Classic Japanese Literature

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    • Penguin Classics
    • By: Lafcadio Hearn
    • Narrated by: Eleanor Matsuura
    • Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 26-09-2019
    • Language: English
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    • In this collection of classic ghost stories from Japan, beautiful princesses turn out to be frogs, paintings come alive, deadly spectral brides haunt the living and a samurai delivers the baby of a Shinto goddess with mystical help....

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    • By: John Allyn, Stephen Turnbull - foreword
    • Narrated by: David Shih
    • Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 22-11-2013
    • Language: English
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    • This is the definitive, fascinating account of this unforgettable tale of a band of samurai who defied the Emperor to avenge the disgrace and death of their master....

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    • By: Soseki Natsume, Aiko Ito - translator, Graeme Wilson - translator
    • Narrated by: David Shih
    • Length: 21 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 17-03-2020
    • Language: English
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    • I Am a Cat, satirizes the foolishness of upper-middle class Japanese society during the Meiji era. With acerbic wit and sardonic perspective, it follows the whimsical adventures of a world-weary stray kitten who comments on the follies and foibles of the people around him....

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    • By: Eiji Yoshikawa, Charles S. Terry - translator
    • Narrated by: Brian Nishii
    • Length: 53 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 28-08-2018
    • Language: English
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    • The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. Miyamoto Musashi becomes a reluctant hero to a host of people whose lives he has touched and by whom he has been touched. Inevitably, he has to pit his skill against the naked blade of his greatest rival....

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    • By: Murasaki Shikibu, Dennis Washburn - translator
    • Narrated by: Brian Nishii
    • Length: 37 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 17-12-2019
    • Language: English
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    • Murasaki Shikibu, born into the middle ranks of the aristocracy during the Heian period (794-1185 CE), wrote The Tale of Genji - widely considered the world’s first novel - during the early years of the 11th century....

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    • By: Murasaki Shikibu, Suematsu Kencho - translator
    • Narrated by: Elaine J. Sepani
    • Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 27-09-2018
    • Language: English
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    • Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu wrote The Tale of Genji in the 11th century to entertain the other women in the court. It follows the romantic exploits of the title character, an emperor’s son, as he navigates life in and out of aristocratic society....

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    • By: 紫式部, 与謝野 晶子
    • Narrated by: 岡崎 弥保
    • Series: 源氏物語, Book 源氏物語(全五十四帖収録)
    • Length: 70 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 06-12-2017
    • Language: Japanese
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    • 内容紹介
      日本の文学史上最古にして最高傑作ともいわれる『源氏物語』。
      紫式部によって書かれた全五十四帖にわたる長編小説を、わかりやすく情感豊かに読み上げました。

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    • Classic Stories of Japanese Myths, Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Monsters, the Story of Princess Hase, Issun-Boshi, Momotaro, Kintaro, Kaguya Hime
    • By: Roberts Parizi
    • Narrated by: Joshua
    • Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 24-02-2021
    • Language: English
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    • Are you interested in learning about Japanese mythology? These myths are great for adults and children alike. They give you an insight into a culture that is full of traditions....

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    • By: 夏目 漱石
    • Narrated by: 西村 俊彦
    • Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 01-07-2023
    • Language: Japanese
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    • 明治期の文学者、夏目漱石の中編小説。初出は「ホトトギス」[1906(明治39)年4月。

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    • By: Lafcadio Hearn
    • Narrated by: Walter Covell
    • Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
    • Release date: 30-12-2007
    • Language: English
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    • Kwaidan is a collection of weird, ghostly legends and beliefs of old Japan....

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    • By: 清少 納言
    • Narrated by: 松宮 森乃
    • Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 16-05-2018
    • Language: Japanese
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    • ・・ときは平安。 背よりながく髪をのばし、絹織物を何重にもかさねて身に纏い、ろくに風呂にも入らず、重みのせいか陽に当たらず運動も足りない生活のせいかよろよろといざり動く女は、こちらを見て言い切る。 「春は、やっぱり暁方よね!」 ——だって空がなんともいえなくイイ!から!! かわいいもの、しょんぼりしてしまうもの、わたしの好きな花、あこがれの上司、今日あったおもしろいこと。 千年を越えては

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    • By: Ryunosuke Akutagawa
    • Narrated by: Russell D Jones
    • Length: 25 mins
    • Release date: 16-03-2015
    • Language: English
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    • Originally published in 1922 and translated by Takashi Kojima, this classic short story was the inspiration for Akira Kurosawa's 1950 film Rashomon, about the murder of a samurai....

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    • By: 下村 湖人
    • Narrated by: 遠藤 純平
    • Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 26-08-2018
    • Language: Japanese
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    • 昭和初期の大教育者であり「次郎物語」の著者として知られる下村湖人による論語の現代訳。 著者がこよなく愛した「論語」。 不朽の名作を朗読でお楽しみください。

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