WRITERS FROM JAPAN

• Abutsu-ni [aka Ankamon'in no Shijo] (ca.1220-aft.1283)
• Akasome Emon (-aft.1041)
• Anonymous [aka Sugawara no Takasue no musume] (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)
• Aoki Yayohi (1927-)
• Ariyoshi Sawako (1931-1984)
• Ben no Naishi (c.1228-aft.1266)
• Bishop, Claudia [aka Anne Craig; Jane Feather; Mary Stanton] (1947-) ; Bibliography ; More Information
• Chiyo-ni [aka Kaga no Chiyo; Soen (Simple Garden)] (1703-1775)
• Daibu [aka Kenrei Mon'in Ukyo no Daibu] (-aft.1232)
• DeForest, Charlotte Burgis (1879-1973)
• Ema Saiko (1787-1861)
• Enchi Fumiko (1905-1986)
• Fenollosa, Mary McNeil (fl. 1890)
• Fujiwara no Nagako [aka Sanuki no Suke] (1079-aft.1119)
• Go Shizuko (1929-)
• Gordon, Beate Sirota (1924 -)
• Goto, Hiromi (1966-)
• Hagiwara Yoko (1920-)
• Harada Yasuko (1928-)
• Harrington, Dorothy Joan (1931-)
• Hayashi Kyoko (1930-)
• Hayashi Mariko (1954-)
• Hiraiwa Yumie (1932-)
• Hisajo Sugita (1890-1946)
• Ike Gyokuran (ca.1727-1784)
• Ise no go (Lady Ise) [aka Ise no miyasudokoro] (ca.875-ca.938)
• Ishimoto, Baroness Shidzue [aka Kato Shidzue] (1897-)
• Iwa no Hime, Empress (-347)
• Izumi Shikibu (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)
• Kaji (late 17 Century-early 18th Century)
• Karu, Princess [aka Sotoshi] (5th c.)
• Kasa, Lady (ca. 8th century)
• Kasenjo [aka Takitani-ni (Waterfall Valley)] (1703-ca.1716)
• Kikusha (1753-1826)
• Kobayashi, Tamai (fl.2000)
• Kojiju-ni (ca.1121-ca.1201)
• Kono Taeko (1926)
• Kurahashi Yumiko (1935-)
• Maruoka Hideko (1903-1990)
• Massey, Sujata (1964-)
• Matsuyo Akimoto (1911-)
• Matutani Miyoko (1926-)
• Michitsuna no haha [aka Udaisho Michitsuna no haha] (ca.935-995)
• Miura Ayako (1922-)
• Miyao Tomiko (1926-)
• Mizuta Tamae (1929-)
• Mori Mari (1903-1987)
• Morisaki Kazue (1927-)
• Mukoda Kuniko (1929-1981)
• Murasaki, Lady [aka Murasaki Shikibu] (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)
  • The Tale of Genji (HTML with commentary at unesco.org)
• Nanami Shiono (1937-)
• Nijo [aka Nakanoin Masatada no musume] (1257 or 1258-aft.1308)
• Nogami Yaeko (1885-1985)
• Nothomb, Amelie (1967-) ; In French
• Nukata, Princess (ca. 638-ca.690)
• Oba Minako (1930-)
• Ohara Tomie (1912-)
• Oku, Princess (661-701)
• Ono no Komachi (fl.1850)
• Ono no Komachi (ca.834-)
• Otagaki Rengetsu (1791-1895)
• Otokami, S. (ca. 8th century)
• Otomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume (ca. 8th century)
• Ozaki, Yei Theodora (fl.1903)
  • 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 (unillustrated version) (Gutenberg text)
• Sagami, Lady
• Sata Ineko (1904-)
• Sato Aiko (1923-)
• Sawachi Hisae (1930-)
• Sei Shonagon (965 or 967-aft.1010)
• Senshi Naishinno (964-1035)
• Setouchi Harumi (1922-)
• Shibaki Yoshiko (1914-)
• Shigure, Hasegawa (1879-1941)
• Shikishi Naishinno [aka Shokushi] (-1201)
• Shunzei kyo no musume (ca.1171-aft.1252)
• Sono Ayako (1931-)
• Sotori, Princess [aka Sotoshi] (5th c.)
• Sugimoto Sonoko (1925-)
• Sumii Sue (1902-)
• Takabatake Shikibu (1785-1881)
• Takagi Nobuko (1946-)
• Takahashi Takako (1932-)
• Takamure Itsue (1894-1964)
• Takenishi Hiroko (1929-)
• Tanabe Seiko (1928-)
• Tomioka Taeko (1937-)
• Tsumura Setsuko (1928-)
• Tsunoda Fusako (1914-)
• Tsushima Yuko (1947-)
• Uchida, Kyoko (fl.2000)
• Ume Shukishi [aka Shushiki] (1668-1725)
• Uno Chiyo (1897-)
• Waddell, Helen Jane (1889-1965) ; More Information
  • Lyrics From the Chinese (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913) (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)
• Welch, Pat (1957-)
• Whitney, Phyllis Ayame (1903-) ; More Information
• Yamada, Mitsuye (1923-)
• Yamada Eimi (1959-)
• Yamamoto Michiko (1936-)
• Yamazaki Tomoko (1931-)
• Yamazaki Toyoko (1924-)
• Yata no Waki-iratsume, Princess (4th c.)
• Yosano Akiko (1868-1942)
• Yuri (1694-1764)