chronological list of classical Japanese works

This list makes no pretensions about completeness, but it does cover some of the main literary works up to the early Middle Ages. To be continued. Do tell me if you spot any mistakes. The chronological "order" is approximate, only, based on charts in kogo jiten. 
To see one source of electronic texts of some of these works see:
Fukui Univ. (classical text files) 福井大学教育学部岡島昭浩氏

See the pmjs site for more about classical Japanese works, including information about available translations.


Kojiki 古事記
Nihon shoki 日本書紀
Izumo fudoki 出雲風土記
Kaifusō 海風藻
Bussokusekika 仏足石歌
Man'yōshū 万葉集
Shoku nihongi 続日本書紀
Kogo shui 古語拾遺
Kingafu 琴歌譜
Bunkyō hifuron 文鏡秘府論
Nihon ryōiki 日 本霊異記
Taketori monogatari 竹取物語
Kanke bunsō 菅家 文草
Kokin wakashū 古今和歌集
Ise monogatari 伊勢物語
Tosa nikki 土佐日記
Shōmonki 将門記
Yamato monogatari 大和物語
Gosen wakashū 後撰和歌集
Heichū monogatari 平中物語
Tōnomine Shōshō monogatari 多武峯少将物語
Utsuho monogatari 宇津保物語
Kagerō nikki 蜻 蛉日記
Sanbōe 三宝絵
Ōjōyōshū 往生要集
Makura no sōshi 枕草子
Izumi shikibu nikki 和泉式部日記
Goshui wakashū 拾遺和歌集
Genji monogatari 源氏物語
Murasaki shikibu nikki 紫式部日記
Hosshin wakashū 発心和歌集
Midō kanpakki 御堂関白記
Shinsen zuinō 新撰髄脳
Tsutsumi chunagon monogatari 堤中納言物語
Hamamatsu chunagon monogatari 浜松中納言物語
Yo no nezame 夜の寝覚
Takamura monogatari 篁物語
Sarashina nikki 更級日記
Jōjin ajari no haha shū 成尋阿闍梨母集
Eiga monogatari 栄花物語
Konjaku monogatari 今昔物語
Sanuki no suke nikki 讃岐典侍日記
Toshiyori zuinō 俊頼髄脳
Ōkagami 大鏡
Ryōjin hishō 梁塵秘抄
Torikaebaya monogatari とりかへばや物語
Sanka shū 山家集
Shikishi naishinnō shū 式子内親王集


This page added 99.10.23. Converted to Unicode, macrons added 2006.06.02.
Michael Watson, Faculty of International Studies, Meiji Gakuin University
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