This is a list of Japanese classic texts. These classical works are grouped by genres in a chronological order.

Genres

Confucianism and philosophy

• Go Rin no Sho 1645
• Fudōchi Shinmyōroku (unknown)
• Rongo Shitsuchu (1600)
• Okina Mondō (1641)
• Daigaku Kuwakumon (1655-1658)
• Seikyo Yoroku (1665)
• Shugi Washo (1673)
• Gomo Jiki (1683)
• Banmin Tokuyo (early 16th century)
• Santokushō (early 16th century)
• Dojimon (1704)
• Shugi Gaisho (1709)
• Rongo Kogi (1712)
• Yojokun (1713)
• Seiyō Kibun (1715)
• Bendo (1717)
• Benmei (1717)
• Oritaku Shiba no Ki (started on 1716), finished before the writer's death on 1725)
• Seidan (written between 1716-1736)
• Tohi Mondo (1739)
• Shutsujo Kougo (1744)
• Shizen Shineido (partially published between 1751-1764)
• Kokuiko (1765)
• Naobinomitama (1771)
• Gengo (1775)
• Sobo Kigen (1788)
• Uiyamabumi (1799)
• Shutsujo Shogo (1811)
• Rangaku Kotohajime [1] (1814)
• Kyukeidan (1815)
• Yume no Shiro (1820)
• Kodo Taii (1824)
• Tsugi (completed on 1832, published on 1847)
• Senshin Dosakki (1833)
• Kyuo Dowa (1835)
• Jurinhyo (1836)
• Genshi Shiroku
  • Genshiroku (1824)
  • Genshi Koroku (1838)
  • Genshi Banroku (1850)
  • Genshi Tetsuroku (1852)
• Komo Yowa (1855)
• Ugen (1855)
• Bimiyu Genko (mid 19th century)
• Ninomiyaou Yowa (late 19th century)

Fable and novel

• Suigakuki (late Nara period)
• Nihon Ryōiki (810-824)
• Yamato Monogatari (956)
• sanpō Ekotoba (984)
• Nihon Ōjō Gokurakuki (985-986)
• Taketori Monogatari (early 10th century), {The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter), Japanese folk tale
• Utsubo Monogatari (late 10th century)
• Honchō Hokke Genki (1040)
• Genji Monogatari (early 11th century), (The Tale of Genji), by Murasaki Shikibu
• Ise Monogatari (early Heian period)
• Hamamatsu Chūnagon Monogatari (late Heian period, late 11th century)
• Kohon Setsuwashū (late Heian period)
• Sagoromo Monogatari (late Heian period)
• Torikahebaya Monogatari (late Heian period)
• Yowa no Nezame (late Heian period)
• Heichū Monogatari (Heian period)
• Honchō Shinsenden (Heian Period)
• Ochikubo Monogatari (Heian period)
• Godansho (1104-1108)
• Uchigikishū (1134?)
• Matsuuramiya Monogatari (1193?)
• Konjaku Monogatarishū (early 12th century)
• Tsutsumi Chūnagon Monogatari (late 12th century)
• Hobutsushu (early Kamakura period)
• Hosshinshū (early Kamakura period)
• Sumiyoshi Monogatari (early Kamakura period)
• Takamura Monogatari (late Heian to early Kamakura period)
• Uji Shūi Monogatari (early Kamakura period, early 13th century)
• Ima Monogatari (mid Kamakura period, after 1239)
• Tohazugatari (late Kamakura period)
• Iwashimizu Monogatari (Kamakura period)
• Koke no Koromo (Kamakura period)
• Senjoshū (Kamakura period)
• Jikkunshō (1252)
• Kokin Chomonjo (1254)
• Shasekishū (1283)
• Otogizōshi (collected from Muromachi to Edo period)
• Kazashi no Himegimi (Muromachi period)
• Seisuishō (1628)
• Isoho Monogatari (Azuchi Momoyama period)

Go, Shogi

• Igoshiki (1199)
• Shogi Kenshoku (1804)

History

• Kenpo Jushichi-jo (604)- The 17-clause Constitution
• Kojiki (712)
• Nihonshoki (720)
• Fudoki (712-733?)
• Takahashi Ujibumi (c. 789)
• Shoku Nihongi (797)
• Kogo Shūi (807)
• Nihon Kouki (840)
• Shoku Nihon Kouki (869)
• Nihon Sandai Jitsuroku (880s?)
• Engishiki (927)
• Eiga Monogatari (late Heian period)
• Okagami (late Heian period)
• Kuji Hongi (Heian period)
• Shōmonki (Heian Period)
• Fusō Ryakuki (12th century)
• Imakagami (exact date unknown, believed to be between 1170 and 1178)
• Mizukagami (late 12th century)
• Hogen Monogatari (1220?))
• Azuma Kagami (late 13th century)
• Genpei Seisuiki (late Kamakura period)
• Jinnō Shōtōki (1339?)
• Heike Monogatari (1371)
• Masukagami (1374?)
• Taiheiki (late 14th century)
• Baishōron (Muromachi period)
• Gikeiki (Muromachi period)
• Sandaiki (early Muromachi period)
• Soga Monogatari (early Muromachi period)
• Meitokuki (late Muromachi period)
• Gukanshō (1465)
• Oninki (late 15th century)
• Shinchoki (1600?) - Commonly called Shinchokoki
• Shinchoki (1604)
• Mikawa Monogatari (1625-1626)
• Nihon Ōdai Ichiran (1652)
• Taikōki (1625-1661)
• Honchō Tsugan (1644-1647, 1670)
• Kouyou Gunkanki (early 17th century)
• Hankanfu (1702)
• Tokushi Yoron (1712)
• Koshitsu (1716)
• Sankoku Tsuran Zusetsu (1785)
• Kaikoku Heidan (1791)
• Keisei Hisaku (1789-1801)
• Saiiki Monogatari (around 18th century)
• Nihon Gaishi (early 18th century)
• Ryushi Shinron (mid 18th century)
• Kondo Hisaku (late Edo period)
• Nihon Seiki (late Edo period)
• Shinron (late Edo period)
• Shoku Hankanfu (1806)
• Yasou Dokugo (1806)
• Keikodan (1813)
• Shinkiron (1838)
• Yume Monogatari (1838)
• Kaitenshishi (1844)
• Seikenroku (1854)
• Shozan Taiwa (1864)
• Shozan Kanwa (1865)
• Hikawa Seiwa (1897)
• Dai Nihon Shi (started on 1657, completed on 1906)

Mathematics, science

• Jinkoki (1627)
• Katsuyo Sanpo (mid Edo period)
• Kenkon Bensetsu (mid Edo period)
• Kyuritsu (1836)
• Sekka Zusetsu (1835)
• Zoku Sekka Zusetsu (1840)

Poetry

• Kaifūsō (751)
• Fusōshū (c. 995-999)

References

• Brownlee, John S. (1997) Japanese historians and the national myths, 1600-1945: The Age of the Gods and Emperor Jimmu. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press. ISBN 0-7748-0644-3 Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press. ISBN 4-13-027031-1
• Brownlee, John S. (1991). Political Thought in Japanese Historical Writing: From Kojiki (712) to Tokushi Yoron (1712). Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press. ISBN 0-889-20997-9