Classical Japanese Language and Literature – This site teaches the classical (that is, old) Japanese language, through poems and extracts from literary/zen/martial arts classics.
Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture – Include review of lectures and details of the prizes awarded by the center to support translation of Japanese literature.
George Sipos’s Homepage – George Sipos is a young scholar in Japanese literature mostly interested in the impact of ideology on literary works. See his current research and projects.
Japanese Literature Webring – Extensive list of Japanese literature-related links as well as its own exclusive ring of Japanese literature pages.
Japanese Text Initiative – Contains numerous searchable online texts in Japanese and translation from the Man’yoshu to the modern era. Also contains links to online dictionaries.
K.Inadomi’s Private Library – A biographical sketch of Lafcadio Hearn, a Greek-Irish writer who became a Japanese citizen. Also includes texts of selected works and links.
Nintoku: The Wealth of the Emperor – From the Nihongi, Book XI. A short anecdote from a history of the Emperor Nintoku on the relationship of the wealth of the population in relationship to the wealth of the Emperor. A good example of the importation of Confucian thought in early Japan.
Philosophy of Symbiosis – Online book by an internationally known architect, which advocates a regard for metamorphosis and symbiosis, as distinct from the machine age of today.