Shinto Documents

by Kyuso & Muro Naokiyo & George William Knox · 1892

An account of Japanese Neo-Confucian thought.

by Lafcadio Hearn · 1897

by Lafcadio Hearn · 1899

by Lafcadio Hearn · 1904

by Lafcadio Hearn · 1904

One of Hearn's last books, this substantial volume is a highly readable history of Shinto in Japan

by Kakuzo Okakura · 1904

The evolution of Japanese art and its relationship to Buddhism.

by Kakuzo Okakura · 1906

The aesthetics of the Japanese Tea Ceremony, and its connection to the Japanese world-view as a whole.

by Murasaki Shikibu & Suematsu Kencho · 1900

The first English translation of the classic tale of 10th century Japanese courtly love.

by Inazo Nitobe · 1905

This short and very readable book describes the code of honor of the Samurai and Japanese feudalism

by William N. Porter · 1909

A wonderful thousand-year-old collection of Tanka poetry.

by Arthur Lloyd · 1910

A Christian scholar explores Shinshu Buddhism. Includes text and translation of the Shoshinge of Shinran Shonen, with extended commentary.

by Arthur Lloyd · 1911

A comprehensive history of Mahayana Buddhism, particularly in Japan, and possible ties to Gnosticism and early Christianity. Includes two translated texts from the Nichiren school.

by S. Yamabe & L. Adams Beck · 1921

A key Pure Land text, by the founder of the most popular form of Buddhism in Japan.

by Teresa Peirce Williston & Sanchi Ogawa · 1911

by Yejitsu Okusa · 1915

The history and practice of Pure Land Buddhism in Japan.

by Richard Gordon Smith · 1918

An anthology of Japanese 'Magical Realist' legends and folklore.

by Arthur Waley · 1921

Translations of a selection of Nō dramas

by Ridgely Torrence · 1935

by Peter Beilenson · 1955

A collection of 220 Japanese Haiku.