Bibliography for Research in Japanese Literature

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BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR RESEARCH IN JAPANESE LITERATURE

Edited, Haruo Sh irane, Columbia University, 1/21/2003

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PART I Texts and Multi-volume CompendiaPART II Modern ScholarshipPART III Literature DictionariesPART IV Language DictionariesPART V Dating and Literary HistoryPART VI English Reference and TranslationPART VII EncyclopediasPART VIII Bibliographic Guides in EnglishPART IX Contemporary Theory and MethodologyPART X Web Site and Internet Uses

INTRODUCTION

GENERAL REMARKS: CLASSICAL AND MODERN

The vast amount of scholarly research published each year on all periods of Japanese l iterature makes

"keeping up" a daunting task, even for the most assiduous of bibliographers. One of the major ills that

plagues the academic world in Japan is the fact tha t much of the latest scholarship, often of the highest

quality, lies buried and inaccessible in the pages of the myriad kiy and journals published by various

universities and institutions.For a start, however, the following hints should be u seful.

PRE-MODERN LITERATURE: Depending on your object, there are several paths to be followed in

undertaking a bibliographic search. If you are beginning work with a particular text you haven't

encountered be fore, and need to start from square one, the following steps should be u seful.

1.Look up the work and author in the Nihon koten bu ngaku kenkyshi daiji ten (Benseisha) or the

olderNihon koten bu ngaku daiji ten (Iwanami shoten). For certain genres, Kenky shiry Nihon koten

bungaku (Meiji shoin) is also helpful.

2. Go to the most recent special edition on the text, issue, or genre in question in Kokubungaku:

kaishaku to kansh orKokubungaku: Kaishaku to kyzai no kenkyjournals .

3. Look at the essays and bibliographies in the appropriate volume of standard compendia such as Shin

koten bungaku taikei, Shin Nihon koten bung aku taikei, Shinpen Nihon koten bungaku zensh, Nihon

koten bungaku taikei andNiho n koten b ung aku zen sh.

4.Look at standard literary histories such as the Shinpen Nihon bungakushi or Nihon bungeishi,

which p rovide context and bibliographic information.

5. Try the appropriate hikkei for a quick and convenient overview of recent criticism (or look in the

Shin koten bungaku kenky hikkei for overall view).


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6. You may also want to look at the appropriate volume, if available, of the Nihon bungaku kenky

shiry ssho (Yseid, 1969--), which provide selected articles on particular genres, authors, or works, and

include useful bibliographies and histories of research.

7. To find out the state of the field on a particular author, text, or topic, look at the Kokubungaku

nenkan. Kokubungaku Kenky Shirykan, 1979-annual. Call no.: [REF] PL 701 .K82. It contains a

comprehensive overview of each year's new scholarship in the field of Japanese literature and is well

indexed and categorized. Look at the last fifteen to twenty years. A good companion volume to see the

actual articles mentioned in the Kokubungaku nen ka n is the Kokubungaku nenjibetsu ronbunsha . 1980-.

Call. No. PL 726.35 K597. This contains the actual journal articles in condensed print from hard to get

jou rnals and kiy. The volumes are divided by historical period (chsei, etc.) and year for easy access. The

series leaves out those major journals (such as B ungaku, Kaishaku to kansho) that can be easily accessed.

8. If you have little time and want to bypass most of the above, you can turn to the Kan sh Nihon

koten bungaku series or the Kenky shiry Nihon koten bungaku (Meiji shoin) both of which contain

extensive excerpts from the text, connected by summaries of plot, and accompanied by modern translation,

glossary, and commentary.

9. For those who are teaching undergraduates, Japanes e Literature in Foreign Languages: 1945-

1990 can help you find translations into Western languages. For historical overviews and English-language

bib liog raphy, the relevant volume of the Asian Literatu re Bibliograp hy series may be useful. A literary

history in English can also be found in Donald Keene's Seeds in the Heartand World Within Walls..

MODERN LITERATURE: There are several importance resources for research on m odern Japanese

literature. For scholarship old and new, the most important bibliography is the series beginning with

Kokugo kokubun kenky

zasshi sakuin , which covers both classical and modern literature. With theexception of the years 1932-37, this series indexes both journal articles and monographs. For monthly

prose descriptions of literature trends and issues, Bungei nenkan (annual from 1949) is also very useful.

Scholars of contemporary literature should be aware of several important journals: much recent critical

debate has gone on in the pages ofGendai shis (B804 .G451) and Hihy kkan (PN80 .H54), while Gunz

(AC95 .J3 G8), Bungei (PL700 .B843), Shinch (PL700 .S4), and Yuriika (PL731 .Y8) all publish

important works of literature and criticism.

To locate primary texts in the zensh of individual writers, you should turn to the Gendai Nihon

bungaku sran shiriizu (M/S X-6). For translations into European languages, the most complete index is

the Japan P.E.N. Club's Mo dern Japanese Li terature in Translation, 1945-1990 . For translations into

Japanese o f Western works, use the Meiji Taish Shwa hon'yaku bungaku mokuroku. For quick reference,

the Shinch Nihon bungaku jiten is an essential desktop tool. For more detailed in formation on individual

authors, however, the single-volume edition of Kdansha's Kindai Nihon bungaku daijiten is more

complete. In English, there is always Donald Keene's encyclopedic Da wn to the West, which has an

excellent index for quick facts.


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For more in depth searches, scan the pages of the Kokubungaku nenkan, issued annually, being sure to

glance at the first section whi ch provides useful summa ries of developments by period. For developments

in contemporary literature, the Bungei nenkan, also issued annually, is very useful.

PART I: TEXTS AND MULTI-VOLUME COMPENDIA

PREMODERN COLLECTIONS

Nihon koten bu ngaku taikei. Iwanami Shoten. 100 volumes, 2 supplements (see under section IX for

information on the supplements). Call no: 910.82 N5 74. The Iwanami NKBT , as it is commonly known, is

generally regarded a s the standard authority for primary textual material from the p re-modern period.

Citations of primary texts are usually made from this source. The exact format varies, but usually there is a

commentary in front of each text (in the first volume of a m ulti-volume text), and, in the back, an extremely

precise, l ine -by-line exposition of every textual var iant ( in each volume of a mult i-volume text).

Nih on kote n b ungaku taikei sakuin . Iwanami Shoten, 1963-1969. 2 vols. (Nihon koten bungaku

taikei bekkan). Call no.: REF 910.82 N574 Suppl 1 & 2. IHJ: 1518. Part one covers NKBT volumes 1-66,

while part two covers NKBT 67-100; each part is divided into three sections: an index of words and

subjects; an index of waka, haiku, and kay^, (with the addition of kanshi and wasan [Buddhist hymns] in

the second part); and a listing of the table of contents of each volume of the NK BT, including the editors'names, the chapters, maps, pictures, critical essays, and so on.

Niho n koten b ung aku zen sh. Shgakkan, 1970-1976. 60 vols. Call no.: 910.82 N5746. The

Shgakkan NKB Z is the newe r of the two complete sets. Fine-tuned material like the textual variants is

missing, but a number of indexes in the back of each volume make reading and finding passages easy. In

terms of readability, the modern translation that occupies the lower quarter of the page throughout every

text can be extremely helpful. Furthermore, the punctuation is much less obtrusive in the Shgakkan than

in the Iwanami. The headnotes are saved for additional information, which is sometimes more extensive

than that in the Iwanami.

Shin Nihon koten bungaku taikei. Iwanami Shoten, 1989-. Call no.: shelved individually; see CLIO.

This has extensive coverage, especially of Edo texts that are not covered in the NKBT. The critical essays

are more up-to-date and each volume includes a good bibliography.

Shinpen Nihon koten bungaku zensh. Shgakkan, 1994-.Call no.: PL753 .S55 1994 . This is theShogakukan more recent version of the NKBZ. The format is similar, but the volumes now sport up-to-

date bibliographies (some cursory, some astonishingly thorough).

Shinch Nihon koten shsei. Shinchsha. Call no.: shelved individually; see CLIO. This series can

be particularly usefu l for the Edo and M urom achi period comm entaries listed in the back of many volumes.

A standard collection edited b y well-known scholars, w hose notes and differing choices of variant texts

make them useful supplements to the other compendia.

Kan sh Nihon koten bungaku . 35 vols. Kadokawa S hoten. Call no.: shelved individually, see CLIO.

Although these books should not be cited as sources of research, they can be useful to those who are

studying for orals or who need to be able to teach others about books they have yet to read themselves. The

excerpts are longer than those in the Kenky shiry Nihon koten bungaku series, with footnotes, modern

translation, brief discussion of the importance of the excerpt, and connecting summary; there is also an

overview and summary of the entire work in each introduction, and a series of ten brief essays on key topicsin the back of each volume. A fairly good bibliography follows.

MODERN COLLECTIONS

Nihon kindai bungaku taikei. Kadokawa shoten. 60 vols. Call no: 910.82 N5754. This is the most

recent and best annotated collection of modern Japanese literature. It is especially useful for early Meiji

texts, such as Tsubouchi Shy's novel Tse i shosei katagi, which are sometimes more difficult to read than

even much older classical texts. Each volume includes a kaisetsu treating the authors included.

Gendai Nihon bungaku taikei. Chikuma shob. About 100 vols.


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Mei ji bun gaku zensh. 99 vols + index. Chikuma shob, 1969-89. Call no.: 910.82 M473.

Although not annotated, this collection encompasses an enormous range of texts, including essays and

historical writing from the period. Each volume has a selected bibliography at the back.

Kindai bungaku hyron taikei , 10 vols., Kadokawa shoten, 1971-75 (PL 726.6 .K49 1971):

Extens ive collection of critical essays from the 1870s. A good place to go to figure out the culturally

relevant criticisms on variety of topics. Vols. 1-3, Meiji; vols. 4-5, Taish; vol. 6, Taish/S hwa; vol. 7,

Shwa; vol. 8, shiron, karon, hairon; vol. 9, Engekiron; vol. 10, nenpy.

Shwa hihy taikei , 4 vols., Banch shob, 1968 (no call number available): Although it does not

cover the entire Shwa Pe riod, it is the best anthology for Shwa criticism, both literary and cultural, up to

the mid-1960s.Gendai Nihon bungaku ronsshi , ed. Hirano Ken, et. al., 3 vols., Miraisha, 1956. Collection of

criticism beginning from the 1920s to the mid-1940s, which have contributed to a specific debate within the

intellectual circles during this period (ex. Novel without Plot@ debate between Akutagawa Rynosuke and

Tanizaki Jun=ichir).

Mo dan toshi bung aku , 10 vols., Heibonsha, 1990 (Shelved separately in Starr Library stacks): A

collection of short stories and essays which appeared in the 1920s and the 1930s. As the title suggests, it

focuses on the development of urban literature and culture. Contains obscure works which would take lots

of time to unearth on one=s own. For the title of individual volumes, see attachment.

POETRY COLLECTIONS

Shinpen kokka taikan. Kadokawa Shoten, 1983-1987. 10 volumes. (Revised edition of theKokka

taikan, 1951-1958) . Call no.: PL 758 .S49 55 1983. This work collects and indexes the entire corpus of

classical poetry composed in waka form through the end of the medieval era. Each of the ten volumes is

divided into two parts, the first collecting the texts of the poems and the second providing an index. The

classification is as follows:

1) Chokusensh (Imperial Collections), e.g. Kok insh, Shinkokinsh,

2) ShisenshI (Collections edited privately without imperial sanction), e.g. Manysh,Ko kin

Rokuj.

3) Shikash I (Personal collections of individual authors)

4) Shikash II and Teiska I (more personal collections and sequences with fixed numbers of

poem s)

5) Utaawase I,Kag akush,Mo nog atari ,Nikki , etc. (Poems composed for poetry contests,

collections of exemplary poems, and po ems occurring in the p rose contexts of stories, diaries, etc.)

6) Shisensh II (more privately edited collections as in no. 2 above as well as variant texts).

7) Shikash III (more personal collections plus variant texts).

8) Shikash IV

9) Shikash V

Utaawase II, Supplement

Unless one knows which collection (imperial, private, story, etc.) the poem is from, it is best to begin

with the Chokusensh volume and then work through the volume s in order. (For useful lists of collections,

see The Princeton Companion to Classical Japanese Literature , pp.341-348.) It is important to note that

each poem is indexed five times under each of the five ku (lines of verse) that constitute a classical waka,

which makes the index especially useful for tracing partial quotations or poetic allusions within single

poem s.


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Nihon kag aku taikei . Sasaki Nobu tsuna, ed. Kazama Shobo, 1957. Main edition and sequel. Call

no.: 911.208 Sa7 . This i s a very important multi-volume source of poetic treatises and commentaries on

waka.

Shikash taisei.

Heianch utaawase taisei. Meiji shoin.

Kinsei w aka sen sh shsei . Ueno Yz, ed. Meiji shoin.

Nihon kay shsei . Main edition and sequel.

Koten haibu ngaku taikei. Hisamatsu Senichi, Imoto Noichi, eds. Sheisha. Showa 45-47.

Haiku taikan. Meiji shoin. Showa 46.

Kyka taikan. Meiji shoin. Showa 58.

Ha if yanagidaru zensh. Sanseido. 1976-78. 12 vols. PL 760 .H3 19 76. Ha ifu yanagidaru zen sh

sakuin hen . 1984. With index. REF PL 760 H32.

OTHER LITERARY COMPENDIA BY GENRE

Ykyoku taikan. 7 volumes. Meiji shoin. 1930-31. PL 735.5 .Y5 S23.Muromachi jidai monogatari taisei. 13 volumes. Matsumoto Ryshin, et. al., ed. Kadokawa

shoten. 1973-1985. PL 777.3 .Y63Kana-zshi shsei. Aasakura Haruhiko, ed. 27 volumes. Tkyd shuppan. 1980-. PL 777.4

K35.Sharebon taisei. Mizuno Minoru, ed. Ch kronsha. 1978-88. 30 volumes. PL 777 .35 .S5Hanashibon taikei. 20 vol. Tkyd shupan. 1975-1980. PL 776.H33Nihon zuihitsu taisei. Yoshikawa kbunkan. 1993-94. 12 volumes. AC 145 .N544 1996.

Nihon zuihitsu taisei. Bekkan. Yoshikawa kbunkan. 1996. AC 145 .N544 1996.Zoku Nihon zuihitsu taisei, Bekkan. 12 volumes. Yoshikawa kbunkan. 1981-83. AC 145

.N546BIBLIOGRAPHIC GUIDES TO ZENSHe AND SERIAL COLLECTIONS

Zensh f ssho saimoku sran: Koten-hen. Kokuritsu kokkai toshokan, 1973, 1977, 1989. Call no.:

REF. Z 3304.2 .K64 1973 . This is the index for a catalog that lists tables of contents for complete works

(zensh f) and series (ssho) of classical Japanese literature. Though originally designed for the use of

reference librarians, it may also be consulted to track down single works, e.g. plays or poetic treatises, that

are more often than not found only in collected editions. Part 1 lists tables of contents, part 2 (sakuin ) is a

index by title of works, and part 3 (zoku hen ) is a 1989 expansion with tables of contents and title index in

one volume.

Gendai Nihon bungaku sran shiriizu. Nichigai Associates. 1982-1988.. Call no.: Z 3308 .L8 G46

1988. This work takes up 11 volumes, as follows: 1.Tables of contents for general zensh

, in two parts; 2.Author index for general zensh, in two parts; 3. Title index of works in general zensh, in two parts;

4.Tables of contents for zensh of individual authors, in five parts; 5. Title index for zensh of individual

authors, in four parts; 6. Tables of contents for poetry zensh, in two parts; 8. Title index for poetry zensh,

in two parts; 9. Tables of contents for general zensh (1993 expansion); 10. Author index for general

zensh (1993 expansion): 11. Title index for general zensh (1993 expansion). Note that the library does

not have volume 7, which is an author index for poetry zensh.

[Sakkamei kara hikeru] Nihon bungaku zensh annai. Call no.: REF Z3308 .L5 S323 1984.

[Sakuhinmei kara hikeru] Nihon bungaku zensh annai. Nichigai Associates, 1984. Call no: REF Z3308

.L5 S325 1984 M/S: X-7, X-8. [Sakuhinmei kara hikeru Nihon bungaku] Hyron, shiska kojin zensh

annai. Call no.: REF Z3308 .L5 S3244 1992. [Sakuhinmei kara hikeru Nihon bungaku] Sakka, shset suka

kojin zensh annai. Call no.: REF Z3308 .L5 S3246 1992. [Sakuhinmei kara hikeru Nihon bungaku]

Shiika, haijin kojin zensh annai. Nichigai Associates, 1992. Call no.: REF Z3308 .L5 S3246 1992. These


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volumes are distillations from the multi-volume Gendai Nihon sran shiriizu. Unless your author is very

obscure, they is likely to include what you are looking for. The former two volumes include a fairly wide

variety of zensh are included, from specialized ones l ike theNiho n puroretaria bunga ku zensh to several

generic "Nihon bungaku zensh" compendia; the latter three index works from individual collections of

critics, novelists, and poets.

Kok uri tsu kokkai tosho kan Zensh ssho saimoku sran: Koten hen , 1973. Ko ten hen sakuin , 1977.

Z3304.2 K64 1973. Covers from Meiji to 1970, showing the contents of all zensh and serial collections.

Kok uritsu kokkai tosho kan Zensh ssho saimoku sran: Koten hen zoku , 1989. Z3304.2 K64. Continuation

of the above, covering 1971-1985.

Zensh ssho smokuroku . 1945-1990. Nichigai associates. See Vol V (Geijutsu, gengo, bungaku)and VI (Index). Helpful but does not include detailed table of contents.

MANUSCRIPTS, WOODBLOCK EDITIONS, MODERN PRINTED EDITIONS

Kokusho smokuroku . 9 volumes. Iwanami shoten. 1963-1976, Kokusho smokuroku , 9 volumes.

Revised edition. Iwanami shoten, 1989-. REF Z 33 01 .K642 1989. Very important reference that indicates

where existing manuscripts of a specific work are located. It indicates the libraries that hold the hand-

written manuscript (shahon) or the earliest printed woodblock version (hanpon) and gives the titles of

modern printed editions. An index by author is also available:Kokusho smokuroku chosha betsu sakuin. .

Ko tens eki sg mokuroku. Iwanami shoten. 1990. 3 volumes. REF Z 3301 .K643 1990. This is

bas ically a sequel to Kokusho smokuroku . Gives invaluable information about the title, number of

volumes, alternative titles, editors, date of composition, location of original manuscripts (shahon), earlypr inted editions (hanpon), photo-reprints of the original (eiiribon), and modern printed editions (katsujibon)

of the texts. Together with Kokusho smokuroku , a basic research tool.

Kokubungaku fukusei honkoku shomoku sran. Ichiko Teiji and ]sone Shsuke. Nihon koten

bungakukai kichbon kankkai, 1982. 612p. REF Z3308.L5 I28 1982. IHJ: 1 500. An alternative to

Kotens eki sg mokuroku . Se rves similar function.

PART II: MODERN SCHOLARSHIP

JOURNALS AND COLLECTIONS OF ARTICLES

There are literally thousands of journals and kiy published by literature departments at different

universities around Japan; the usefulness of the material varies widely. Among the m ost widely read and

important journals are:

Bungaku. Published quarterly by Iwanami Shoten. Call no.: PL 700.B75. Generally contains excellent

scholarship, mostly on Japanese literature, pre-modern and modern. Every issue is a tokush, but only about

half of each issue devoted to the particularl topic.

Kokugo to kokubunga ku . Tokyo University journal, published monthly by Shibund. Call no.: PL

501.K65.

Kokugo kokubun. Kyoto University journal, published monthly by Chu Tosho Shuppan Hakk.

Call no.: PL 501.K66

These two journals are associated with two major universities in the field. Kokug o to kokubun gaku

has more supplementary information, including tables of contents for the previous and following issues,

and an index in back listing recent issues of literature journals and the major articles to be found within

them. It also usually contains a larger number of shorter articles, as well as book reviews. There is a

cumulative index in volume 60 (1983). Kokugo kokubun is somewhat drier, only fifty or so pages, usually

dominated by three long articles.

Kok ubu nga ku: Ka ishaku to ka nsh. Published monthly by Shibund. Call no.: PL 700. K65

Ko kubungaku: Kaishaku to kyzai no kenky. Published monthly by Gakutsha. Call no.: PL 700.

B75

These two journals, Kokubungaku: Kaishaku to kansh (popularly known as "Kaishaku"), and

Kokubungaku: Kaishaku to kyzai no kenky (popularly known as "Kokubungaku"), are published for a

broader aud ience, for example, kokubungaku undergradua tes writing a sen ior thesis , and includes art icles

that are often surveys of the field. Look for the most recent special issue on the topic in question; most

major texts or authors (e.g. Heike monogatari or Saigy) have a tokush devoted to them every year, while

a tokush on a less central text or author might appear every three years or so. At the back of the section


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devoted to the subject of the special issue is a comprehensive bibliography of recent scholarship on the

topic. This is a convenient place to go when beginning research in a new field.

Ni hon bun gak u. A respectable journal on classical and modern Japanese literature put out by the

Nihon bungaku kykai, one of the central organizations of Japanese literary scholars.

Nihon bungaku kenky shiry ssho, Yuseido. 100 volumes. Anthologies of articles on majortexts, genres, and authors. Very useful selections of important articles that are otherwise hard toobtain. Categorized by author or text from ancient to modern. In the back of each volume there is ahistorical survey of scholarship.

Nihon bungaku kenky shiry shinsh , 30 vols., Yseid. A sequel toNihon bungaku kenkyshiry ssho, this collection updates it with more recent essays. A supplement and not areplacement toNihon bungaku kenky shiry ssho.

Kokubungaku nenjibetsu ron bun sh. 1980-. Call. No. PL 726.35 K597. This contains the actual

journal articles in conden sed prin t from hard to get jou rna ls and kiy. The volumes are divided by historical

per iod (chsei, etc.) and year for easy access. The series leaves out those major journals (such as Bungaku,

Kaishaku to kansho) that can be easily accessed. Excellent resource.

JOURNAL INDEXES

Nihon bungaku kenky bunken yran 1965-1974. Nichigai Associates, 1976-77. 3 parts in 2volumes. Call no.: Z3308.L5 N44. This is a classified list of journal articles and books on

Japanese literature for the years 1965-1974. Classification is by period, genre, author and works.Vol. 1: Kodai-Kinsei. Vol. 2 & 3: Gendai literature, with volume 2 dealing with authors and worksand volume 3 with genres. Each volume is provided with indexes. An important source to refer towhen beginning to compile a bibliography on a limited topic.

Kindai zasshi mokuji bunko: Kokugo kokubungaku hen. Yumani shob, 1992. Ref Z3308.This is the best all-round index to literature journals. It lists the journals alphabetically and givesthe contents of each issue. Indispensable for seeing the content of journals in the annex. FromMeiji 1 to 1989.

Nijusseiki bunken yran taikei: Nihon bungaku kenky bunken yran. Kinokuniya shoten,1996. Ref. Z3308. L5 N432 1996. Lists articles, book reviews, and books by field, genre andauthor, including Monumenta Nipponica. Covers 1965-1989. Each set has two volumes for

modern literature, one for classical literature. Three sets, 1965-74, 1975-84, 1985-89. Forpublications after 1989 see Kokubungaku nenkan.

For more, see next entry on bibliographies.

BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF OLDER AND RECENT SCHOLARSHIP

***Nihon koten bunga ku kenkyshi daijiten , Benseisha, 1997. Best single volume reference for

lastest scholarship trends and information on a wide range of texts, genres, and authors. Gives best editions

and state of the field. High ly recommended.

***Nihon koten bunga ku daijiten. 6 vols. Ed. Ichiko Teiji et al. Iwanami Shoten, 1983-1985. Call

no.: REF PL 707 .N542. Nihon koten bungak u da iji ten , Kan'yakuban. Iwanami Shoten, 1986. Call no.:

REF PL 707 .N543 1986. M ost comprehensive for premodern literature. More than 13,000 signed entries

on authors, texts, political-social terms, literary concepts. A stroke index for finding words written with

difficult characters, a section on hentaigana, and a general index. The one-volume compact edition has

4,000 entries.

Jdai bungaku kenky jiten, fsha, 1996. Best single volume reference dictionary for scholarship

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***Zho Kokugo kokubungaku kenkyshi taisei . Sanseido. Multi-volume series. Includes important

primary sources, semin al article s, extens ive bibliograph ic info rma tion, history of researc h. Separate

volumes on Genji, Manysh, Basho, etc. up through a limited number of modern authors. In Prentis.

Shin koten bungaku kenky hikkei. Ichiko Teiji, ed. Gakutsha, 1992. Call no.: PL726.1 .S55 1992.

There are more than twenty different hikkei (research handbooks) available, each focused on a different

text, author, genre, or field; the Shin koten bungaku kenky hikkei is the encyclopedic version, with a series

of overviews of criticism of various important pre-modern works. The book is organized by time period

and genre; each signed article presents an explanation of the basic facts of the work in question, followed

by an brief history of its study and reception.

Bessatsu Ko kub ungaku (H ikkei) series. Gakutsha. Over 20 vols. Good for getting the latest

information on the state of the field. Examples include: Bessatsu Kokubungaku Shin Koten bungaku

kenky hikkei. Ref Pl 726. 1. S55 1992; Bessatsu Kokubungaku. Shin Gendai bungaku kenky hikkei. PL

726.6 S55 1993; Bessatsu Kokubungaku Ocho monogatari hikkei. Ref PL 747.2 .024 1988; Bessatsu

Kokubungaku Manysh hikkei, I, II; Bessatsu Kokubungaku Mori ]gai hikkei; Bessatsu Kokubungaku

Mishima Yukio hikkei; Bessatsu Kokubungaku Natsume Soseki hikkei; Bessatsu Kokubungaku Nihon

shinwa hikkei; Bessatsu Kokubungaku Mukashi-banashi densetsu hikkei; Bessatsu Kokubungaku Genji

monogatari jiten; Bessatsu Kokubungaku Koten bunp hikkei.

Kokubungaku kenky jiten. Meiji Shoin, 1973. Call no.: 910.3 W271. Discusses works, authors, and

genres for all periods of Japanese literature from Kodai through Taish. Largely superceded by other

references, but it is especially useful for the lists of earlier scholarship on classical works--in particular, the

ancient commentaries and exegesis that form the foundation for much modern scholarship. An index is

included.

***Kenky shiry Nihon koten bungaku Meiji Shoin. 1983-85. Call nos: listed individually. Thistwelve-volume set is organized by genre, and within each volume, by author or title in gojon order.

Extremely helpful bibliographic essays with excerpts from original. The twelve volumes are: 1. Monogatari

bungaku, 2. Rekishi, gunki, rekish i mon ogatari, 3.S etsuwa bungaku, 4. Kinsei sho setsu, 5. Man 'y, kay, 6.

Waka, 7. Renga, haikai, kyka, 8. Zuihitsu bungaku, 9. Nikki, kik bungaku, 10. Gekibungaku, 11.Kanshi

kanbun hyron, 12. Bunp: tsuketari jish

Kenky shiry gendai Nihon bungaku. Meiji Shin. 7 vol. 1980. M odern Literature. Same series as

above. Categorized by genre from Meiji to the late 1970s. Includes brief biographies of selected historians

and social scientists as w ell as writers and literary critics and scholars. 910.207 K 35 v.1-7 (in K ent).Kokubungaku kenky shomoku kaidai. Ed. As Isoji. Shibund, 1957. Call no.: REF Z3308 .L5

K624

Ko ku bu ngaku kenky shomoku kaidai. Ed. Ichiko Teiji. Tky Daigaku Shuppankai, 1982. Call no.:

REF Z3308 .L5 K625. These two texts are extremely useful ways of finding some of the most important

scholarship on your topic. For most purposes, the more recent volume is all that you need, but the 1955

book contains usef ul in form ation about crit ic ism and scho larship from M eiji to mid-Sh owa (some ear lier

works are listed). Both volumes consist of signed entries on selected works, organized by period, genre,


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and text. The num ber of works discussed is small, but their inclusion means they are well -regarded; the

short essays about them w ill tell you why.

***Kokubungaku nenkan. . Kokubungaku Kenky Shirykan, 1979-annual. Call no.: [REF] PL 701

.K82 TheKokubungaku nenkan contains a comprehensive overview of each year's new scholarship in the

field of Japanese literature. The most useful sections are the bibliographies and indexes.

Kokubungaku kenky bunken mokuroku. Kokubungaku kenky shirykan, 1984. Call no.: REF Z

7072 . K563 . A very useful reference work for locating earlier scholarship in the field of Japanese language

and literature. Most of this volume is taken up by a comprehensive listing of journal articles on literary

topics that were published between 1941 and 1962; these are classified by period, genre, author if known,

and then the text dealt with (a list of what journals are covered appears in the back). There are also two

separate sections listing articles on subjects related to Japanese language education (kokugo kyiku) and to

Japanese l inguistics; these sections are classified by subtopic. All entries simply list the author and title of

the article along with the title and volume of the journal in which it is to be found. At the end of all this are

three indexes: to writers, to texts, and to article authors.

Nihon bu ngei sran. 4 vols. Odagiri Susumu, ed. Meiji bunken, 1992. Call no.: REF Z3308 .L5 G52

1992. Published in 1968 and revised in 1992, this work lists the tables of contents of 145 literary journals

from late Meiji to 1955 (Shwa 20). It includes an index of names as well as extensive annotations.

Mei ji Taish Shwa hon'yaku bungaku mokuroku. Kazama shob, 1952. Call no: REF Z330 8 .T7

K6 1984 . M/S: X-16; IHJ: 1502. Includes translations of Western literature into Japanese, from 1868 until

1955. Includes only books, not translations that appeared in journals.

PART III: LITERATURE DICTIONARIES

GENERAL LITERATURE DICTIONARIES

Nihon koten bu ngaku daiji ten. 6 vols. Ed. Ichiko Teiji et al. Iwanami Shoten, 1983-1985. Call no.:

REF PL 707 .N542. Nihon koten bungaku da ijiten, Ka n'yakuban. Iwanami Shoten, 1986. Call no.: REF

PL 707 .N543 1986. Most comprehensive for premodern literature. More than 13,000 signed entries on

authors, texts, political-social terms, literary concepts. A stroke index for finding words written with

difficult characters, a section on hentaigana, and a general index. The one-volume compact edition has

4,000 entries.

Nihon kindai bungaku daiji ten. Kdansha, 1977-1978. 6 vols. Indexed. Call no.: REF PL726.55

.N4853 1977. The 6 -volume edition is most complete reference work available on modern Japanese

literature. Vols. 1-3 contain author entries; vol. 4 contains subject entries; vol. 5 has entries on newpapers

and periodicals; and vol. 6 contains a comp lete index and lists of literary prize recipients, zensh contents,

and a chronology of publishing history. Nihon k inda i bungaku daiji ten. Kdansha, 1984. Call no: REF

PL726.55 .N 4854 1984.The one-volume edition of the above contains the contents of the first three (author)

volumes. Unique to this edition is the addition of about 30 specially commissioned articles on current


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literary issues, a 60-page chronology of modern Japanese literature, and a multi-page "Bungaku shiry

arubamu" of color photos.

Shinch Nihon bungaku jiten. Ed. Isoda Koichi et al. Shinchsha, 1988. \7000. Call no.: REF

PL707 .S46 1988. This is one of the best all-round single-volume reference works for both classical and

modern literature. In terms of modern literature, it differs from the one-volume edition ofNihon kindai

bungaku daijiten in the inclusion of subject entries for genres and movements. It contains information on

contemporary literature, with entries dealing with living scholars, writers, and critics, as well as literary

prizes and so on . Author entries usually include summ aries and evaluations of the most important works.

All articles are signed.

LITERARY DICTIONARIES BY PERIOD

Heianch bungaku jiten. Ed. Oka Kazuo. Tkyd, 1972. Ref. PL707 .038 1972.

Chsei Kamaku ra Mu romachi bungaku ji ten. Ed Araki Yoshio. Rev. ed. Shunshsha, 1961. Ref.

PL726 .3 A75 1961.

Edo b ungaku ji ten. Ed. Teruoka Yasutaka. Tokyo: Fuzanb, 1940. Ref. PL 747 .35 T47 1940.

Kinsei bungaku bunga ku kenky jiten. Ed. Okamoto Masaru and Kira Sueo. fsha. 1986. Ref.

PL 726 .35 O53 19 86. Extremely useful, with bibliographic essays on all the genres.

Nihon gendai bungaku dai ji ten. Meiji Shin. Sakuhinhen. PL 762.2 .N53 1994. B est contemporary

literature dictionary. The jinme i jikhen is missing. Concise introduction to 3394 texts from Meiji to post-

war.

Niho n bungei kan sh jiten: Kindai meisaku 1017 sen e no shta i. Gysei, 1988. 20 vols. Call no:

PL726.55 .N53 1987. This is an extremely useful collection of summaries and evaluations of 1017 majorworks of Japanese literature and literary criticism from 1871 through 1975. An index in the back of each

volume includes all the people, places, and subjects that appear in the text of the articles. The last volume

includes an index of all works in the series, by author and title.

GENRE DICT IONARIES

***Waka daijiten. Inukai Kiyoshi and others. Meiji Shoin, 1986. 1201p. Call no.: REF PL 728. 81

.W3 1986 The standard dictionary on classical waka. Very useful for providing information on poeticassociations of flowers, place-names, and for its discussion of the terminology of waka poetics.

Bibliographic references.

Waka bungaku daijiten. Edited by Kubota Utsubo, et al. Meiji Shoin, 1962. Call no.: REF PL728

.W32 1962. Though its entries are largely superceded by the above work, this is still a valuable source for

research on waka.

Nihon kan bungaku dai ji ten . Kond Haruo. Meiji Shoin, 1985. 894 p. Call no: REF. PL 3040.2 .K65

1985. This extremely useful book contains 6,300 entries on Japanese literature in Chinese--people, books,

poetry, facts, events, Japanese schola rs, etc. Extensive en tries (often inc luding complete texts or lengthy


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excerpts) give references to mode rn scholarship. Chronological tables of Japanese kangaku, Edo

kangakusha, nengo charts for Japanese and Chinese.

Nihon kay jiten. Ed. Sudo T oyohiko. Tokyo: fsha, 1985. REF ML 102 .S6 N53 1985. For folk

songs.

Nihon zuihitsu j iten . Ed. Asakura Haruhiko. Tokyo: Tokyo Shoseki, 1986. REF Z 6514 .E8 N54 1988.

For essays.

Bukkyo bungaku ji ten. Ed. Takeishi Akio. Tokyo: Tkyd Shuppan, 1980. REF BQ 1010 .T34 1980.

For Buddhist literature.

Setsuwa bungaku jiten. Ed. Nagano Jichi. Tokyo: Tkyd Shuppan, 1969 (1989 printing). REF PL748 .S47 1989

Nihon tanp en mono gatarish jiten. Kobayashi Yasuharu, ed. Tokyo bijitsu, 1984. . . : , 1984. A

revised version of Setsuwa bungaku hikkei (Showa 51). D ictionary for setsuwa and mukashibanashi.

LIBRARY DOES NOT HAVE. PLEASE ORDER.

Shinshaku kanbun taikei. Meiji Shoin, 1961. Call no.: PL 1060.J3 Z257 1961. This series contains

the texts of the Chinese classics, kanbun readings, modern translations and extensive notes, and Japanese

kanbun and kanshi.

EDO PERIOD GENRE DICTIONARIES

Senryu sg jiten. Ed. Bito San ryu. Tokyo: Yzankaku, 1984. REF PL 730 .S47 1984

Edo senry jiten Hamada Giichir. PL 730 .H32 1968. Poems and commentary.

Kyka kansh jiten. Suzuki Tz. Kadokawa shojiten series. 1984. PL 732.K94 S89 1984

Kyka jinmei jisho. . Kano Kaian, ed. . H irota shoten, 1928. REF PL 723 .K36 1928. Reissued in

1977 by . Library has older edition. For kyka masters.

Edo kobanashi jiten. Tkyd Shuppan, 1965. PL745 .M8 See alsoEdo ko banashi ruiwa ji ten. Ed.

Muto Sadao. Tokyo: Tkyd Shuppan, 1996. PL746 .M822 1996

Kokugakusha den ki shuse i. 3 vols. Ed. Ueda Kazutoshi, Haga Yaichi, et. al., Tokyo: Kunimoto

Shuppansha, 1934-1935. Ref. B5243.K6 K63 1934. Convenient for kokugaku.

Haikai daijiten. Ed. Ijichi Tetsuo. Tokyo : Meiji Shoin, 1957. 1990 (printing). REF PL 732 .H3 H224

1957. Has been replaced by Haibungaku daijiten.

***Haibun gaku da ijiten. Ogata Tsutomu, ed., K adokawa, 1995. Best single volume on renga, haikai,senryu, and modern haiku.

Edo gaku ji ten. Nishiyama Matsunosuke, et.al., eds. Kobundo. 1984. REF DS 897 .T6 E26.

Condensed edition (with same content) now available in paperback. 1994. REF DS897.T6 E262 1994.

Great resource for culture, education, mores, and literature of the city of Edo in the Edo pe riod.

DRAMA, P ERFORMANCE DICTIONARIES


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Engeki hyakka daijiten. Heibonsha. 1960-1962. 6 volumes. PN 2035. E53. B est all-round on theater.

Monumental, largest single source of information on Japanese theater.

N, kygen ji ten. Ed. Nishino Haruo. Tokyo: Heibonsha, 1987. REF PN 2924.5 .N6 N534 1987

Kygen j iten gobihen . Furukawa Hisashi. Ed. Tkyd shuppan. 1976. 6 th edition. , . : , 1976.

Excellent for words in kygen. PLEASE ORDER.

Kabuk i j iten.. Ed. Hattori Yukio, Hirosue Tamotsu, ed., Heibonsha. 1983. REF PN 2924.5 K3 K111

1984. Standard reference for kabuki. Invaluable.

New K abuki Encyclopedia: A Revi sed Adaptation o f Kabu ki Jiten. Samuel Leiter. Greenwood Press,

1997. REF PN 2924.5 K3 L44 1997. An English adaptation of the Kabuki jiten. Convenient but contains

mis-translations.

Kabu ki saiken. Ed. Yoshida Chiaki. Iwanami shoten, 1983. PN2924.5 .K3 N63 1983. Convenient for

looking up history and criticism.

Kabuk i j inmei jiten. No jima Jusaburo, ed. Nichigai asoshietsu , Kinokuniya shoten. 1988 . REF PN

2927 .K253 1 988. Very good for kabuki actors.

Rakugo jiten . Todai rakugokai, ed. Rev. and enlarged by Yasuda Takehiro. PL 776 .R26 1973.

Revised edition.

CHARACTERS, LEGENDARY FIGURES DICTIONARIES

Nihon bungaku sakuin jinmei jiten. Ed. Ichiko Teiji, et al. Kawade Shob, 1956. Call no.: 910.3 Y8.

Though limited in scope, this work is useful for identifying characters that appear in Japanese literature.

Covers kodai through kindai. An index to characters and works is included.

Nihon kak

densh

jinmei jiten. Heibonsha. Call no.: REF PL 721.C4 N54 1986. You can spendhours flipping through t his book, which contains entries on mythical creatures (from kami to o-bake),

fictional people, and the legends about historical people. Entries contain bibliographic information and are

accompanied by reproductions of visual images of the various beings, along with quotations from relevant

texts (some in kanbun) and references to other texts in which the leg ends appear.

Nihon d enk i dense tsu daijiten. Ed. Inui Katsumi. Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, 1986. REF PL 748 .N4

1987.

Very good.

USEFUL INDEXES FOR COLLECTIONS

Nihon kote n bungaku ta ikei sakuin . Iwanami Shoten, 1963-1969. 2 vols. (Nihon koten bungaku taikei

bekkan). Call no.: REF 910.82 N574 Suppl 1 & 2. IHJ: 1518. Part one covers NKBT volumes 1-66, while

part two covers NKBT 67-100. Each par t is divided into three sect ions: an index of words and subjects; an

index of waka, haiku, and kay, (with the addition of kanshi and wasan [Buddhist hymns] in the second

part ); and a list ing of the tab le of contents of each volume of the NKBT, including the ed itors ' names, the

chapters, maps, pictures, critical essays, and so on.


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Ha chidaish ssakuin , Iwanami shoten. Part of the Shin nihon koten bungaku taikei and the eight

volume Hachidaish (Kokinsh to Shinkokinsh) editions in that series. Extremely useful for looking up

words and phrases in waka.

Nih on zuih itsu sa kuin . ta Tamesabur, compiler. Iwanami Shoten, (originally 1925), 1963. Call

no.: REF AI 19.J3 O82 1925.Zoku N iho n zu ihitsu saku in . (1932), 1963. Call no.: REF AI 19.J3 O822

1932. /S: X-5; IHJ: 1520. Two indexes to Edo periodzuihitsu. At the front of each volume appears a list of

the essays covered along with author, and the date and location of the modern katsuji version he has used.

Entries cover a wide range of topics including people's names and sources ofkotowaza. The first volume

covers 214 works, while theZoku covers 178.

Shinpen kokka taikan. Kadokawa Shoten, 1983-1987. 10 volumes. (Revised edition of the Kokka

taikan, 1951-1958) . Call no.: PL 758 .S4955 1983. M/S: X -13; IHJ: 1517 . For detail, see under poetry

collections.

Nih on setsuwa bungaku saku in . Seibund, revised edition, 1974.

PART IV: LANGUAGE DICTIONARIES

GENERAL JAPANESE LAN GUAGE DICTIONARIES

Nihon kokugo da ijiten. Shgakkan, 1972-76. 20 vols. Call no.: REF PL675 .N46 1972. With

500, 000 entries in 20 volumes, this dictionary gives the longest and greatest number of word entries. Its

definitions are elaborate, including examples of historical usage. It is essential for learning the full range of

a word's meanings.

Gensen = Kokugo daijiten. Shgakkan, 1982. Call no.: REF PL675 .K5954 1982. This is a single-

volume abridgement of the above. Full references to works cited within entries are given in the back. It

features appendices of difficult kanji, tables of Western and Japanese history, etc. The closest desktop

substitute for the 20- volume set.

Kjien. Iwanami Shoten, 1983. \6,500. Call no.: REF PL675 .S5. Standard that gives extensive

definitions, etymologies, and variant usages for words, places, historical and literary figures.

Da ijirin . Sanseido, 1988. Call no.: REF PL675 .D34 1988. A large single-volume kokugo jiten that

may overlap or even supercede Kjien in neologism and gairaigo.

GENERAL CLASS ICAL JAPANES E DICTIONARIES

***Kadokawa kogo daijiten. Kadokawa shoten, 1999. 5 vols. Call no.: REF PL682 .K32 1982. The

largest single kogo dictionary. Strong in kinsei. An encyclopedic dictionary of words and proper nouns

which provides historical information on terms and their usage. Includes fictional characters.

Iwanami kogo ji ten . Iwanami shoten, 1974. Call no.: REF PL675 .O6. Standard desk reference for

kogo. Verbs are entered in ren'yokei form rather than the more common shshikei form..

Nihon kokugo daijiten. Shgakkan, 1972-76. 20 vols. Call no.: REF PL675 .N46 1972. Still


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prob ably the best for findin g prem odern words.

Kogo dai ji ten. Shgakkan, 1983. Call no.: REF PL682 .K7 8. This is the largest single-volume kogo

jit en, compiled from the above 20-volume ShgakkanNihon kokugo dai ji ten.

ANCIENT PERIOD AND MEDIEVAL LANGUGE DICTIONARIES

Jidaibetsu kokugo dai ji tenjdaihen. Sanseid, 1982. Call no.: REF PL682 .J52 1967

Jidaibetsu kokugo dai ji ten Muroma chi hen. Sanseido. REF PL682 .J53 1985. Three volumes

available. Incomplete.

Nihon sengokush i kan wa ji ten . Muraishi Toshio. Murata shoten. 1987. REF PL 677.5 .M85 1987.

Nihon sengokush i kokugo j iten. Muraishi Toshio. Murata shoten, 1991 . / . : . NOT IN LIBRARY.

PLEASE ORDER.

Kygen j iten gobihen . Furukawa Hisashi. Ed. Tkyd shuppan. 1976. 6 th edition. / . : , 1976..

Excellent for words in kygen. LIBRARY DOES NOT HAVE. PLEASE ORDER.

EDO PERIOD LANGUAGE DICTIONARIES

Edogo dai ji ten. Maeda Isamu, ed. Kdansha. 1974. Kdansha gakujitsu bunk. / . : . For langua ge in

Edo region during the Edo period. Indispensible. NOT IN THE LIBRARY. PLE ASE ORD ER.

Edogo ji ten. Okubo Tadakuni. Tkyd shuppan. 1991. For language in Edo region during the Edo

period.

Edogo ji ten. Miyoshi Ikko. Seiabo. 1971. PREN TIS. 818.27 M 692. PLEASE BRING B ACK FROM

PRENTIS.

Kinsei kamigatago ji ten. Maaeda Isamu. Tkyd. 1964. PRENTIS. 818.4 M262. For language in the

Kyoto-Osaka region during the Edo period. PLEASE BRING BACK FROM PRENTIS.

Zappaigo ji ten. Suzuki Katsutada. Tkyd. 1968. REF PL 685 .S853 1968. Zoku zapp aigo ji ten.

Suzuki Katsutada. Meiji shoin. 1982. REF PL 685 .S853 1982. Sequel (zokuhen) to the first edition.

Popular linked verse, h aikai, contemporary vocabulary.

JAPANESE GRAMMAR DICTIONARIES, PARTICULARLY CLASSICAL

Reika i kogo ji ten. Sanseid. Best compact volume for classical grammar. Designed for high school

students but has excellent grammar explanations by top scholars.

]bunsha Kogo jiten.bun sha. Also highly recommend ed for beginners ..

Iwanami kog o jit en . Iwanami shoten, 1974. Call no.: REF PL675 .O6. Standard desk reference for

kogo. Verbs are entered in ren'yokei form rather than the more common shushikei form..

Kenky shiry Nihon koten bungaku . Vol. 12. Bunp, jisho. Yseid. PL 533 .B86 1983. Very good

for classical grammar, with explanation of different approaches by different scholars and schools.


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Nihon bunp daijiten. Matsumura Akira, ed. Meiji Shoin, 1971. Call no.: REF PL 533.M29 1971.

This is a useful dictionary for both modern and premodern grammar. Changes in use and meaning over time

are carefully delineated, along with kanbun equivalents. Modern and premodern are not mixed together;

even in cases where a premodern particle or suffix has survived to the present day, a separate entry is made

for it.

Nihon bunp jiten. Kitahara Yas uo, Suzuki Tanjir, Takeda K , Masubuchi Tsunekichi, Yamaguchi

Yoshinori, ed. Yseid shuppan. 1981. PL 535 .N448 1981. Good all-around grammar dictionary for

modern and classical.

Bungo Manual: Selected Reference Materia ls for Student s of Classica l Jap anese . Helen Craig

McCullough. Cornell University Press, 1988. Call no.: DS501 .C62 no.48. McCullough's work is one of the

most useful guides available to help English speakers read classical Japanese.

Classical Japanese Grammar Illustrated with Texts . Tadashi Ikeda. Toho Gakkai (Institute of

Eastern Culture), 1975. Call no.: PL531 .I4. A helpful and well-organized textbook, with many examples.

Also very useful as a reference, this is the m ost comprehensive grammar available in English.

CHINESE-JAPANESE CHARACTER DICTIONARIES

Morohashi Tetsuji, Dai kanwa ji ten . Taishukan, 13 vols. Call no.:REF PL681 .C5 M861 1984. This

is the definitive dictionary of the Ch inese language and one of the great dictionaries of the world. There is

currently available a reduced-size edition; pirate editions from Taiwan are also in circulation in reduced-

size format. Vol. 13 is a character index, and there is a vocabulary index volume (Dai kanwa jiten goi

sakuin)..

K kanwa jiten. Taishukan 1981-2, 4 vols. \70,000. Call no.: [not in Starr library]. This abridgmentof Morohashi has 20,000 characters and 120,000 w ords (versus 45,000/527,000 in the original).

Kad okawa kanwa chji ten. Kadokawa shoten, 1959. \3,000. Call no.: REF PL681 .C5 K3 1967.

Although superceded in some ways by Shinjigen (see following entry), this dictionary includes many

Japanese compounds not included there. More oriented to Japanese than Chinese.

Shinjigen. Kadokawa shoten, 1968. \2,100. Call no.: RE F PL 675 .K35 1984. This dictionary

focuses primarily on Chinese rather than Japanese compounds. It includes more characters than the above,

but has left out compounds regarde d as self -evident. Provides Mandarin pronunciation in Roman script for

each character. Although there are many kanwa jiten in this price/size range, this one seems to be theaccepted standard.

Daijigen . Kadokawa, 1968. Best one volume, large kanwa, character dictionary. Historically

sensitive character dictionary.

ELECTRONIC KANJI DICTIONARIES

Super Nihongo daijiten. Gakken. CD rom. Probably the best electronic dictionary available. Includes


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comprehensive kokugo, kanji, kotowaza dictionaries and thesaurus. Extreme fast and efficient for looking

up characters, using multiple entries and methods. Has many features such as sound with the Chinese

pronuncia tions of kan ji.

Konjaku Mo jikyo CD-ROM . Japanese: . Covers 90,000 characters used in Japanese, Korean,

Chinese, Vietnamese . Search by yomi, stroke order, radical, component part, English meaning, pin'yin

reading, Korean reading, or Daikanwa (Morohashi) number. Further information at:

http://www.mojikyo.gr.jp

Kjien Genius. Sharp. Model PW 7000. Includes Kojien, Junior Eiwa jiten, Junior Waei jiten, kanwa

ji ten. The most out standing features is a kanji dictionary that is linked wi th the Ko jien . Fits on the palm of

the hand. This have been subsequently superceded by new models.

POETIC WORD (KAGO), SEASONAL WORDS, LITERARY PLACES DICTIONARIES

There is a long tradition of poetic word dictionaries or references beginning in the H eian period with

Nin utamakura . The modern versions are as follows.

***Utakotoba utamakura daijiten, edited by Kubota Jun and Baba Akiko ed. Kakokawa shoten,

1999. Short entries on the history of associations of particular poetic words and place names, with sample

poem s. The most comprehens ive reference so far to poetic words and their associations. A mu st for those

studying waka.

***Utamakura utakotoba jiten. . Katagiri Yichi , ed. Kadokawa Shoten, 1983. Call no.: REF

PL726.2 .K27. Short entries on the history of associations of particular poetic words and place names, with

sample poems. Revised and expanded version appeared as Utamakura utakotoba jiten. Kasama shoin.

1999. Call no.: REF PL726.2 .K272 1999.chgo ji ten, Akiyama Ke n, ed. Tokyo U niversity Press, 2000. Ve ry good reference on k ey words in

Heian literature, organized both alphabetically and by category (such as love).

Man =y no utakotoba jiten Inaoka Koji, Hashimoto Tatsuo, eds. Yhikaku sensho. 1982. Call no. PL

728.16 M28 1983. Focuses on the use of poetic diction in the Manysh with good examples.

Recommended.

Kago reika jiten . Torii Kimihiro, ed. Seibunsha, 1988. PL 758 .T67 19 88. Includes modern tanka,

with emphas is on the sample poems. Explanations are abbreviated.

Waka daijiten. Inukai Kiyoshi and others. Meiji Shoin, 1986. 1201p. Call no.: REF PL 728. 81 .W31986 The standard dictionary on classical waka. Very useful for providing information on poetic

associations of flowers, place-names.

Dai saij iki. Ed. Yamam oto Kenkichi. 4 vols. Sheisha, 1989 . Call no.: REF PL732 .H3 D34. An

extremely useful compendium of information on kigo (seasonal words), utamakura (poetic place names),

and haimakura . The first two volumes are guides to kigo: volume one is devoted to spring and summer,

and volume two covers fall, winter, and the new year. Entries are rounded out by illustrative poems

ranging from Man'y to modern times (including waka, kanshi, renga, haikai, haiku, and tanka). Heavily


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illustrated. Volume three gives similar treatment to utamakura and haimakura : they are organized by

region.

Kigo jiten, by Teruoka Yasutaka, Tkyd shuppan, 2002. Very good for Edo period

seasonal words.

Bung aku iseki jiten. 2 vols. Takeshita Kazuma, ed. Tkyd, 1971. Call no.: REF PL724 .B86 1968.

If you need to know anything about the literary associations of place-names, this is one of the best places to

look. The first volume deals with place-names that appear in poems and songs, while the second is devoted

to those from prose works (also n and kygen). To illustrate, the editor has quoted generously from the

established canon. There are useful map (e.g., an Ise monogatari map). This is a very useful and detailed

resource.

Note: special Issue ofKokubungaku (Nov. 1989), Uta, Utakotoba, Utamakura,@ includes Kubota Jun,

ed. Kago, utamakura jiten,@ Komachiya Teruhiko, ed., Hachidaish shuy kago, utamakura ichiran.@

Limited to major kago.

PROVERB DICTIONARIES

Ko ji zokushin kotozawa daiji ten. Shgakkan, 1982. Call no.: REF PN6519 .J3 K565 . The most

comprehensive dictionary of its type, and now the accepted standard. Not limited to proverbs. Includes

source texts, meanings, and some notes on usage. Entries are arranged in gojon order by Japanese

(kundoku) reading of the expression. Index is by kun'yomi of significant characters (keywords), and is not

limited to the first character in the expression.

Chgoku koj i seigo ji ten. Kadokawa shoten, 1979. Call no.: 823.05 K15 (in Annex). Provides

Japanese reading, meanings, explanations, original context, variants and related sayings, and references for

Chinese proverbs used in Japanese contexts. Focuses on the original Chinese meaning where possible, but

explains Japanese usage as well.

Chgoku koji seigo dai ji ten. Tkyd, 1992. Call no.: REF PN6519 .J3 S45. Larger dictionary aimed

at daily-use expressions. Although entries are arranged in gojon order by Japanese reading of the

expression, the index is arranged by stroke count of the first character in Chinese order, making it possible

to look up expressions for which you do not know the kun doku reading.

GAIRAIGO AND CURRENT WORD DICTIONARIES

Bung ei ygo no kiso chi shiki. Shibundo. Call no.: PL700 .K651. Library has: 1985, 1988; latest

issue on Reference. This is a dictionary of critical and theoretical jargon, organized in gojon order, and

including gairaigo in katakana form, words that have been ad opted from other languages and translated into

kanji, and words created in Japan to describe new ideas. The entries explain the origin of the word , how and

when it appeared in Japan, its alternate translations, what it meant originally in the original language, what

it has come to mean in Japanese, etc. The entries not only cover recent additions, but also include Sanskrit-


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derived Buddhist terms, etc.

Kad okawa gairaigo ji ten . Kadokawa shoten, 1977 (2nd edition). Call no.: REF PL684 .A72 1977.

This standard loanword dictionary contains more than 27,000 words, chosen from a variety of sources. An

extremely useful dictionary with very informative entries.

Gendai ygo no kiso chishiki. Jiy Kokuminsha, 1948-. Annual. Call no.: PL684.G38 1983 (813.09

J56 for pre-1982 editions). The oldest annual of new and current terms in Japanese, useful for finding

recent terms and great fun for browsing. Although there is considerable overlap from one year to the next.

terms are eventually dropped when no longer current. There is no cumu lative index. Imida su . Sheisha,

1987-. Annu al. Call no.: REF PL684 .I44. IHJ: 1364. A new rival to the previous entry, with which it is

competing hotly.

Ate ji gai raigo ji ten . Kashiwa shob, 1979. Call no.: REF PL684 .A84 1979. This is a useful

dictionary, especially for anyone using Bakumatsu-Meiji texts. It contains foreign words and ph rases that

have been transliterated into kanji; they are organized by stroke count, with readings given in katakana

(there is also a gojon index of readings at the back). Place names and personal names (e.g. Adam Smith)

are included, and the language of origin is given for each word.

Ingo ji ten. Umegaki Minoru, ed. Tkyd, 1956. Call no.: REF PL695 .U4. This is not so much a

dictionary of words that are current as it is one of words that were; it includes slang, jargon and dialect

words in common use from the Nara period until "gendai." Entries give basic definitions, a code for the

group using the word (farmers, merchants, thieves, wives/courtesans, samurai, and so on), and a code for

the periods in which it was used. Words can be looked up by reading, by topic (sex, people,

equipment/tools, money, prisons, and so on), and by group. This is a useful resource when looking up

unusual words or investigating suspected "double entendres."

PART V: DATING AND LITERARY HISTORY

CHRONOLOGIES

Nihon bungaku dai nenpy. fsha. 1986. PL 719.5 I26 1995. This and the next chronologyare indispensible for getting the accepted dates of composition of texts, birth and death of authors,etc.

Nihon bunka sg nenpy. Iwanami Shoten, 1990. Call no.: REF DS 821 .N535 1990. This

compendious resou rce is one of the best for getting dates of texts and authors. It correlates Japanese and

European calendar, the reign periods of emperors and shguns, the dates of texts, and various political and

historical events.

Gendai Nihon bungaku dainenpy. 2 vols. (Vol.1: Meiji: vol.2: Taish) . Call no.: REF PL726 .55

G414 1968. Poetry, tanka, haiku, novels, drama, children's literature, miscellaneous essays, criticism, and

relevant events. Index of authors with pen names, or difficu lt-to-read titles of works and their authors. This

is good for seeing what was published in what year, but un fortunately it includes no a uthor/title index.

LITERARY HISTORIES

Nihon bu ngaku zensh i. Gakutsha, 1979. Ichiko Teiji, ed. 6 vols. Call no.: 910.2 Ic32. Together with

the Nihon bungakushi, this is one of the most useful literary histories of Japan. It is divided by time period

into six volumes, each edited by a specialist. The volumes are organized as follows: (1) jdai, (2) chko,


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(3)chsei, (4) kinsei, (5) kindai, (6) gendai. Each volume contains general essays on the development of

various movements and genres, along with essays on texts that are important or representative. The texts

covered in this history are often not the same ones covered in theNihon bungakushi, so it's useful to look at

both ser ies not onl y fo r the overview sections but also for the different texts covered. There are extensive

(though now outdated) bibliographies in the back of each volume, and indexes of authors and titles of

works discussed.

Nihon bungakushi. Hisamatsu Sen'ichi, ed. Shibundo, 1975 (expanded new edition). 8 vols. Call no.:

910.2 H62 23. At one time this was the best overall literary history. It is similar to the Nihon bung ak u zen shi

in its approach to literary history, but in many ways it is more comprehensive. The volumes are divided as

follows: (1) jdai, (2) chko, (3) chsei, (4) kinsei I, (5) kinsei II, (6) kindai I, (7) kindai II, (8) nenpy (a533-page timeline of literary works extending from Emperor Jimmu to 1975). Essays about the grand

sweep of history appear at the front of each volume, followed again by essays on more individualized topics

and texts. There are several indexes including title and author.

Nihon bu ng aku shinshi. Shibund, 1990. 6 vols. Call no.: PL 716.N535 1990. Th is originally started

as a special issue of Kaishaku to kansh. It is not as comprehensive as the Nihon bungaku zenshi or Nihon

bunga kushi, but the references in the headnotes are more up-to-date. Each volum e consis ts of ten or so

essays by different scholars. The volumes are divided as follows: (1) kodai I, (2) kodai II, (3) chsei, (4)

kinsei, (5) kindai, (6) gendai. Each volume includes a timeline and bibliography.

Nihon bungeishi: Hygen no nagare. Kawade shob shinsha, 1986-. 5 vols. to date. Call no.: PL

716.N58 1986. Highly recommended . This source is best viewed as a complement to the more traditional

literary histories. The emphasis is on key topics. This work is also unusual in that it includes Ainu and

Okinawan literature. The volumes include: (1) kodai I, (2) kodai II, (3) chsei, (4) kinsei, (5) kindai I. Theessays provide focused bibliographies which list ed itions of primary texts as well as works of scholarship.

Nihon bungaku no rekishi. Kadokawa shoten, 1968. 12 volumes and supplement. Call no.: 910.2

N573. A more socio-histor ical approach to literary history, focusing on the contexts in which works were

written. Emphasis is placed on oral literature and popular culture, as well as on readers. There is a

supplementary collection of map s, with a sep arate index.

Iwanami kza Nihon bungakushi. PL 716. I93 1995. 18 vols. Latest scholarship and approaches from

ancient to modern literature. The essays can be highly specialized. Highly recommended for new directions

in contemporary scholarship.

Nihon bungakushi. 5 vols. Y fhikaku sensho series. 1979. Volume titles: Jdai Nihon bungakushi,

Chko Nihon bungakushi, Chse i Nihon bungakushi, Kinsei Nihon bungakushi (2 volumes). A very helpful

and well written series on premodern literary history. Subdivided by period and by topics and issues.

Yhikaku also put out a multi-volume literary history in the Yhikaku ssho series in 1976, which is alsogood and structured along similar lines but by different editors.

Kindai bungaku . Ed. Miyoshi Yukio, Takemori Teny. Yhikaku. 1978. 10 vols. The same series as

above but for modern literature. Moves chronologically, but each volume has a special topic.

Jidaibetsu Nihon bu ngakushi ji ten , 6 vols., Yseid, 1987 (PL 707 .J53 1987): Covering the ancient

to the post-WWII period, this work provides a literary history of each periodCjdai, chko, chsei, kinsei,

kindai, and gendaiCby offering sho rt ess ays (5-15 pages) written by the major scholars in the field on

variety of topics. Although w ritten towards school teachers and undergraduates, these essays are extensive

in their topics and provide a good introduction to a specific research topic. The extensive index is useful

for cross-referencing, but the major problem with this work is that it does not provide a bibliography for

secondary materials.

Kza Shwa bungaku shi, 5 vols., Yseid, 1988 (PL 726.65 .K69 1988): A collection of

essays organized according to a specified subject topic, this work aims to reconsider the literaryhistory of Shwa from a new perspective. Unlike Jidaibetsu Nihon bungakushi jiten and Nihonbungaku shinshi, the essays in this work, although organized into various subject headings, areindependent works so their connections are sometimes thin. However, this does not change thefact that the essays are interesting in their fresh approach and their examination of topics whichare normally not discussed in an organized volume such as this work. .

Nihon bungaku o yomikaeru , 20 vols., Yseid, 1995 (shelved separately in Starr Librarystacks): Published as Yseid=s next series afterNihon bungaku kenky shiry shinsh, this seriesaims to reconsider various fields organized by subject rather than author or work through a newperspective. Written by both upcoming and established scholars in the field, the essays containedwithin it are innovating and interesting.


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Nihon bu ngeishi. Konishi Jin'ichi. Kodansha, 1985-1992. 5 vols. Call no.: PL716 .K648 1985. A

His tory of Japanese Literature . Edited by Earl Miner. Princeton University Press, 1984-1991. 3 vols. Call

no.: PL717 .K6213 1984. A one-man literary history with idiosyncratic terminology and periodization.

However, Konishi Jin'ichi unconventional perspective and comparative bent make these works valuable

supplements to more traditional literary histories. They are also notable for their attention to kanbun

writing, their reference to Korean and Chinese parallels and influences, and their inclusion of Ainu and

Okinawan literature. The five Japanese volumes run through the modern period, but the English translation

stopped after three volumes. The three English volumes are: (1) The Archaic and Ancient Ages, (2) The

Early Middle Ages, and (3) The High Middle Ages.

Donald Keene, Seeds in the Heart: Japanese literature from earliest times to the late sixteenthcentury . Henry Holt & Co., 1993. Call no.: PL726 .115 K44 1993. World within Walls: Japanese literature

of the pre-modern era 1600-1867. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976. Call no.: PL726 .35 K4. Dawn to the

West: Japanese literature of the modern era . Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984. (Volume One: Fiction;

Volume Two: Poetry, Drama, Criticism). Call no.: PL726 .55 K39 1984. Each chapter is followed by notes

and a bibliography which lists selected works of scholarship in Japanese and English, and each volume has

a glossary at the end. Important names and titles are provided, with dates, and there are biographical

sketches of all major figures. Coverage is relatively comprehensive, although the modern volumes omit

discussion of authors who were alive at the time of its w riting. Un til the completion of this history, the only

full-length English-language survey of Japanese literature was W. G. Aston's History of Jap anese

Literature (1889).

Kindai Nihon no hihy. Ed. Karatani Kojin. Fukutake shoten. 1990. 4 vols. History of modern

literary criticism. Separate volumes on Meiji, Taish and Shwa. Quality uneven depending on volume, butoverall very stimulating and highly recommended.

PART VI: ENGLISH REFERENCE AND TRANSLATION

REFERENCE WORKS IN ENGLISH

Japanese Literature in Foreign Languages: 1945-1990. Japan Book Publishers Association, 1990.

Call no.: PL 726.55.J37 1990g. M/S: X-19. Probably the most complete listing of literary translations of

Japanese works into European languages. It includes less well-known short stories and essays, and

translations published in more out-of-the-way journals. They are listed by original author.

Japanese Li terature in European Languages : A Bibliography . Compiled by Japan P.E.N. Club.

Tokyo: The Club, 1961. Call no.: Z3308.L5 J35 19 61. This volume only includes works translated before

1956, but it is fun to peruse, as it goes back much farther in time, to works more useful for the perspectivethey provide on historical perceptions of Japan than for their literary accuracy.

Biographical Dic tiona ry of Japanese Literature . Ed. Hisamatsu Sen'ichi. Kodansha International,

1976. Call no.: REF PL 723 .B5; Butler REF R049.9 .B523. M/S: mentioned pp. 64, 127; IHJ: 0207.

Hisamatsu, who also edited the Nihon bungaku shi, provides the traditional Japanese viewpoint on a fairly

extensive list of major canonical authors. The book is organized by time period and alphabetized, with an

outdated but lengthy bibliography at the back, arranged by author.

Guide to Japanese Prose. Marks, Alfred. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1984. Call no.: REF Z3308 .L5 M37

1984. Guide to Japanese Drama. Pronko, Leonard C. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1984. Call no.: REF Z3308 .L5

P76 1984. Guide to Japanese Poetry. Rimer, J. Thomas. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1984. Call no.: REF Z3308 .L5

R54 1984. T hese guides are part of the Asian Literature Bibliography series. They are geared toward the

non-specialist, and p rovide information on available critical works and translations in English. These guides

are helpful for compiling a reading list for a course and provide a good picture of what is available inEnglish. One obvious and serious limitation of these works is the fact that they are somewhat outdated, a

prob lem that will only get worse.

Japanese Folk Literature: A Core Colle ction and Re ference Guide. Joanne P. Algarin. New York:

R.R. Bowker Co., 1982. Call no.: REF Z3308.L5 A44 1982. This extensive and well-researched resource

is divided into six sections: (1) a bibliography of works on Japanese folklore, extensively annotated with

tables of contents for books and comprehensive summaries of articles; (2) a bibliography of Japanese

folktale anthologies in English, with extensive summaries of many if not all of the folk tales included in

each anthology; (3) a series of short summaries of twenty-six "classic folktales of Japan," which means all

the folktales the editor has found that are n ot included in the anthologies in section two.

Pr inceton Com pan ion to Jap anese Literature. Earl Miner et al, eds. Princeton University Press,

1985. Call no.: REF PL726.1 M495 1985. This is a massive compendium of information otherwise


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unavailable in English, but it should be used with extreme caution, as errors and inaccuracies are

unfortunately numerous. Many of the problems are discussed in a forty-three-page review of the work by

Edwin Cranston (Harvard Jou rnal of Asiatic Studies 53:1 [June 1993]), which goes through the book page

by pag e, correct ing errors and omissions.

Japanese Women Write rs: A bio-h istorical sourcebook. Chieko Mulhern. Greenwood Press. PL 725.

J37 1994. Covers both modern and pre-modern women writers.

Mo dern Japan ese Novelists: A Biographical Dic tiona ry. John Lewis. Pl 747. 55. L48 1993.

Columbia Bibliography of Premodern Japanese Literature and Scholarship in English. Compiled by

recent graduate students (especially Anne Commons and Jamie Newhard) under Professor Shirane=s

guidance. This is unpublished but it is the most comprehensive bibliography with over a thousand entries.

FOR TRANSLATING PREMODERN OFFICIAL TITLES AND RA NKS

A Tale of Flowering Fortunes. William and Helen McCullough. Stanford UP. 1980. Volume 2.

Appendix on offices and ranks. Useful for translating premodern court ranks, offices, etc.

Early Jap anese History . Edwin Reischauer. 1967. Volume 2 is a n index to ranks and offices with

English translations.

PART VII: ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Dai Nihon hya kka ji ten (Encyclopedia Japonica). 23 vols. Shgakkan, 1972-1973. Call no.: AE

35.2 D3. Fukuda: A84. Now superceded by the new version Nihon daihyakka zensho (Encyclopedia

Nip pon ica). 25 vol s. Shgakkan, 1984-89. Call no.: [library does plan to get]. IHJ: 1002. In the olderShgakkan work, all major articles are signed, and helpful bibliographic references are appended to many

articles. In comparison to the new Heibonsha work, the text is less encumbered with references to names of

works, authors, and dates, so it is generally easier to use for quick reference.

He ibonsha Daihyakka ji ten. 16 vols. Heibonsha, 1984-85. Call no.: AE 35.2 .D24 1984. IHJ: 1001;

Fukuda: A83. Sekai Daihyakka Jiten. 35 vols. Heibonsha, 1988. Call no.: AE 35.2 .S4 1988. The

Heibonsha is generally acknowledged to be the most comprehensive and up-to-date encyclopedia in the

Japanese language. The two Heibonsha encyclopedias listed are basically the same work. The increase in

the number of volumes for the 1988 edition is largely the result of the thicker paper on which it is printed.

Both editions also have a comprehensive index in both wabun and bun . Th e bun index is particularly

useful as a reference for the proper transliteration of European language names, places, etc. into Japanese,

while the wabun index may be used to trace katakana designations back into their original languages.

Super Nipponica Light Edition. Shgakukan. CD rom. This features the Nihon daihyakkazensho (Shgakukan), the 1989 revised version, plus the Kokugo daijiten (Shgakukan), acondensed version of the ten volume Kokugo daijiten (without all the examples). For a student ofliterature or history, this is a marvelous combination since you go to an entry in the encyclopediaand click on any word for a reference to either the encyclopedia or the dictionary instantaneously.Another feature that is very useful is the printout and the copy feature, which allows the user tocreate a computer file from any entry. The entries have furigana on names and difficult kanji,making this useful for students.

Sekai daihyakkan jiten, nenkan, benran, chizu. Hitachi-Heibonsha. CD rom. This featuresthe second edition of the Seikai daihyakkakan jiten by Heibonsha, plus many other features,including chronologies and maps. The comprehensiveness of the entries make this an

indispensable computer tool. As with the Super Nipponica, each entry comes with many links torelated topics, which are extremely helpful. The Sekai daikyakkan jiten is far more comprehensivethan the Super Nipponica, but it does not use furigana and is not linked to a comprehensivedictionary as the Super Nipponica is.

PART VIII: BIBLIOGRAPHIC GUIDES IN ENGLISH

Herschel Webb, Research in Japanese Sources: A Guide. Columbia University Press, 1965. Call

no.: REF DS803 .W38. This book was created by Hershel Webb for the Columbia course on Japanese

bibliography that he taught from the early 1960s until his death in 1982. Th e work follows closely the

actual syllabus of Webb's course, and includes problems for solution. Although many of the reference


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works that Webb describes have since been replaced, this book remains a valuable tool, particularly for the

chapters on historical source materials, and for the descriptions of such unchanging matters as premodern

measurements.

Na omi Fuk uda , ed., Bibliography of Reference Works for Japanese Studies . University of Michigan,

1979. Call no: REF Z3306 .B48. M/S: V-4/5; IHJ: 0020. At the time of its publication in 1979, this work

was the leading guide to Japanese reference and bi bliography. It was based primarily, but not exclusively,

on the University of Michigan holdings (so that the LC call numbers listed do not necessarily correspond to

Starr's holdings). It covers bibliographies and reference works through 1977, and is devoted almost

exclusively to Japanese-language works. This work is divided into three sections, General Works,

Humanities, and Social Sciences, which are arranged according to subject. Subjects NOT include areeducation, law, science, and technology. The items listed always include a short description, one of the best

points abou t the work. There is a t itle index.

A Guide to Reference Books for Japanese Studies (Japanese title: Nihon kenkyf no tame no sank

tosho). The International House of Japan Library, 1989 . About $15. Call no.: REF Z3306. G84. M/S: V-

4/5. This was specifically designed to complement and update the Fukuda work above, but by no means to

replace it. The book is arranged according to subject, but includes an author/title index for Part I (English-

language), and a title index for Part II (Japanese-language). Many (but not all) of the items include short

descriptions. Note that most of the English-language reference books are, according to the preface,

available at the International House library. It also includes list of governm ent publications that appear in

English, has a useful list of 61 English-language journals that focus on Jap an. Part II, on Japanese-language

reference sources, focuses on recent publications and items "easy to use." It also includes information on

electronic databases and CD -ROMs, although this is quickly becoming outdated.Yasuko Makino and Masaei Saito, A Student Guide to Japanese Sources in the Humanities.

Michigan Papers in Japanese Stud ies, Number 24. Center for Japanese Studies, The University of

Michigan, 1994. Call no.: REF DS801 .M53 no. 24 (also one copy in stacks). The book is intended as an

update of Hershel Webb's Research in Japanese Sources: A Guide (1965, see above). Like Webb's book, it

is designed as an overall introductory textbook, and includes p roblems to be solved.

PART IX: CONTEMPORARY THEORY AND METHODOLOGY

ML A (Modern Lan gua ge Associa tion) International Bibl iography. Vol. 4 Genera l L iterature

(including criticism and theory). MLA . Published every year. Comprehensive coverage of every major

theoretical field, divided into approaches. Graduate students are strongly encouraged to look at fields that

they are interested in to see the latest trends in scholarship and theory. The volume on general literature

applies to all national literatures. The current divisions of the MLA that students may be interested include.

Genres:

Drama (history, criticism, theory),

Film (history, criticism, and theory),

Non-Fiction Prose Studies, excludin g Biography and Autobiograph y (history, critic ism, and theory),

Poetry (history, criticism, theory),

Prose Fiction (history, criticism, and theory),

Literary criticism (history of criticism, theory of literature),

Methods of Literary Research

Autobiography, Biography, and Life Writing.

Interdisciplinary Approaches:

Women=s Studies in Language and Literature

Ethnic Studies in Language and Literature

Popular Culture


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Anthropological Approaches to Literature (including myth, folklore, ritual)

Linguistic Approaches to Literature

Philosophical Approaches to Literature (including history of ideas)

Psychological A pproaches to Literature

Literature and Religion

Sociological A pproaches to Literature

Literature and Other Arts

Literature and Science

Children=s Literature

Gay Studies in Lan guage and Literature

Folklore and Literature

Interdisciplinary A pproaches to C ulture and S ociety

Media and Literature

Postcolonial Studies in Literature and C ulture

Science Fiction and Utop ian and Fantastic Literature

Translation

Language Studies

Language and S ociety

Language and Theory

Applied Linguistics

Language Change

History and Theory of Rhetoric and Composition

PART X: WEB AND INTERNET (UNFINISHED)

Pmjs (Pre M odern Japanese studies). http://www.me ijigakuin.ac.jp/~pmjs/pmjs.html/

Waseda Engeki Hakubutsukan. http://www.waseda.ac.jp/enpaku/index-e.html

Kokubungaku shirykan Home page.

University o f V irginia Japanese T ext Initiative. http://etext.virginia.edu/japanese/texts.html

This bibliography is the cumulative result of presentations and work over a numbe r of years by myself and

literature graduate students at Columbia U niversity in Professor He nry Smith=s bibliography class. Special

acknowledgements to David Bialock, Helen Baroni, John Carpenter, David Lurie, Michael Scanlon, Peter Flueckiger,

Torquil Duthie, Satoru Saito, and Satoko Shimazaki. I have periodically revised and updated the material.

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