Japan, Social life and customs, Fiction
| title | author | translator |
|---|---|---|
| Kingyo : the artistry of Japanese goldfish | Kanoko Okamoto, Kazuya Takaoka, Sachiko Kuru | J. Keith Vincent |
| The temple of the wild geese ; and Bamboo dolls of Echizen : two novellas | Tsutomu Mizukami | Dennis C. Washburn |
| Lou-lan and other stories | Yasushi Inoue | James T. Araki, Edward Seidensticker |
| The hunting gun | Yasushi Inoue | Sadamichi Yokoo, Sanford Goldstein |
| Still life and other stories | Junzo Shono | Wayne P. Lammers |
| Woman on the other shore | Mitsuyo Kakuta | Wayne P. Lammers |
| Season of Violence and Other Stories | Shintaro Ishihara | John G. Mills, Toshie Takahama, Ken Tremayne |
| The Sarashina diary | Sugawara Takasue no Musume (Lady Sarashina) | Annie Shepley Omori, Kochi Doi |
| As I crossed a bridge of dreams : recollections of a woman in eleventh-century Japan | Sugawara Takasue no Musume (Lady Sarashina) | Ivan I. Morris |
| The pillow book of Sei Shonagon : the diary of a courtesan in tenth century Japan | Sei Shonagon | Arthur Waley |