
Read Japanese Literature
A podcast about Japanese literature and some of its best works
New episodes more-or-less monthly
Podcasting since 2021 • 45 episodes
Read Japanese Literature
Latest Episodes
Bullying in Japanese Literature
In this episode, we look at bullying in Japanese literature.We'll start out by defining bullying and looking at bullying in Japanese schools as well as the Japanese workplace. We'll see some examples in Japanese novels. And then we'll t...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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57:06

Christianity in Japanese Literature
In this episode, we look into the history of Christianity in Japan—especially the role Christianity has played in Japanese literature. Our focus text is Shusaku Endo's Silence.
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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1:01:55

Japanese Writers Standing Up to the State
In this episode, we take a look at the Japanese proletarian writers’ movement of the 1920s and early 1930s. We also take a deep dive into the life of author Genzaburo Yoshino—not a proletarian writer, but a man who spent prison alongside them a...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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1:03:46
