Biographical Books about Japanese Literature

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15 books

As I Crossed a Bridge of Dreams: Recollections of a Woman in Eleventh-Century Japan
Lady Sarashina

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Geisha, a Life
Mineko Iwasaki

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Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945

Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945
Michihiko Hachiya

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The Confessions of Lady Nijō
Lady Nijō

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The Diary of Lady Murasaki

The Diary of Lady Murasaki
Murasaki Shikibu

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The Pillow Book
Sei Shōnagon

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The Six-Foot Bonsai: A Soul Lost in the Land of the Rising Sun
Stacy Gleiss

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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
Haruki Murakami

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The Wind is Howling: The Autobiography of a Japanese Novelist

The Wind is Howling: The Autobiography of a Japanese Novelist
Ayako Miura

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Hokkaido Highway Blues: Hitchhiking Japan

Hokkaido Highway Blues: Hitchhiking Japan
Will Ferguson

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Taiko: An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan

Taiko: An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan
Eiji Yoshikawa

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Autobiography of Yukichi Fukuzawa
Yukichi Fukuzawa

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Malice

Malice
Keigo Higashino

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Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan

Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
Herbert P. Bix

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The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism

The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism
Naoki Higashida

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