Donald Keene

77 books

Anthology of Japanese Literature: From the Earliest Era to the Mid-Nineteenth Century by Donald Keene

Anthology of Japanese Literature: From the Earliest Era to the Mid-Nineteenth Century

Donald Keene

444 pages • first pub 1955 (editions)

fiction poetry reflective medium-paced
Appreciations of Japanese Culture by Donald Keene

Appreciations of Japanese Culture

Donald Keene

343 pages • first pub 1971 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
Back Roads to Far Towns: Basho's Travel Journal by Matsuo Bashō

Back Roads to Far Towns: Basho's Travel Journal

Companions for the Journey

Matsuo Bashō

93 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction essays history poetry travel adventurous reflective slow-paced
The Blue-Eyed Tarokaja: A Donald Keene Anthology by J. Thomas Rimer, Donald Keene

The Blue-Eyed Tarokaja: A Donald Keene Anthology

J. Thomas Rimer, Donald Keene

208 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction essays informative medium-paced
Chronicles of My Life: An American in the Heart of Japan by Donald Keene

Chronicles of My Life: An American in the Heart of Japan

Donald Keene

196 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography reflective medium-paced
Chūshingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers): A Puppet Play by Takeda Izumo, Namiki Senryu, Donald Keene, Miyoshi Shōraku

Chūshingura (The Treasury of Loyal Retainers): A Puppet Play

Takeda Izumo, Namiki Senryu, Donald Keene, Miyoshi Shōraku

183 pages • first pub 1748 (editions)

fiction classics play reflective medium-paced
Death in Midsummer: And Other Stories by Yukio Mishima

Death in Midsummer: And Other Stories

Yukio Mishima

192 pages • first pub 1953 (editions)

fiction short stories reflective sad slow-paced
Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912 by Donald Keene

Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852-1912

Donald Keene

928 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
Essays in Idleness: The Tsurezuregusa of Kenkō by Yoshida Kenkō

Essays in Idleness: The Tsurezuregusa of Kenkō

ビギナーズ・クラシックス 日本の古典

Yoshida Kenkō

235 pages • first pub 1332 (editions)

nonfiction essays philosophy reflective slow-paced
The First Modern Japanese: The Life of Ishikawa Takuboku by Donald Keene

The First Modern Japanese: The Life of Ishikawa Takuboku

Donald Keene

288 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction poetry reflective relaxing medium-paced