Japanese Literature

Question 1

Lady Aoi

Answer 1

The Tale of Genji

Question 2

Lady Fujitsubo

Answer 2

The Tale of Genji

Question 3

The world’s first novel

Answer 3

The Tale of Genji

Question 4

Vanished into the Clouds

Answer 4

the death of Genji

Question 5

Kaoru

Answer 5

The Tale of Genji

Question 6

Niou

Answer 6

The Tale of Genji

Question 7

The Pillow Book

Answer 7

Sei

Question 8

lists of Splendid Things

Answer 8

The Pillow Book

Question 9

lists of Irritating Things

Answer 9

The Pillow Book

Question 10

lists elements of Heian-era court life

Answer 10

The Pillow Book

Question 11

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Answer 11

Matsuo

Question 12

The Narrow Road to the Interior

Answer 12

Matsuo

Question 13

this Matsuo work combines prose and haiku

Answer 13

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Question 14

wrote an untitled haiku that describes an ancient pond and a splash of water as a frog jumps in

Answer 14

Matsuo

Question 15

a Matsuo book of haiku and commentary

Answer 15

The Seashell Game

Question 16

I Am a Cat

Answer 16

Natsume

Question 17

Kokoro

Answer 17

Natsume

Question 18

Botchan

Answer 18

Natsume

Question 19

The Makioka Sisters

Answer 19

Tanizaki

Question 20

Some Prefer Nettles

Answer 20

Tanizaki

Question 21

In a Grove

Answer 21

Akutagawa

Question 22

Rashomon

Answer 22

Akutagawa

Question 23

a short story consisting of multiple conflicting accounts of the death of the samurai Takehiro

Answer 23

In a Grove

Question 24

Shimamura, a ballet critic, goes to a hot spring

Answer 24

Snow Country

Question 25

Snow Country

Answer 25

Kawabata

Question 26

Komako, a geisha, participates in an affair

Answer 26

Snow Country

Question 27

Minoru Kitani defeats Honinbo Shusai at the game of go

Answer 27

The Master of Go

Question 28

Thousand Cranes

Answer 28

Kawabata

Question 29

The Sound of the Mountain

Answer 29

Kawabata

Question 30

Mizoguchi burns down the title structure

Answer 30

Kinkaku-ji

Question 31

Kimitake, nicknamed Kochan, fails to make himself love Sonoko

Answer 31

Confessions of a Mask

Question 32

Kochan struggles against his homosexuality

Answer 32

Confessions of a Mask

Question 33

The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

Answer 33

Mishima

Question 34

committed seppuku on live TV after leading a failed coup to overthrow the 1947 constitution

Answer 34

Mishima

Question 35

begins the Sea of Fertility tetralogy

Answer 35

Spring Snow

Question 36

The Sea of Fertility Tetralogy

Answer 36

Spring Snow, Runaway Horses, The Temple of Dawn, The Decay of the Angel

Question 37

Hōjō no Umi

Answer 37

Sea of Fertility

Question 38

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

Answer 38

Mishima

Question 39

A Personal Matter

Answer 39

Oe

Question 40

Bird has an affair with Himiko

Answer 40

A Personal Matter

Question 41

Bird learns that his newborn son has been diagnosed with a brain hernia

Answer 41

A Personal Matter

Question 42

The Silent Cry

Answer 42

Oe

Question 43

Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids

Answer 43

Oe

Question 44

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Answer 44

Murakami

Question 45

Toru Okada searches for his missing cat and missing wife

Answer 45

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Question 46

Toru Okada searches for Noboru Wataya and Kumiko

Answer 46

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

Question 47

1Q84

Answer 47

Murakami

Question 48

Aomame realizes she and Tengo are in an alternate version of 1984 that she calls

Answer 48

1Q84

Question 49

contains the story/chapter "Town of Cats"

Answer 49

1Q84

Question 50

Killing Commendatore

Answer 50

Murakami

Question 51

Norwegian Wood

Answer 51

Murakami

Question 52

Kafka on the Shore

Answer 52

Murakami

Question 53

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

Answer 53

Murakami

Question 54

Mishima wrote...

Answer 54

Temple of the Golden Pavilion

Question 55

Murasaki wrote...

Answer 55

The Tale of Genji

Question 56

The Shining Prince is what titular character?

Answer 56

Genji