japanese literature

in english

search japanese books translated into english:

advanced search

Genre: Nonfiction

Don’t Worry

48 Lessons on Relieving Anxiety from a Zen Buddhist Monk. Discover why 90% of your worries won’t come true in this highly practical, internationally bestselling guide by the renowned Zen Buddhist author of The Art of Simple Living.

May 4, 2023
Black Box: The Memoir That Sparked Japan’s #Metoo Movement

Black Box is a riveting, sobering memoir that chronicles one woman’s struggle for justice, calling for changes to an industry–and in society at large–to ensure that future victims of sexual assault can come forward without being silenced and humiliated. In 2015, an aspiring young journalist named Shiori Ito charged prominent reporter Noriyuki Yamaguchi with rape. After…

May 4, 2023
The Art of Simple Living

100 Daily Practices from a Zen Buddhist Monk for a Lifetime of Calm and Joy

April 17, 2023
Sayonara, Mr. Fatty : a geek’s diet memoir

In this uplifting memoir, famous Japanese pop culture “geek” Toshio Okada tells of the diet and lifestyle changes he made in his fight against obesity, and how his public perception dramatically improved as a result of his healthier appearance. Toshio Okada lost 110lbs in one year, without the use of funky dieting techniques or exercises,…

November 9, 2013
Sounds of valley streams : enlightenment in Dogen’s Zen, translation of nine essays from Shobogenzo

October 28, 2013
Master Dogen’s Shinji Shobogenzo

The Shinji Shobogenzo is a marvelous collection of 301 Zen koan stories in three volumes that the Japanese Buddhist master Dogen collected during his four-year stay in China. The stories were written in Chinese, and are records of conversations between Buddhist masters and their students. Dogen used many of these stories as the basis for…

October 28, 2013
Enlightenment unfolds : the essential teachings of Zen Master Dogen

Works written by Dogen throughout his life, presented in chronological order, beginning with the journal from his study in China, providing a substantial selection from his masterwork, Treasury of the true dharma eye, and concluding with his spare but eloquent death poem. A number of the selections appear here in English for the first time.

October 28, 2013
The way of everyday life : Zen master Dogen’s Genjokoan with commentary

October 28, 2013
The heart of Dogen’s Shobogenzo

October 28, 2013
March was made of yarn : reflections on the Japanese earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown

On March 11, 2011, a massive earthquake occurred off the northeastern coast of Japan, triggering a 50-foot tsunami that crushed everything in its path—highways, airports, villages, trains, and buses—leaving death and destruction behind, and causing a major radiation leak from five nuclear plants. Here eighteen writers give us their trenchant observations and emotional responses to…

October 28, 2013