Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other ...

Angles won the prize—comparable to America's Pulitzer Prize—for his book of Japanese-language poetry "Watashi no hizukehenkōsen" ("My International Date Line"), which was published by Shichōsha in ...

Each semester, we offer two seminars in Japanese literature across different historical periods that are centered around the intensive study of particular texts, genres, and theories. See our graduate ...

Course meets: Tuesday and Thursday 11:30-12:50 in Fayerweather 217a Office Hours: Monday and Thursday 9:15-10:00 and by appointment Requirements: Assigned readings are to be completed before class.

He was 96. Keene, one of the foremost Western scholars of Japanese literature, often likened his relationship with Japan to a marriage. He even decided to become a citizen after the 2011 ...

The MA program in Japanese is designed to provide advanced-level training in Japanese language, literature and civilization, with the aim of preparing students for both Japan-related professional ...

Angles' lifelong interest in Japan and Japanese literature began when he went to southwestern Japan as a 15-year-old exchange student. Since then he has gone to Japan multiple times, spending many ...

Julie Otsuka’s debut novel When the Emperor was Divine tells the story of a Japanese American family forced to live in an internment camp during World War II. In five concise chapters, Otsuka presents ...

Our Japanese studies program allows you to specialize in film, literature, video games, or pop culture while advancing your language skills and learning more about current events. You will graduate ...

Since then the writer has popularized Japanese literature at an unprecedented scale. While Murakami certainly heightened international awareness of Japan’s writers, his alma mater has long been ...