Japanese Literature

Japanese Text Initiative

An effort to make searchable texts of classical Japanese literature available on the WWW. The site is in English, the texts in Japanese. It promises to be a great site - but it is still under construction as of August, 1997. Keep an eye on it.
(English/Japanese)

JALInet

JAPAN LITERATURE net seeks to expose the world to five famous Japanese authors: Yasutaka Tsutsui, Kyoji Kobayashi, Akira Hori, Yuji Usui, and Aki Sato. Uneven, but interesting.
(English and Japanese)

ORIONS' Entry for Literature

ORIONS strikes again with its list of literature related links. Eclectic as always - but LOTS of entries.
(English and Japanese)

HAIKU for PEOPLE

A wonderful site for introducing Haiku, a Japanese poetry form consisting of 17 syllables divided into lines of 5,7 and 5 syllables. Great content and links to other good sites. Don't miss it.
(English)

Nihon-no-Kotowaza

"Japanese Proverbs". A collection of Japanese proverbs and sayings. It is fascinating to see the parallisms of folk wisdom and it also has linguistic notes regarding the proverbs.
(English/Japanese)