#Japanese literature

[bsd-bibliophile]

Everybody does evil: some openly, others in secret.

Ozaki Kōyō, The Gold Demon

#ozaki kōyō #japanese literature #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs #bsd

[metamorphesque]

—Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

[That’s what the world is, after all: an endless battle of contrasting memories.]

#quotes #literature #haruki murakami #japanese literature #translated literature #memory

[feral-ballad]

Yosano Akiko, tr. by Sam Hamill & Keiko Matsui Gibson, from River of Stars: Selected Poems of Yosano Akiko

[Text ID: “Picking wild roses, / some to weave into my hair / and some for the hand, / I then waited for hours, / I waited for you all day.”]

#yosano akiko #flowers #love #longing #excerpts #writings #literature #poetry #fragments #selections #words #quotes #poetry collection #typography #poetry in translation #japanese literature #japanese poetry

[lets-get-lit]

I was always hungry for love. Just once, I wanted to know what it was like to get my fill of it -- to be fed so much love I couldn't take any more. Just once.

- Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

#quotes #books #literature #lit #classics #academia #light academia #dark academia #chaotic academia #book #book quotes #quotation #Haruki Murakami #Murakami #Norwegian Wood #Fiction #Romance #Japanese Literature

[mournfulroses]

Kōtarō Takamura, tr. by Hiroaki Sato, from Chieko & Other Poems; "Two Under the Tree,"

#lit #kotaro takamura #poetry #december #writings #selections #fragments #japanese literature #excerpts #p

[elysiumaze]

Mieko Kawakami in, Heaven.

#books #prose #quotes #book quotes #books and libraries #booksbooksbooks #lit #bookblr #book rec #literature #asian literature #japanese literature #mieko kawakami #words #writing

[0wikipedia0]

I’m sorry?? What?

Was reading a Wikipedia article on Mori Ōgai and apparently his daughter Mari was the “creator” of the YAOI GENRE?!?! I’m reeling.

Wtf

#japanese literature #taisho era #post meiji era #taisho literature #yaoi #mori mari #mori ougai #bsd #good for her I guess #bungou stray dogs

[ryukatz]

⋆ ♱ PORT MAFIA LITERARY REFERENCES ♱ ⋆

#bsd #bsd chuuya #bsd manga #bsd sigma #chuya nakahara #bungou stray dogs chuuya #rashomon #akutagawa ryuunosuke #bsd mori #bsd elise #bsd tachihara #bungo stray dogs x reader #literary #library #literature #japanese #japanese literature #anime #manga #bsd anime

[hiyutekivigil]

haruki murakami, kafka on the shore, p. 11

#hiyutekivigil #haruki murakami #kafka on the shore #japanese literature #literature #lit #quotes #words #books #academia #academia aesthetic #dark academia #light academia #chaotic academia #classic academia #dead poets society

[miscellaneous-03]

You’ll find your own way to discuss what happened to you. You’ll have to, if you ever want to be close to anyone. But your life—no matter what you think, you have nothing to be ashamed of, and none of it has been your fault. Will you remember that?

- Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

#book quotes #life #books #life quotes #tumblr milestone #book tumblr #tbr #japan #japanese literature #depressing shit #a little life #hanya yanagihara #literature

[infinitiumme]

Yukio Mishima with his cats

#japan photos #japanese history #yukio mishima #japan #japanese literature #literature #history

[bsd-bibliophile]

It’ll be fine, she thought. We’re going to support each other. We’ll fight - together.

Tsujimura Mizuki, Lonely Castle in the Mirror

#tsujimura mizuki #japanese literature #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs #bsd

[metamorphesque]

— Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

#quotes #literature #haruki murakami #norwegian wood #may #spring #translated literature #japanese literature

[feral-ballad]

Yosano Akiko, tr. by Sam Hamill & Keiko Matsui Gibson, from River of Stars: Selected Poems of Yosano Akiko

[Text ID: “I want, suddenly, to suck / your feverish lips with mine.”]

#yosano akiko #love #excerpts #writings #literature #poetry #fragments #selections #words #quotes #poetry collection #typography #poetry in translation #japanese literature #japanese poetry

[literaturecravings]

— Sputnik Sweetheart, Haruki Murakami

#literature #myposts! #words #excerpts #classic literature #dark academia books #alternative literature #dark academia #books & libraries #classic academia #murakami #haruki murakami #sputnik sweetheart #haruki murakami quotes #japanese literature #modern literature #literature quotes #bestseller books #trending books

[mournfulroses]

Kōtarō Takamura, tr. by Hiroaki Sato, from Chieko & Other Poems; "To General Kuribayashi,"

#lit #kotaro takamura #poetry #words #quote #japanese literature #fragments #tw: blood #p