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 N-S
| Name (English) | Name (Japanese) | Dates | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nagai Kafū | 永井 荷風 | 1879.12.3 - 1957.4.30 | fiction, essays |
| Nagashima Yū | 長嶋 有 | b. 1972.9.30 | fiction |
| Nagatsuka Takashi | 長塚 節 | 1879.4.3 - 1915.2.8 | tanka, fiction |
| Nagayo Yoshirō | 長与 善郎 | 1888.8.6 - 1961.10.29 | fiction, drama, criticism |
| Naitō Meisetsu | 内藤 鳴雪 | 1847.4.15 - 1926.2.20 | haiku |
| Naka Kansuke | 中 勘助 | 1885.5.22 - 1965.5.3 | fiction, poetry |
| Nakagami Kenji | 中上 健次 | 1946.8.2 - 1992.8.12 | fiction |
| Nakahara Chūya | 中原 中也 | 1907.4.29 - 1938.10.22 | poetry |
| Nakajima Atsushi | 中島 敦 | 1909.5.5 - 1942.12.4 | fiction |
| Nakajima Kenzō | 中島 健蔵 | 1903.2.21 - 1979.6.11 | criticism |
| Nakajō Fumiko | 中条 ふみ子 | 1922.11.15 - 1954.8.3 | tanka |
| Nakamura Fuminori | 中村 文則 | b. 1977.9.2 | fiction |
| Nakamura Keiu | 中村 敬宇 | 1832.5.26 - 1891.6.1 | education |
| Nakamura Kenkichi | 中村 憲吉 | 1889.1.25 - 1934.5.5 | tanka |
| Nakamura Kichizō | 中村 吉蔵 | 1877.5.15 - 1941.12.24 | drama, fiction |
| Nakamura Kusatao | 中村 草田男 | 1901.7.24 - 1983.8.5 | haiku |
| Nakamura Mitsuo | 中村 光夫 | 1911.2.11 - 1988.7.12 | criticism |
| Nakamura Murao | 中村 武羅夫 | 1886.10.4 - 1949.5.13 | editing, fiction, criticism |
| Nakamura Shin'ichirō | 中村 真一郎 | 1918.3.5 - 1997.12.25 | poetry, fiction, criticism |
| Nakamura Teijo | 中村 汀女 | 1900.4.11 - 1989.9.20 | haiku |
| Nakamura Yūjirō | 中村 雄二郎 | 1925.10.13 - 2017.8.26 | criticism, philosophy |
| Nakano Kōji | 中野 孝次 | 1925.1.1 - 2004.7.16 | German literature, criticism, essays |
| Nakano Shigeharu | 中野 重治 | 1902.1.25 - 1979.8.24 | fiction, poetry, criticism |
| Nakano Yoshio | 中野 好夫 | 1903.8.2 - 1985.2.20 | scholarship, criticism |
| Nakatsuka Ippekirō | 中塚 一碧楼 | 1887.9.24 - 1946.12.31 | haiku |
| Narushima Ryūhoku | 成島 柳北 | 1837.2.16 - 1884.11.30 | Chinese poetry, reporting, essays |
| Natsume Fusanosuke | 夏目 房之介 | b. 1950.8.18 | manga |
| Natsume Sōseki | 夏目 漱石 | 1867.1.5 - 1916.12.9 | fiction, criticism, Chinese poetry, haiku |
| Nishida Kitarō | 西田 幾多郎 | 1870.5.19 - 1945.6.7 | criticism |
| Nishimura Kenta | 西村 賢太 | b. 1967.7.12 | fiction |
| Nishimura Yōkichi | 西村 陽吉 | 1892.4.9 - 1959.3.22 | tanka |
| Nishiwaki Junzaburō | 西脇 順三郎 | 1894.1.20 - 1982.6.5 | poetry |
| Niwa Fumio | 丹羽 文雄 | 1904.11.22 - 2005.4.20 | fiction |
| Noda Hideki | 野田 秀樹 | b. 1955.12.20 | drama |
| Nogami Yaeko | 野上 弥生子 | 1885.5.6 - 1985.3.30 | fiction |
| Nohara Kazuo | 野原 一夫 | 1922.3.30 - 1999.7.31 | criticism |
| Nojima Shinji | 野島 伸司 | b. 1963.3.4 | screenwriting |
| Noma Hiroshi | 野間 宏 | 1915.2.23 - 1999.7.2 | fiction |
| Nosaka Akiyuki | 野坂 昭如 | 1930.10.10 - 2015.12.9 | fiction |
| Nozawa Hisashi | 野沢 尚 | b. 1960.05.07 | fiction |
| Numata Shinsuke | 沼田 真佑 | b. 1978.10.30 | fiction |
| Ōba Minako | 大庭 みな子 | 1930.11.11 - 2007.5.24 | fiction |
| Ochiai Naobumi | 落合 直文 | 1861.12.22 - 1903.12.16 | tanka |
| Oda (Niwa) Jun'ichirō | 織田 純一郎 | 1851.5.22 - 1919.2.3 | translation, journalism |
| Oda Makoto | 小田 実 | 1932.6.2 - 2007.7.30 | reportage, criticism, fiction |
| Oda Sakunosuke | 織田 作之助 | 1913.10.26 - 1947.1.10 | fiction |
| Odagiri Hideo | 小田切 秀雄 | 1916.9.20 - 2000.5.24 | criticism |
| Ōe Kenzaburō | 大江 健三郎 | 1935.1.31 - 2023.3.3 | fiction |
| Ogawa Kunio | 小川 国夫 | 1927.12.21 - 2008.4.9 | fiction |
| Ogawa Mimei | 小川 未明 | 1882.4.7 - 1961.5.11 | juvenile literature |
| Ogawa Yōko | 小川 洋子 | b. 1962.3.30 | fiction, essays |
| Ogiwara Seisensui | 萩原 井泉水 | 1884.6.16 - 1976.5.20 | haiku |
| Ogino Anna | 荻野 アンナ | b. 1956.11.7 | fiction, French literature |
| Ōhara Tomie | 大原 富枝 | 1912.9.28 - 2000.1.27 | fiction |
| Oka Fumoto | 岡 麓 | 1877.3.3 - 1951.9.7 | tanka |
| Okai Takashi | 岡井 隆 | 1928.1.5 - 2020.7.10 | tanka |
| Okamatsu Kazuo | 岡松 和夫 | 1931.6.23 - 2012.1.21 | fiction |
| Okamoto Kanoko | 岡本 かの子 | 1889.3.11 - 1939.2.18 | fiction, tanka |
| Okamoto Kidō | 岡本 綺堂 | 1872.11.15 - 1939.3.1 | drama |
| Okuizumi Hikaru | 奥泉 光 | b. 1956.2.6 | fiction |
| Okuno Takeo | 奥野 健男 | 1926.7.25 - 1997.11.26 | criticism |
| Ono Masatsugu | 小野 正嗣 | b. 1970.11.27 | fiction |
| Ono Tōzaburō | 小野 十三郎 | 1903.7.27 - 1996.10.8 | poetry |
| Onoe Saishū | 尾上 柴舟 | 1876.8 - 1957.1.13 | tanka |
| Ōnishi Kyojin | 大西 巨人 | 1919.8.20 - 2014.3.12 | fiction, criticism |
| Onuma Tan | 小沼 丹 | 1918.9.9 - 1996.11.8 | fiction |
| Ōoka Akira | 大岡 玲 | b. 1958.10.16 | fiction, criticism |
| Ōoka Makoto | 大岡 信 | 1931.2.16 - 2017.4.5 | criticism, poetry |
| Ōoka Shōhei | 大岡 昇平 | 1909.3.6 - 1988.12.25 | fiction |
| Orikuchi Nobuo (Shaku Chōkū) |
折口 信夫 （釈 迢空） |
1887.2.11 - 1953.9.3 | tanka, ethnology |
| Osada Hiroshi | 長田 弘 | 1939.11.10 - 2015.5.3 | poetry, criticism |
| Osanai Kaoru | 小山内 薫 | 1881.7.26 - 1928.12.25 | drama |
| Osaragi Jirō | 大佛 次郎 | 1897.10.9 - 1973.4.30 | fiction |
| Ōshiro Tatsuhiro | 大城 立裕 | 1925.9.19 - 2020.10.27 | fiction |
| Ōsuga Otsuji | 大須賀 乙字 | 1881.7.29 - 1920.1.20 | haiku |
| Ōta Mizuho | 太田 水穂 | 1876.12.9 - 1955.1.1 | tanka |
| Ōta Shōgo | 太田 省吾 | 1939.9.24 - 2007.7.13 | drama |
| Ōta Yōko | 大田 洋子 | 1906.11.18 - 1963.12.10 | fiction |
| Otsuji Katsuhiko (Akasegawa Genpei) |
尾辻 克彦 （赤瀬川 原平） |
1937.3.27 - 2014.10.26 | fiction |
| Oyamada Hiroko | 小山田 浩子 | b. 1983.11.2 | fiction |
| Ozaki Hideki | 尾崎 秀樹 | 1928.11.29 - 1999.9.21 | criticism |
| Ozaki Hōsai | 尾崎 放哉 | 1885.1.20 - 1926.4.7 | haiku |
| Ozaki Kazuo | 尾崎 一雄 | 1899.12.25 - 1983.3.31 | fiction |
| Ozaki Kōyō | 尾崎 紅葉 | 1867.12.16 - 1903.10.30 | fiction |
| Ozaki Shirō | 尾崎 士郎 | 1898.2.5 - 1964.2.19 | fiction |
| Ri Kaisei (Lee Hoesung) |
李 恢成 | b. 1935.2.26 | fiction |
| Ri Kotomi (Li Qinfeng) |
李 琴峰 | b. 1989.12.26 | fiction |
| Rībi Hideo (Ian Hideo Levy) |
リービ 英雄 | b. 1950.11.29 | fiction, essays |
| Ryū Keiichirō | 隆 慶一郎 | 1923.9.30 - 1989.11.4 | screenwriting, fiction |
| Ryūtanji Yū | 龍胆寺 雄 | 1901.4.27 - 1992.6.4 | fiction |
| Sae Shūichi | 佐江 衆一 | 1934.1.19 - 2020.10.29 | fiction |
| Saegusa Kazuko | 三枝 和子 | 1929.3.31 - 2003.4.24 | fiction |
| Saeki Kazumi | 佐伯 一麦 | b. 1959.7.21 | fiction |
| Sagisawa Megumu | 鷺沢 萠 | 1968.6.20 - 2004.4.11 | fiction |
| Saitō Mokichi | 斎藤 茂吉 | 1882.2.14 - 1953.2.25 | tanka |
| Saitō Ryokuu | 斎藤 緑雨 | 1867.12.31 - 1904.4.13 | fiction |
| Saitō Sanki | 西東 三鬼 | 1900.5.15 - 1962.4.1 | haiku |
| Sakagami Hiroshi | 坂上 弘 | 1936.2.13 - 2021.8.16 | fiction |
| Sakaguchi Ango | 坂口 安吾 | 1906.10.20 - 1955.2.17 | fiction, criticism |
| Sakata Hiroo | 阪田 寛夫 | 1925.10.18 - 2005.3.22 | fiction, poetry, children's stories |
| Saki Ryūzō | 佐木 隆三 | 1937.4.15 - 2015.10.31 | fiction, nonfiction |
| Sakura Momoko | さくら ももこ | 1965.5.8 - 2018.8.15 | manga, anime |
| Sakuragi Shino | 桜木 紫乃 | b. 1965.4.19 | fiction |
| Sasaki Kiichi | 佐々木 基一 | 1914.11.30 - 1993.4.25 | criticism |
| Sasaki Nobutsuna | 佐佐木 信綱 | 1872.7.8 - 1963.12.2 | tanka, philology |
| Sasaki Yukitsuna | 佐佐木 幸綱 | b. 1938.10.8 | tanka |
| Sasō Akira | さそう あきら | b. 1961.2.9 | manga |
| Sata Ineko | 佐多 稲子 | 1904.9.25 - 1998.10.12 | fiction |
| Satō Haruo | 佐藤 春夫 | 1892.4.9 - 1964.5.6 | fiction |
| Satō Makoto | 佐藤 信 | b. 1943.8.23 | drama |
| Satō Nobuo | 佐藤 信夫 | 1931 - 1993 | criticism |
| Satō Satarō | 佐藤 佐太郎 | 1909.11.13 - 1987.8.8 | tanka |
| Satō Yōjirō | 佐藤 洋二郎 | b. 1949.6.28 | fiction |
| Satomi Ton | 里見 弴 | 1888.7.14 - 1983.1.21 | fiction |
| Sawaki Kin'ichi | 沢木 欣一 | 1919.10.6 - 2001.11.5 | haiku |
| Seirai Yūichi | 青来 有一 | b. 1958.12.13 | fiction |
| Sekine Hiroshi | 関根 弘 | 1920.1.21 - 1994.8.3 | poetry |
| Setouchi Harumi (Jakuchō) | 瀬戸内 晴美 （寂聴） | 1922.5.15 - 2021.11.9 | fiction |
| Shiba Ryōtarō | 司馬 遼太郎 | 1923.8.7 - 1996.2.12 | fiction, essays |
| Shibaki Yoshiko | 芝木 好子 | 1914.5.7 - 1991.8.25 | fiction |
| Shibasaki Tomoka | 柴崎 友香 | b. 1973.10.20 | fiction |
| Shibata Shō | 柴田 翔 | b. 1935.1.19 | fiction, criticism |
| Shibusawa Tatsuhiko | 澁澤 龍彥 | 1928.5.8 - 1987.8.5 | fiction, criticism |
| Shiga Naoya | 志賀 直哉 | 1883.2.20 - 1971.10.21 | fiction |
| Shigematsu Kiyoshi | 重松 清 | b. 1963.3.6 | fiction, reportage |
| Shiina Makoto | 椎名 誠 | b. 1944.6.4 | fiction |
| Shiina Rinzō | 椎名 麟三 | 1911.10.1 - 1973.3.28 | fiction |
| Shimada Masahiko | 島田 雅彦 | b. 1961.3.13 | fiction |
| Shimaki Akahiko | 島木 赤彦 | 1876.12.17 - 1926.3.27 | tanka |
| Shimaki Kensaku | 島木 健作 | 1903.9.7 - 1945.8.17 | fiction |
| Shimamura Hōgetsu | 島村 抱月 | 1871.1.10 - 1918.11.5 | criticism, fiction, translation, drama |
| Shimamura Toshimasa | 島村 利正 | 1912.3.25 - 1981.11.25 | fiction |
| Shimao Toshio | 島尾 敏雄 | 1917.4.18 - 1986.11.12 | fiction |
| Shimaoka Shin | 嶋岡 晨 | b. 1932.3.8 | poetry |
| Shimazaki Tōson | 島崎 藤村 | 1872.3.25 - 1943.8.22 | poetry, fiction |
| Shimizu Yoshinori | 清水 義範 | b. 1947.10.28 | fiction |
| Shinkawa Kazue | 新川 和江 | b. 1929.4.22 | poetry |
| Shinoda Hajime | 篠田 一士 | 1927.1.23 - 1989.4.13 | criticism |
| Shinoda Setsuko | 篠田 節子 | b. 1955.10.23 | fiction, essays |
| Shinpo Yūichi | 真保 裕一 | b. 1961.5.24 | fiction |
| Shiraishi Kazuko | 白石 かずこ | b. 1931.2.27 | poetry |
| Shishi Bunroku | 獅子 文六 | 1893.7.1 - 1969.12.13 | fiction, drama, stage direction |
| Shōji Kaoru | 庄司 薫 | b. 1937.4.19 | fiction |
| Shōno Junzō | 庄野 潤三 | 1921.2.9 - 2009.9.21 | fiction |
| Shōno Yoriko | 笙野 頼子 | b. 1956.3.16 | fiction |
| Sono Ayako | 曾野 綾子 | b. 1931.9.17 | fiction |
| Suehiro Tetchō | 末広 鉄腸 | 1849.2.21 - 1896.2.5 | fiction |
| Sugita Hisajo | 杉田 久女 | 1890.5.30 - 1946.1.21 | haiku |
| Sumii Sue | 住井 すゑ | 1902.1.7 - 1997.6.16 | fiction, juvenile fiction |
| Susukida Kyūkin | 薄田 泣菫 | 1877.5.17 - 1945.10.9 | poetry |
| Suwa Tetsushi | 諏訪 哲史 | b. 1969.10.26 | fiction |
| Suzuki Kōji | 鈴木 光司 | b. 1957.5.13 | fiction |
| Suzuki Shirōyasu | 鈴木 志郎康 | 1935.5.19 - 2022.9.8 | poetry |
| Suzuki Tadashi | 鈴木 忠志 | b. 1939.6.20 | drama |
| Suzuki Takao | 鈴木 孝夫 | 1926.11.9 - 2021.2.10 | linguistics |
