>Kawabata >Mishima >Abe >Oe >Soseki >Akutagawa

>>9456279
matsuo basho, chikamatsu monzaemon, ikkyu, chuya nakahara, kenji nakagami

read some major chinese classics in several translations each. i ching, classic of history, analects, and the tao te ching to begin with. they make all subsequent readings of east asian art infinitely richer - it's like reading the iliad, some plato/aristotle, and critical selections from the bible for a student of western art.

if anyone can recommend some good modern histories of the warring states period I'd be extremely happy

The japs never produced any lit worth reading.
But if you wanna waste time don't forget Ranpo and the other Murakami.

>>9457039
>The japs never produced any lit worth reading

You gaudy, tasteless fucking faggot

Masako Bandō. She's cited as the main influence for Silent Hill's atmosphere in a Japanese-only booklet for one of the games. Only one of her books is currently in English, and that's Mandala Road. Oh, and despite the relation to a video game her writing is very, very good.

>>9456279

>East Asian in general

I never see threads about some of the exiled Chinese authors like Gao Xingjian and Ma Jian.

>>9456279
BASHO

>>9457695

Soul Mountain and The Dark Road are quite good.

>>9457695
Gao Xingjian < Ma Jian.
Ma Jian is a bit of a has been now though.