Writings in Chinese or the Nara period
Poetry and prose in Chinese of the early Heian period
The transition from the Man'yōshū to the Kokinshū
Late Heian collections of Waka poetry
Late Heian poetry and prose in Chinese
The pillow book of Sei Shōnagon
The beginnings of fiction
Courtly fiction after The tale of Genji
The age of the Shin Kokinshū
Waka poetry of the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
Buddhist writings of the Kamakura period
Courtly fiction of the Kamakura period
Diaries of the Kamakura period
Diaries and other prose of the Muromachi period
Nō and Kyōgen as literature
Literature of the Five Mountains
Muromachi fiction : otogi-zōshi
The late sixteenth century.