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 (for Man'yōshū poets, "waka" is a broadly inclusive term). Note that these lists follow the usual Japanese practice of giving the surname first, and that Japanese orthography has been given preference. Emperors are alphabetized by name. As a convenience, spaces have been added to the Japanese versions of the names to indicate the break between first and last names; normally these spaces would not appear.
Premodern Authors
Modern Authors
Premodern authors N-S
Name (English) | Name (Japanese) | Dates | Genre |
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Namiki Gohei (I) | 並木 五瓶 | 1747 - 1808 | kabuki |
Namiki Shōzō (I) | 並木 正三 | 1730 - 1773 | kabuki |
Namiki Sōsuke | 並木 宗輔 | 1695 - 1751 | jōruri |
Nichiren | 日蓮 | 1222 - 1282 | religion |
Nijō Yoshimoto | 二条 良基 | 1320 - 1388 | renga, waka |
Nijōin Sanuki | 二条院 讃岐 | 1141? - 1217 | waka |
Nishiyama Sōin | 西山 宗因 | 1605 - 1682 | renga, haikai |
Nukada no Ōkimi | 額田 王 | 627? - ? | waka |
Ō no Yasumaro | 太 安万侶 | ? - 723 | transcription |
Ogyū Sorai | 荻生 徂徠 | 1606 - 1728 | Confucianism |
Ōmi no Mifune | 淡海 三船 | 722 - 785 | kanshi |
Ono no Komachi | 小野 小町 | fl. ca. 833 - 850 | waka |
Ono no Takamura | 小野 篁 | 802 - 852 | kanshi |
Ōshikōchi no Mitsune | 凡河内 躬恒 | fl. ca 905 | waka |
Ōta Nanpo (Yomo no Akara) |
大田 南畝 (四方 赤良) |
1749 - 1823 | kyōka, gesaku |
Ōtomo no Ōji | 大友 皇子 | 645 - 672 | kanshi |
Ōtomo no Tabito | 大伴 旅人 | 665 - 731 | waka |
Ōtomo no Yakamochi | 大伴 家持 | 717? - 785 | waka |
Ōtsu no Miko | 大津 皇子 | 633 - 686 | kanshi, waka |
Ozawa Roan | 小沢 蘆庵 | 1723 - 1801 | waka |
Rai San'yō | 頼 山陽 | 1780 - 1832 | Confucianism |
Ryōkan | 良寛 | 1758? - 1831 | waka, kanshi |
Ryūtei Tanehiko | 柳亭 種彦 | 1783 - 1842 | gesaku |
Emperor Saga | 嵯峨 天皇 | 786 - 842 | kanshi |
Saigyō | 西行 | 1118 - 1190 | waka |
Sakurada Jisuke (I) | 桜田 治助 | 1734 - 1806 | kabuki |
Santō Kyōden | 山東 京伝 | 1761 - 1816 | gesaku |
Sei Shōnagon | 清 少納言 | 966? - ? | zuihitsu, waka |
Seihakudō Kōun | 生白堂 行雲 | fl. ca. 1670 | kyōka |
Shiba Zenkō | 芝 全交 | 1750 - 1793 | gesaku |
Shikano Buzaemon | 鹿野 武左衛門 | 1649 - 1699 | rakugo |
Shikitei Samba | 式亭 三馬 | 1776 - 1822 | gesaku |
Shimokōbe Chōryū (Nagaru) | 下河辺 長流 | 1627 - 1686 | waka |
Shinkei | 心敬 | 1406 - 1475 | renga |
Shinran | 親鸞 | 1173 - 1262 | religion |
Shōhaku | 肖柏 | 1443 - 1527 | renga |
Shokushi (Shikishi) Naishinnō | 式子 内親王 | 1149 - 1201 | waka |
Shōtetsu | 正徹 | 1381 - 1459 | waka |
Sōchō | 宗長 | 1448 - 1532 | renga |
Sōgi | 宗祇 | 1421 - 1502 | renga |
Sone no Yoshitada | 曾禰 好忠 | fl. 10th c. | waka |
Sosei | 素性 | before 850 - after 909 | waka |
Sugawara no Michizane | 菅原 道真 | 845 - 903 | shibun |
Sugawara no Takasue no Musume | 菅原 孝標 女 | 1008 - ? | waka |