/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.17401284]

Help me to get into Japanese literature

[Anonymous No.17401293]

>>17401284
Use google nigger

[Anonymous No.17401308]

https://4chanlit.fandom.com/wiki/Recommended_Reading/Literature_by_origin#Japan
It's in the sticky, friend.

[Anonymous No.17401314]

>>17401284
>learn jap
>discard everything after Mishima as worthless

[Anonymous No.17401318]

Start with Murakami or Mishima.

[Anonymous No.17401351]

Read Rashomon by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. Afterwards, I would read the stuff on this list from the top to the bottom.
>>17401318
This could definitely work, but focusing too much on the post-war era literature wise won't give you a full appreciation for Japanese literature imo. I say this as someone who started out with Murakami.

[Anonymous No.17401368]

>>17401351
Now that I think on it, reading Rashomon alone is a bit of a short intro, if you want a collection to serve as an intro then Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories is good.

[Anonymous No.17401403]

Mishima embraces the spirit of post war Japan. The sailor who fell in love with the sea is a very good option as a starter point

[Anonymous No.17401493]

>>17401403
Do not read this if you are sensitive to animal cruelty like me

[Anonymous No.17402003]

Start with Kokoro, by Soseki. Then you can continue with Mishima, Kawabata, Oe, Tanizaki, Akutagawa, Dazai, etc.

[Anonymous No.17402197]

Thank you frens you are so nice

[Anonymous No.17402213]

>>17401284
naruto is a good one :3

[Anonymous No.17402297]

How good is Japanese literature on translation?

[Anonymous No.17402301]

don't bother with no longer human

[Anonymous No.17403022]

>>17401351
murakami and mishima sound like very effeminate and gay reads

Rashomon was an incredible kurosawa film so I can only imagine the novel it is based off is excellent as well


>>17401368
nice