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Japanese Literature Flashcards

Covers the most relevant pieces of Japanese literature for High School Whiz Quiz (Quizbowl)

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Lady Aoi

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The Tale of Genji

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Lady Fujitsubo

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The Tale of Genji

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3
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The world’s first novel

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The Tale of Genji

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4
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Vanished into the Clouds

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the death of Genji

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5
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Kaoru

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The Tale of Genji

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Niou

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The Tale of Genji

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The Pillow Book

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Sei

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8
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lists of Splendid Things

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The Pillow Book

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lists of Irritating Things

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The Pillow Book

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10
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lists elements of Heian-era court life

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The Pillow Book

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11
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The Narrow Road to the Deep North

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Matsuo

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The Narrow Road to the Interior

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Matsuo

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13
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this Matsuo work combines prose and haiku

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The Narrow Road to the Deep North

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14
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wrote an untitled haiku that describes an ancient pond and a splash of water as a frog jumps in

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Matsuo

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15
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a Matsuo book of haiku and commentary

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The Seashell Game

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16
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I Am a Cat

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Natsume

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17
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Kokoro

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Natsume

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18
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Botchan

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Natsume

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19
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The Makioka Sisters

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Tanizaki

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20
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Some Prefer Nettles

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Tanizaki

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21
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In a Grove

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Akutagawa

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Rashomon

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Akutagawa

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23
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a short story consisting of multiple conflicting accounts of the death of the samurai Takehiro

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In a Grove

24
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Shimamura, a ballet critic, goes to a hot spring

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Snow Country

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Snow Country

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Kawabata

26
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Komako, a geisha, participates in an affair

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Snow Country

27
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Minoru Kitani defeats Honinbo Shusai at the game of go

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The Master of Go

28
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Thousand Cranes

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Kawabata

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The Sound of the Mountain

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Kawabata

30
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Mizoguchi burns down the title structure

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Kinkaku-ji

31
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Kimitake, nicknamed Kochan, fails to make himself love Sonoko

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Confessions of a Mask

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Kochan struggles against his homosexuality

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Confessions of a Mask

33
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The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

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Mishima

34
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committed seppuku on live TV after leading a failed coup to overthrow the 1947 constitution

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Mishima

35
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begins the Sea of Fertility tetralogy

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Spring Snow

36
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The Sea of Fertility Tetralogy

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

37
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Hōjō no Umi

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Sea of Fertility

38
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The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea

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Mishima

39
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A Personal Matter

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Oe

40
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Bird has an affair with Himiko

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A Personal Matter

41
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Bird learns that his newborn son has been diagnosed with a brain hernia

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A Personal Matter

42
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The Silent Cry

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Oe

43
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Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids

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Oe

44
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

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Murakami

45
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Toru Okada searches for his missing cat and missing wife

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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

46
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Toru Okada searches for Noboru Wataya and Kumiko

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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle

47
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1Q84

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Murakami

48
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Aomame realizes she and Tengo are in an alternate version of 1984 that she calls

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1Q84

49
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contains the story/chapter “Town of Cats”

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1Q84

50
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Killing Commendatore

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Murakami

51
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Norwegian Wood

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Murakami

52
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Kafka on the Shore

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Murakami

53
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Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

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Murakami

54
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Mishima wrote…

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Temple of the Golden Pavilion

55
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Murasaki wrote…

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The Tale of Genji

56
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The Shining Prince is what titular character?

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Genji

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