Late Old Japanese texts

classic work of Japanese literature

stage of the Japanese language during the Heian period (794–1185)

Japanese monogatari and folktale

1002 book of observations and musings recorded by Sei Shōnagon

Japanese collection of waka poems and associated narratives from the Heian period

10th century Japanese waka anthology

797 Book by Fujiwara no Tsuginawa

literary work

The is a Japanese book of laws and customs. The major part of the writing was completed in 927.

poetic diary written anonymously by the tenth-century Japanese poet Ki no Tsurayuki

901 Book by Fujiwara no Tokihira and Sugawara no Michizane about Japanese history

diary written by Murasaki Shikibu, author of The Tale of Genji.

, or , is a historical Japanese text. It was generally believed to have been one of the earliest Japanese histories until the middle of the Edo period, when scholars such as Tokugawa Mitsukuni and Tada Yoshitoshi successfully contended that it was an imitation based on the , the and the Kogo Shūi. Scholarship on the generally considers it to contain some genuine elements, specifically that Book 5 preserves traditions of the Mononobe and Owari clans, and that Book 10 preserves the earlier historical record the Kokuzō Hongi.

840 Book by Fujiwara no Otsugu, Minamoto no Tokiwa and Fujiwara no Yoshifusa

Historical record of the Inbe clan of Japan

literary work

879 Book by Fujiwara no Mototsune

literary work

memoir written by the daughter of Sugawara no Takasue, a lady-in-waiting of Heian-period Japan

the third imperial waka anthology of Japan, compiled by Emperor Kazan around 1005, containing 1351 poems in 20 volumes as an expansion of Fujiwara no Kintō’s Shūishō

book by Fujiwara no Yoshifusa about Japanese history in the period 833–850, published in 869

literary work

is a Japanese historical tale written around 1119 by an unknown author. It covers the period from 850 to 1025, the golden days of the Fujiwara family's rule. It is called a , along with the records of the Eiga Monogatari.

Japanese dictionary of Chinese characters compiled by Minamoto no Shitagō from 934-938 CE.

story from the Heian period

book by Ennin

thumb|250px|The 22nd volume of the Ishinpō, which has the only illustration in the full text.

10th century Japanese story

imperially commissioned Japanese genealogical record

diary and a work of classical Japanese literature

The is a Japanese rekishi-monogatari (historical tale) written in the late Heian period. It is also called the or the .

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

collection of Japanese folk songs

sixth imperial anthology of Japanese waka, compiled in the 1150s at the behest of the Emperor Sutoku by Fujiwara no Akisuke

11th-century anthology of Chinese and Japanese poetry

11th century Japanese historical text

historical text that categorizes and chronologizes the events listed in the Six National Histories of Japan

5th imperial waka anthology, compiled in the 1120s at the behest of the Retired Emperor Shirakawa by Minamoto no Shunrai, consisting of 716 poems in 10 volumes; one of the shortest anthologies behind Shikashū

Japanese book of Chinese prose and poetry

Japanese tale from the late Heian period

historical text

post late-Heian period Japanese collection of short stories.

literary work

is an unfinished Japanese official historical work compiled, in part, by the early Heian period scholar , grandson of Ōe no Otondo, who had been one of the compilers of the Nihon Montoku Tennō Jitsuroku. After Asatsuna's death in 957, his cousin Ōe no Koretoki became the head compiler. It was supposed to succeed the Six National Histories.

oldest extant Japanese dictionary of Chinese characters

collection of Japanese poetry compiled by Munenaga Shinnō ca. 1381

Japanese literature of the Heian period

dialectic allegory

The was the third imperially commissioned anthology of kanshi (poetry written in classical Chinese by Japanese poets). The text was compiled by Yoshimine no Yasuyo, Minabuchi no Hirosada, Sugawara no Kiyotomo, Yasuno no Fumitugu, Shigeno no Sadanushi, and Abe no Yoshihito under the command of Emperor Junna. The text was completed in 827, 13 years after the previous imperial collection, Bunka Shūreishū.

The was an influential medieval Buddhist text composed in 985 by the Japanese Buddhist monk Genshin. The text is a comprehensive analysis of Buddhist practices related to rebirth in the Pure Land of Amida Buddha, drawing upon earlier Buddhist texts from China, and sutras such as the Contemplation Sutra. Genshin advocated a collection of mutually supportive practices, such as sutra recitation, centered around visual meditation of Amitabha Buddha where later Pure Land sects favored an approach that relied on exclusive recitation of the verbal nembutsu. The text is also well known for its graphic