Electronic Readings


The following 18 PDF files are a collection of primary sources translated from Japanese to English. The schedule to read them is built into the course Trajectory where they are linked at the appropriate date when preparation of each is due. They are listed here in their entirety for convenient access and downloading. I do recommend compiling them together from this list during the first couple weeks of the semester, printing them out, and forming your own folder of readings. Some of these PDFs were not originally scanned by me and their quality is marginal but legible. There are some misspellings here and there in them due to scan quality, but you can deal with that. Do note that access to them is blocked to those not enrolled in the course; you need the course ID and password in order to view and download them.


1. "Accounts of the Eastern Barbarians"

2. Kojiki

3. "Eternal Change at the Grand Shrine of Ise"

4. The Ten Thousand Leaves

5. Miraculous Stories from the Japanese Buddhist Tradition

6. "Seami and the Art of the Nô"

7. "Atsumori"

8. "Rational Zen"

9. Hideyoshi's Letters & Edicts

10. "The Tale of Gengobei, The Mountain of Love" & "The Eternal Storhouse of Japan"

11. "The King of Farts"

12. "Establishment of the Meiji Government"

13. "Imperial Rescript on Education"

14. "On De-Asianization"

15. "Peace Preservation Law"

16. "The China War"

17. "The Bombing of Japan"

18. "The American School"