Early Middle Japanese texts

, variously translated as An Account of My Hut or The Ten Foot Square Hut, is an important and popular short work of the early Kamakura period (1185–1333) in Japan by Kamo no Chōmei. Written in March 1212, the work depicts the Buddhist concept of impermanence (mujō) through the description of various disasters such as earthquake, famine, whirlwind and conflagration that befall the people of the capital city Kyoto. The author Chōmei, who in his early career worked as court poet and was also an accomplished player of the biwa and koto, became a renunciant in his fifties and moved farther and far

is a historical and literary work about the history of Japan. Seven volumes in length, it was composed by Buddhist priest Jien of the Tendai sect around 1220.

thumb|350px|Kenkō is a collection of essays written by the Japanese monk Kenkō (兼好) between 1330 and 1332. The work is widely considered a gem of medieval Japanese literature and one of the three representative works of the zuihitsu genre, along with The Pillow Book and the Hōjōki.

Form of Japanese spoken from the 12th century through the 16th century

Japanese chronicles

collection of Japanese tales written around the beginning of the 13th century

Japanese war epic (gunki monogatari) detailing the events of the Heiji Rebellion of 1159-1160

is a Japanese rekishi monogatari. It is believed to have been written in the around the onset of the Kamakura period . It has been credited to Nakayama Tadachika or Minamoto Masayori, but the actual writer is unknown. It is the third book of the four mirror series.

seventh imperial waka anthology of Japan, compiled in 1187 by Fujiwara no Shunzei at the behest of the Retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa, who ordered it in 1183, containing 1285 poems in 20 volumes

imperial waka anthology compiled in 1234 at the behest of the Retired Emperor Go-Horikawa by Fujiwara no Teika, containing 1376 poems in 20 volumes

essay by Dōgen describing the practice of zazen

The , also known as the Lamentations of Divergences, is a late 13th century short Buddhist text generally thought to have been written by Yuien, a disciple of Shinran. In the Tannishō, Yuien is concerned about the rising doctrinal divergences that emerged in Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism after the death of their founder, so he wrote down dialogues between himself and Shinran that he could recall when his master was alive.

The , also read as Sasekishū, translated into English as Collection of Stone and Sand, is a five-volume collection of Buddhist parables written by the Japanese monk Mujū in 1283 during the Kamakura period.

Japanese war chronicle or military tale (gunki monogatari) relating the events and prominent figures of the Hōgen Rebellion

Ancient Japanese text

48-book extended version of the Heike Monogatari (The Tale of the Heike)

The text is six volumes in length and contains 462 setsuwa stories many of which focus on monks, the aristocracy, and the imperial palace. It was extremely popular and influenced a number of following collections beginning with the 1219 text Zoku Kojidan and Uji Shūi Monogatari.

literary work

imperial waka collection of Japan

imperial anthology of Japanese waka poetry

Japanese history book written in the early Kamakura period