The below is an html captured by copying the source code from a web.archive.org page. I used to link to this resource for help in determining if something has been translated; however, the site has moved or been discontinued. If the web.archive.org link does not open, you can work with the below. -- John Wallace 3/9/2010
Japanese Literature in Translation -
library skills
How do you find out which Japanese
language poems, plays, stories,
and novels
Print resources end up out of date as soon as they are published, but
are an excellent way to browse and to locate old materials. You can
find printed bibliographies in the library catalog by using subject
headings such as: Use subject headings such as: Japanese
literature -- Translations into Foreign Languages -- Bibliographies.
Some Specific Examples
Inada, Hide Ikehara. Bibliography of Translations from the
Japanese into Western Languages from the 16th Century to 1912. Tokyo:
Sophia University, 1971.
Check Availability: East
Asian Reference Collection
Z3308.T7 I5
International House of Japan Library. Modern Japanese Literature
in Translation: A Bibliography. Tokyo: Kodansha, 1979.
Check Availability:
Z3308.L5 K66
1979
Coverage is 1868-1978. This is a nice place to start your search
because the listing is by Author and then the original Japanese title
and includes the characters for each title.
Japan P.E.N. Club. Japanese Literature in Foreign
Languages, 1945-1995. Japan: Japan P.E.N. Club, 1997.
Check Availability: Z3308.L5
J354 1997 +
Consider the above 2 supplemented/replaced by the online version from
Japan Foundation.
Mamola, Claire Zebroski. Japanese Women Writers in English
Translation: an Annotated Bibliography. New York: Garland, 1989
Rimer, J. Thomas and Robert E. Morrell. Guide to Japanese Poetry.
Boston: G.K. Hall, 1975.
Check Availability: Z3308.L5
R54 1975
To Locate Anthologies:
Use subject headings that contain the phrase "translations into
English"
"Translations, English" or "translations from Japanese" The
wrap-around
feature of the library catalog allows you to search by the subdivisions
of the subject headings (Dictionaries, Translations into/from) as well
as the main subject headings (Japanese literature, Japanese poetry,
Women
authors, Japanese)
Please note that individual titles in most of the anthologies are
listed in the above databases and that once you have identified the
title of the anthology, you can search by that title in the library
catalog.
Some Specific Examples:
Apostolou, John L. and Martin H. Greenberg. Murder in Japan:
Japanese
Stories of Crime and Detection. New York : Dembner Books :
Distributed
by Norton, c1987.
Check Availability: PL782.E8
M78 1987
Miller, Stephen D., ed. Partings at Dawn: an Anthology of Japanese
Gay Literature. San Francisco : Gay Sunshine Press, 1996.
Takaya, Ted T. Modern Japanese Drama: an Anthology.
New
York : Columbia University Press, 1979.
Check Availability: PL782.E8
M6
To Locate Translations of Individual Authors' Works
To locate monographs in our library collection, you should search by
the
author's name. You may search the author index or the subject index. If
you search by subject it will look something like this: Matsumoto,
Seicho, 1909- Translations, English. Sometimes it is Translations
into
English. To be safe, stop at translations! Another option is to
search
by author, for example Matsuo
Basho, and then limit by language = English.
A final option is to try a keyword search to see if the poem, short
story,
or novel that you are looking for is listed in the table of contents or
in one of the title fields.
Some Specific Examples:
Searching by author: Ibuse,
Masuji will bring you a list of titles. Look for the
ones that are in English or have the word English in the title. For
example:
Ibuse, Masuji. Waves : two short novels.
Tokyo ; New York : Kodansha International ; New York : Distributed in
the United States by Kodansha International/USA, through Harper &
Row, 1986.
Check Availability: PL830.B8
A22 1986
Matsuo, Basho. Basho's Narrow Road: Spring and Autumn Passages:
Two Works. Transl. with annotations by Hiroaki Sato. Berkeley,
Calif.:
Stone Bridge Press, 1996.
Check Availability: PL794.4.Z5
A3613 1996
