Modern Japanese Fiction

Modern Japanese Fiction by Year:

Part One (1885-1904) - The Years of Romanticism and Classicism

Part Two (1905-1911) - The Years of Naturalism and Anti-Naturalism

Part Three (1912-1922) - The Years of Aestheticism

Part Four (1923 -1929) - The Years of Modernism

Part Five (1930-1945) - The Years of Nationalism and War

Part Six (1946-1950) - The Decadent Postwar Years

Part Seven (1951-1955) - The Years of the Quiet Generation

Part Eight (1956-1960) - The Years of Recovery

Part Nine (1960-1965) - The Economic Boom Years

Part Ten (1966-1972) - The Years of Self-Confidence

Part Eleven (1973-1982) - The "Japan as Number One" Years

Part Twelve (1983-1989) -  The Years of Internationalization

Part Thirteen (1990-2000) - The Haruki Years

Part Fourteen (2001-2010) - The Moratorium Years

Part Fifteen (2011-2020) - The Iyashi Years