| March 2000 |  |
Introduction | Introduction to Japanese Literature | |
| April 2000 |  |
Mishima Yukio (1925-1970) | Availability of Yukio Mishima | |
| May 2000 |  |
Natsume Soseki (1867-1916) | The Meiji Restoration |  |
| June 2000 |  |
Tanizaki Junichiro (1886-1965) | Naomi, Some Prefer Nettles | |
| July 2000 |  |
Kawabata Yasunari (1899-1972) | Unrequited Love, Nobel Prize, 1968 | |
| August 2000 |  |
Abe Kobo (1924-1993) | The Woman in the Dunes |  |
| September 2000 |  |
Oe Kenzaburo (1935-Present) | Silent Cry, Nobel Prize, 1996 | |
| October 2000 |  |
Dazai Osamu (1909-1948) | No Longer Human | |
| November 2000 |  |
Akutagawa Ryunosuke (1892-1927) | Japan's Edgar Allan Poe | |
| December 2000 |  |
The Tale of Genji (1000, +/- 10) | Murasaki Shikibu's Classic Novel |  |
| 2001 | ||||
| January 2001 | Kojiki (712) | Umihiko and Yamahiko |  |
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| February 2001 |  |
Ono no Komachi (9th Century) | The Heian Period |  |
| March 2001 |  |
Sei Shonagon (10th-11th Century) | The Pillow Book |  |
| April 2001 |  |
Kamo no Chomei (1153-1216) | My Translation of the Hojoki |  |
| May 2001 | The Tale of the Heike (13th Century) | The Classic Samurai Epic |  |
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| June 2001 |  |
The Noh Drama (14th Century) | Medieval Drama |  |
| July 2001 |  |
Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725) | Kabuki and Bunraku |  |
| August 2001 |  |
Saikaku (1642-1693) | The Genroku Period |  |
| August 2001 |  |
Basho (1644-1694) | The Haiku |  |
| September 2001 | |
Mishima Again | My Modern Noh Play, Mishima | |
| October 2001 |  |
Betsuyaku Minoru | Contemporary Drama | |
| November 2001 | |
Mishima Again | My Essay on Forbidden Colors |  |
| December 2001 | Three Heian Women | My Essay on Three Heian Women |  |