Subject Guides Portal: Literature

-- by Kuniko McVey

Online resources for major classical works like the Tale of Genji and the Tale of Heike. Also includes Edo period travelogues and a list of digital text databases.

-- by Chiaki Sakai

Summarizes many English language databases that most Universities subscribe to that contain research on Japanese Literature. Also includes some essential printed reference works. In addition, the Japanese Resources page emphasizes film & manga adaptations of famous works. These is also a page dedicated to researching The Tale of Genji.

-- English language
-- Literature, film adaptations
-- Tale of Genji

-- by Kristina Troost

A thorough guide to researching Japanese literature. Starts on the encyclopedia page but check the left navigation to see all the different resources available.

-- by David Bialock
-- by John Carpenter
-- additions by Keith Vincent, Virginia Ravenscroft, and David Lurie

Detailed guide to print resources. Well worth the read to become familiar with how to conduct research in Japanese literature.

-- by Kuniko McVey

Online resources covering a wide variety of topics. Also includes divisions based on historical era. Includes some more esoteric databases on less conventional literary categories.

-- by Toshie Marra
-- by Joseph Yue

Good selection of different materials, be sure to scroll down to see everything available.

by Haruko Nakamura

Includes a nice variety of different types of sources. Also includes detailed annotations.