The Japanese author index
Use the following menus to display tables with the names of premodern or modern Japanese writers in both English and Japanese. Also included are the author's dates and the main genre or genres in which he or she worked. Note that these lists follow the usual Japanese practice of giving the surname first, and that Japanese orthography has been given preference. As a convenience, spaces have been added to the Japanese versions of the names to indicate the break between last and first names; normally these spaces would not appear. In the case of modern poets, the term tanka has been used rather than waka to refer to the traditional 5-7-5-7-7 poetic form.
Premodern Authors
Modern Authors
Modern authors A-I
| Name (English) | Name (Japanese) | Dates | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abe Akira | 安部 昭 | 1934.9.22 - 1989.5.19 | fiction |
| Abe Kazushige | 阿部 和重 | b. 1968.9.23 | fiction |
| Abe Kōbō | 安部 公房 | 1924.3.7 - 1993.1.22 | fiction, drama |
| Abe Ryūtarō | 安部 龍太郎 | b. 1955.6.20 | fiction |
| Abe Tomoji | 阿部 知二 | 1903.6.26 - 1973.4.23 | fiction |
| Aeba Takao | 饗庭 孝男 | 1930.1.27 - 2017.2.21 | criticism |
| Agawa Hiroyuki | 阿川 弘之 | 1920.12.24 - 2015.8.3 | fiction |
| Aida Mitsuo | 相田 みつを | 1924.5.20 - 1991.12.17 | poetry, calligraphy |
| Aida Tsunao | 会 綱雄 | 1914.3.17 - 1990.2.22 | poetry |
| Aida Yūji | 会田 雄次 | 1916.3.5 - 1997.9.17 | history, criticism |
| Aizu Yaichi | 会津 八一 | 1881.8.1 - 1956.11.21 | tanka, calligraphy |
| Akagawa Jirō | 赤川 次郎 | b. 1948.2.29 | fiction |
| Akazome Akiko | 赤染 晶子 | b. 1974 | fiction |
| Akashi Kaijin | 明石 海人 | 1901.7.5 - 1939.6.9 | tanka |
| Akiyama Shun | 秋山 俊 | 1930.4.23 - 2013.10.2 | criticism |
| Akutagawa Ryūnosuke | 芥川 龍之介 | 1892.3.1 - 1927.7.24 | fiction |
| Amazawa Taijirō | 天沢 退二郎 | 1936.7.31 - 2023.1.25 | poetry |
| Aono Sō | 青野 聡 | b. 1943.7.27 | fiction |
| Aono Suekichi | 青野 季吉 | 1890.2.24 - 1961.6.23 | criticism |
| Aoyama Nanae | 青山 七恵 | b. 1983.1.20 | fiction |
| Ara Masahito | 荒 正人 | 1913.1.1 - 1979.6.9 | criticism |
| Arishima Takeo | 有島 武郎 | 1878.3.4 - 1923.6.9 | fiction |
| Ariyoshi Sawako | 有吉 佐和子 | 1931.1.20 - 1984.8.30 | fiction |
| Asabuki Mariko | 朝吹 真理子 | b. 1984.12.19 | fiction |
| Asada Akira | 浅田 彰 | b. 1959.3.23 | criticism |
| Asada Jirō | 浅田 次郎 | b. 1951.12.13 | fiction |
| Asai Ryō | 朝井 リョウ | b. 1989.5.31 | fiction |
| Atōda Takashi | 阿刀田 高 | b. 1935.1.13 | fiction |
| Ayukawa Nobuo | 鮎川 信夫 | 1920.8.23 - 1986.10.17 | poetry |
| Awano Seiho | 阿波野 青畝 | 1899.2.10 - 1992.12.22 | haiku |
| Baba Akiko | 馬場 あき子 | b. 1928.1.28 | tanka, criticism |
| Betsuyaku Minoru | 別役 実 | 1937.4.6 - 2020.3.3 | drama, criticism |
| Chikamatsu Shūkō | 近松 秋江 | 1876.5.4 - 1944.4.23 | fiction |
| Daidō Tamaki | 大道 珠貴 | b. 1966.4.10 | fiction |
| Dan Kazuo | 檀 一雄 | 1912.2.3 - 1976.1.2 | fiction |
| Dazai Osamu | 太宰 治 | 1909.6.19 - 1948.6.13 | fiction |
| Doi (Tsuchii) Bansui | 土井 晩翠 | 1871.12.5 - 1952.10.19 | poetry |
| Edogawa Ranpo | 江戸川 乱歩 | 1894.10.21 - 1965.7.28 | fiction |
| Ekuni Kaori | 江國 香織 | b. 1964.3.21 | fiction, juvenile fiction, essays |
| Enchi Fumiko | 円地 文子 | 1905.10.2 - 1986.11.14 | fiction, drama |
| Endō Shūsaku | 遠藤 周作 | 1923.3.27 - 1996.9.29 | fiction |
| Enjō Tō | 円城 塔 | 1972.9.15 | fiction |
| Etō Jun | 江藤 淳 | 1932.12.25 - 1999.7.21 | criticism |
| Fujiko F. Fujio (Fujimoto Hiroshi) |
藤子・F・不二雄 （藤本 弘） |
1933.12.1 - 1996.9.23 | manga, anime |
| Fujiko FujioⒶ (Abiko Motoo) |
藤子 不二雄Ⓐ （安孫子 素雄） |
1934.3.10 - 2022.4.7 | manga, anime |
| Fujimori Seikichi | 藤森 成吉 | 1892.8.28 - 1977.5.26 | drama, fiction |
| Fujino Chiyo | 藤野 千夜 | b. 1962.2.27 | fiction |
| Fujino Kaori | 藤野 可織 | b. 1980.2.14 | fiction |
| Fujisawa Shū | 藤沢 周 | b. 1959.1.10 | fiction |
| Fukazawa Shichirō | 深沢 七郎 | 1914.1.29 - 1987.8.18 | fiction |
| Fukuda Tsuneari | 福田 恆存 | 1912.8.25 - 1994.11.20 | criticism, drama |
| Fukunaga Takehiko | 福永 武彦 | 1918.3.19 - 1979.8.13 | fiction, poetry |
| Fukuzawa Yukichi | 福沢 諭吉 | 1834.12.12 - 1901.2.3 | philosophy, education, criticism |
| Funahashi Seiichi | 船橋 聖一 | 1904.12.25 - 1976.1.13 | fiction, drama |
| Furui Yoshikichi | 古井 由吉 | 1937.11.19 - 2020.2.18 | fiction |
| Furukawa Makoto | 古川 真人 | b. 1988.7.29 | fiction |
| Furuyama Komao | 古山 高麗雄 | 1920.8.6 - 2002.3.14 | fiction |
| Futabatei Shimei | 二葉亭 四迷 | 1864.2.3 - 1909.5.10 | fiction, translation |
| Gen Getsu | 玄 月 | b. 1965.2.10 | fiction |
| Gen'yū Sōkyū | 玄侑 宗久 | b. 1956.4.28 | fiction |
| Gomi Yasusuke | 五味 康祐 | 1921.12.20 - 1980.4.1 | fiction |
| Gomikawa Junpei | 五味川 純平 | 1916.3.15 - 1995.3.8 | fiction |
| Gotō Meisei | 後藤 明生 | 1932.4.4 - 1999.8.2 | fiction |
| Hagiwara Sakutarō | 萩原 朔太郎 | 1886.11.1 - 1942.5.11 | poetry, criticism |
| Hanada Kiyoteru | 花田 清輝 | 1909.3.29 - 1974.9.23 | criticism |
| Hanamura Mangetsu | 花村 萬月 | b. 1955.2.5 | fiction |
| Haniya Yutaka | 埴谷 雄高 | 1910.1.1 - 1997.2.19 | fiction, criticism |
| Hara Tamiki | 原 民喜 | 1905.11.15 - 1951.3.13 | poetry, fiction |
| Hasegawa Ryūsei | 長谷川 龍生 | 1928.6.19 - 2019.8.20 | poetry |
| Hasegawa Tenkei | 長谷川 天渓 | 1876.11.26 - 1940.8.30 | criticism |
| Hashida Sugako | 橋田 寿賀子 | 1925.5.10 - 2021.4.4 | screenwriting |
| Hashikawa Bunzō | 橋川 文三 | 1922.1.1 - 1983.12.17 | criticism |
| Hashimoto Osamu | 橋本 治 | 1948.3.25 - 2019.1.29 | fiction, criticism, essays |
| Hashimoto Takako | 橋本 多佳子 | 1899.1.15 - 1963.5.29 | haiku |
| Hasumi Shigehiko | 蓮実 重彦 | b. 1936.4.29 | criticism |
| Hattori Bushō (Hattori Seiichi) |
服部 撫松 （服部 誠一） |
1841.4.6 - 1908.8.15 | fiction, journalism |
| Hayama Yoshiki | 葉山 嘉樹 | 1894.3.12 - 1945.10.18 | fiction |
| Hayashi Fumiko | 林 芙美子 | 1903.12.31 - 1951.6.28 | fiction |
| Hayashi Fusao | 林 房雄 | 1903.5.30 - 1975.10.9 | fiction |
| Hayashi Kyōko | 林 京子 | 1930.8.28 - 2017.2.19 | fiction |
| Hayashi Tatsuo | 林 達夫 | 1896.11.20 - 1984.4.25 | criticism, history |
| Higashino Keigo | 東野 圭吾 | b. 1958.2.4 | fiction |
| Hidaka Toshitaka | 日高 敏隆 | 1930.2.26 - 2009.11.14 | criticism |
| Higuchi Ichiyō | 樋口 一葉 | 1872.5.2 - 1896.11.25 | fiction |
| Hijikata Yoshi | 土方 与志 | 1898.4.16 - 1959.6.4 | drama |
| Hikari Agata | 日刈 あがた | 1943.1.25 - 1992.9.6 | fiction |
| Hinatsu Kōnosuke | 日夏 耿之介 | 1890.2.22 - 1971.6.13 | poetry |
| Hino Ashihei | 日野 葦平 | 1907.1.25 - 1960.1.24 | fiction |
| Hino Keizō | 日野 啓三 | 1929.6.14 - 2002.10.14 | fiction |
| Hirabayashi Taiko | 平林 泰子 | 1905.10.3 - 1972.2.17 | fiction |
| Hirano Keiichirō | 平野 啓一郎 | b. 1975.6.22 | fiction |
| Hirano Ken | 平野 謙 | 1907.10.30 - 1978.4.3 | criticism |
| Hirata Oriza | 平田 オリザ | b. 1962.11.8 | drama |
| Hirato Renkichi | 平戸 廉吉 | 1893.12.9 - 1922.7.20 | poetry |
| Hirotsu Ryūrō | 広津 柳浪 | 1861.6.8 - 1928.10.15 | fiction |
| Hisaita Eijirō | 久板 栄次郎 | 1898.7.3 - 1976.6.9 | drama |
| Hōjō Tamio | 北条 民雄 | 1914.9.22 - 1937.12.5 | fiction |
| Homura Hiroshi | 穂村 弘 | b. 1962.5.21 | tanka |
| Honda Shūgo | 本田 秋五 | 1908.9.22 - 2001.1.13 | criticism |
| Hori Tatsuo | 堀 辰雄 | 1904.12.28 - 1953.5.28 | fiction |
| Horie Toshiyuki | 堀江 敏幸 | b. 1964.1.3 | fiction |
| Horiguchi Daigaku | 堀口 大学 | 1892.1.8 - 1981.3.15 | poetry |
| Hotta Yoshie | 堀田 善衛 | 1918.7.17 - 1998.9.5 | fiction |
| I Feson (Ri Kaisei) |
李 恢成 | b. 1935.2.26 | fiction |
| I Yanji (Tanaka Yoshie) |
李 良枝 (田中 淑枝) |
1955.3.15 - 1992.5.22 | fiction |
| Ibaragi Noriko | 茨木 のり子 | 1926.6.12 - 2006.2.17 | poetry |
| Ibuse Masuji | 井伏 鱒二 | 1897.2.15 - 1993.7.10 | fiction |
| Iida Dakotsu | 飯田 蛇笏 | 1885.4.26 - 1962.10.3 | haiku |
| Iida Ryūta | 飯田 龍太 | 1920.7.10 - 2007.2.25 | haiku |
| Iijima Haruko | 飯島 晴子 | 1921.1.9 - 2000.6.6 | haiku |
| Iijima Kōichi | 飯島 耕一 | 1930.2.25 - 2013.10.14 | poetry |
| Ijūin Shizuka | 伊集院 静 | 1950.2.9 - 2023.11.24 | fiction |
| Ikegami Yoshihiko | 池上 嘉彦 | b. 1934.2.6 | criticism |
| Ikemiya Shōichirō | 池宮 彰一郎 | 1923.5.16 - 2007.5.6 | fiction, screenplays |
| Ikezawa Natsuki | 池澤 夏樹 | b. 1945.7.7 | fiction |
| Ikuta Chōkō | 生田 長江 | 1882.4.21 - 1936.11.1 | criticism, fiction, drama, translation |
| Imamura Natsuko | 今村 夏子 | b. 1980.2.20 | fiction |
| Inagaki Taruho | 稲垣 足穂 | 1900.12.26 - 1977.10.25 | fiction |
| Inoue Hisashi | 井上 ひさし | 1934.11.17 - 2010.4.9 | fiction, drama |
| Inoue Mitsuharu | 井上 光晴 | 1926.5.15 - 1992.5.30 | fiction |
| Inoue Tomoichirō | 井上 友一郎 | 1909.3.15 - 1997.7.1 | fiction |
| Inoue Yasushi | 井上 靖 | 1907.5.6 -1991.1.29 | fiction, poetry |
| Irie Takanori | 入江 隆則 | b. 1935.9.19 | criticism |
| Irisawa Yasuo | 入沢 康夫 | 1931.11.3 - 2018.10.15 | poetry |
| Irokawa Takehiro (Asada Tetsuya) |
色川 武大 （阿佐田 哲也） |
1929.3.28 - 1989.4.10 | fiction |
| Isawa Taka | 石和 鷹 | 1933.11.6 - 1997.4.22 | fiction |
| Ishibashi Ningetsu | 石橋 忍月 | 1865.9.1 - 1926.2.1 | criticism |
| Ishida Hakyō | 石田 波郷 | 1913.3.18 - 1969.11.21 | haiku |
| Ishigaki Rin | 石垣 りん | 1920.2.21 - 2004.12.26 | poetry |
| Ishihara Atsushi | 石原 純 | 1881.1.15 - 1947.1.19 | tanka |
| Ishihara Shintarō | 石原 慎太郎 | 1932.9.30 - 2022.2.1 | fiction |
| Ishii Yūka | 石井 遊佳 | b. 1963.11 | fiction |
| Ishikawa Jun | 石川 淳 | 1899.3.7 - 1987.12.29 | fiction |
| Ishikawa Takuboku | 石川 啄木 | 1886.2.20 - 1912.4.13 | poetry, tanka |
| Ishikawa Tatsuzō | 石川 達三 | 1905.7.2 - 1985.1.31 | fiction |
| Ishimure Michiko | 石牟礼 道子 | 1927.3.11 - 2018.2.10 | criticism |
| Ishizaka Yōjirō | 石坂 洋次郎 | 1900.7.25 - 1986.10.7 | fiction |
| Ishizawa Mai | 石沢 麻依 | b. 1980 | fiction |
| Isoda Kōichi | 磯田 光一 | 1931.1.18 - 1987.2.5 | criticism |
| Isozaki Ken'ichirō | 磯崎 憲一郎 | b. 1968.2.28 | fiction |
| Isshiki Jirō | 一色 次郎 | 1916.5.1 - 1988.5.25 | fiction |
| Itō Hiromi | 伊藤 比呂美 | b. 1955.9.13 | poetry |
| Itō Keiichi | 伊藤 桂一 | 1917.8.23 - 2016.10.29 | fiction, poetry |
| Itō Sachio | 伊藤 左千夫 | 1864.8.18 - 1913.7.30 | tanka, fiction |
| Itō Sei | 伊藤 整 | 1905.1.16 - 1969.11.15 | fiction, criticism |
| Itō Shizuo | 伊藤 静雄 | 1906.12.10 - 1953.3.12 | poetry |
| Itō Takami | 伊藤 たかみ | b. 1971.4.5 | fiction |
| Itoyama Akiko | 絲山 秋子 | b. 1966.11.22 | fiction |
| Itsuki Hiroyuki | 五木 寛之 | b. 1932.9.30 | fiction, essays |
| Iwahashi Kunie | 岩橋 邦枝 | 1934.10.10 - 2014.6.11 | fiction, biography |
| Iwano Hōmei | 岩野 泡鳴 | 1873.1.20 - 1920.5.9 | poetry, fiction, criticism |
| Iwaya Sazanami | 巌谷 小波 | 1870.7.4 - 1933.9.5 | fiction, juvenile fiction, haiku |
| Izumi Kyōka | 泉 鏡花 | 1873.11.4 - 1939.9.7 | fiction, drama |
