 32 [1899]) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Sugimoto, Sonoko, 1925- (1925 - )
• Sumii, Sue, 1902-1997 (1902 - 1997)
• Takabatake, Shikibu, 1785-1881 (1785 - 1881)
• Takagi, Nobuko (1946 - )
• Takahashi, Takako, 1932- (1932 - )
• Takamure, Itsue, 1894-1964 (1894 - 1964)
• Takenishi, Hiroko, 1929- (1929 - )
• Tanabe, Seiko, 1928- (1928 - )
• Tomioka, Taeko (1935 - )
• Tsumura, Setsuko, 1928- (1928 - )
• Tsunoda, Fusako, 1914- (1914 - )
• Tsushima, Yuko (1947 - )
• Uchida, Kyoko (fl. 2000)
• Ume Shukishi [aka Shushiki] (1668 - 1725)
• Uno, Chiyo, 1897-1996 (1897 - 1996)
• Waddell, Helen, 1889-1965 [aka Helen Jane Waddell] (1889 - 1965) ; More Information ; More Information
  • Lyrics From the Chinese (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913) (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
  • Lyrics from the Chinese / by Helen Waddell. (Boston : Houghton Mifflin company, 1919) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • Lyrics from the Chinese / by Helen Waddell. (Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1913) (page images at HathiTrust)
  • The spoiled Buddha, a play in two acts, by Helen Waddell. (Dublin, The Talbot Press; London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1919) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
  • The wandering scholars. (London, Constable, 1958) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Watkins, Yoko Kawashima (1933 - )
• Welch, Pat, 1957- (December 19, 1957 - )
• Welch, Pat, 1957- [aka Patricia Welch] (December 19, 1957 - )
• Whitney, Phyllis A., 1903-2008 [aka Phyllis Ayame Whitney] (September 9, 1903 - February 8, 2008) ; More Information
• Yamada, Eimi, 1959- (1959 - )
• Yamada, Mitsuye (1923 - )
• Yamamoto, Michiko, 1936- (1936 - )
• Yamazaki, Tomoko, 1932- (1932 - )
• Yamazaki, Toyoko, 1924- (1924 - )
• Yata no Waki-iratsume (fl. 4th cent.)
• Yosano, Akiko, 1878-1942 (December 7, 1878 - May 29, 1942) ; More Information
• Yuri, 1694-1764 (1694 - 1764)