Classic Japanese

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    • By: Soseki Natsume, Aiko Ito - translator, Graeme Wilson - translator
    • Narrated by: David Shih
    • Length: 21 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 03-17-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 139 ratings
    • I Am a Cat, satirizes the foolishness of upper-middle class Japanese society during the Meiji era. With acerbic wit and sardonic perspective, it follows the whimsical adventures of a world-weary stray kitten who comments on the follies and foibles of the people around him....

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    • By: Murasaki Shikibu, Dennis Washburn - translator
    • Narrated by: Brian Nishii
    • Length: 37 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 12-17-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 78 ratings
    • Murasaki Shikibu, born into the middle ranks of the aristocracy during the Heian period (794-1185 CE), wrote The Tale of Genji - widely considered the world’s first novel - during the early years of the 11th century....

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    • Classic Stories from the Greek, Celtic, Norse, Japanese, Hindu, Chinese, Mesopotamian and Egyptian Mythology
    • By: Scott Lewis
    • Narrated by: Madison Niederhauser, Oliver Hunt
    • Length: 31 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 12-04-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 706 ratings
    • Do you know how many wives Zeus had? Or how the famous Trojan War was caused by one beautiful lady? Or how Thor got his hammer? Give your imagination a real treat. This Mega Mythology Collection of eight audiobooks is for you....

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    • Penguin Classics
    • By: Lafcadio Hearn
    • Narrated by: Eleanor Matsuura
    • Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 09-26-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 71 ratings
    • In this collection of classic ghost stories from Japan, beautiful princesses turn out to be frogs, paintings come alive, deadly spectral brides haunt the living and a samurai delivers the baby of a Shinto goddess with mystical help....

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    • By: Eiji Yoshikawa, Charles S. Terry - translator
    • Narrated by: Brian Nishii
    • Length: 53 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 08-28-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,928 ratings
    • The classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. Miyamoto Musashi becomes a reluctant hero to a host of people whose lives he has touched and by whom he has been touched. Inevitably, he has to pit his skill against the naked blade of his greatest rival....

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    • By: John Allyn, Stephen Turnbull - foreword
    • Narrated by: David Shih
    • Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 11-22-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 706 ratings
    • This is the definitive, fascinating account of this unforgettable tale of a band of samurai who defied the Emperor to avenge the disgrace and death of their master....

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    • By: 紫式部, 与謝野 晶子
    • Narrated by: 岡崎 弥保
    • Series: 源氏物語, Book 源氏物語(全五十四帖収録)
    • Length: 70 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 12-06-17
    • Language: Japanese
    • 5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • 内容紹介
      日本の文学史上最古にして最高傑作ともいわれる『源氏物語』。
      紫式部によって書かれた全五十四帖にわたる長編小説を、わかりやすく情感豊かに読み上げました。

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    • By: Wen Spencer
    • Narrated by: Hollie Jackson
    • Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 02-25-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 64 ratings
    • Nikki is a horror novelist. Her choice of career is dictated by an obsessive compulsive disorder that forces her to write stories of death and destruction. Nikki's fragile peace starts to fall apart when the police arrest her for the murder of an American expatriate....

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    • Classic Stories of Japanese Myths, Gods, Goddesses, Heroes, and Monsters, the Story of Princess Hase, Issun-Boshi, Momotaro, Kintaro, Kaguya Hime
    • By: Roberts Parizi
    • Narrated by: Joshua
    • Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 02-24-21
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • Are you interested in learning about Japanese mythology? These myths are great for adults and children alike. They give you an insight into a culture that is full of traditions....

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    • Folktales from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark
    • By: Chronicle Books
    • Narrated by: Allan Corduner, Juha Sorola
    • Series: Tales, Book 3
    • Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 08-13-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 370 ratings
    • Trolls haunt the snowy forests, and terrifying monsters roam the open sea. A young woman journeys to the end of the world, and a boy proves he knows no fear. This collection of 16 traditional tales transports readers to the enchanting world of Nordic folklore....

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    • By: Basil Hall Chamberlain
    • Narrated by: Sarah Bacaller, Denis Daly
    • Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
    • Release date: 02-21-23
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • This collection of Japanese poetry was compiled and translated into English from an anthology known as The Collection of Myriad Leaves, and from a number of other anthologies made by imperial decree between the tenth and fifteenth centuries....

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    • Mimei Ogawa: The Father of Modern Japanese Fairy Tales
    • By: Mimei Ogawa
    • Narrated by: Masato Ouchida
    • Series: The Father of Modern Japanese Fairy Tales, Book 1
    • Length: 1 hr and 11 mins
    • Release date: 10-29-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • Mimei Ogawa, a prolific author of short stories nearly 100 years ago, is considered to be one of the founding figures of modern Japanese children’s literature. He has also been called the Hans Christian Andersen of Japan because of how his works were influenced by Andersen....

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    • By: John Okada, Ruth Ozeki
    • Narrated by: David Shih
    • Series: Classics of Asian American Literature
    • Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 05-29-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 189 ratings
    • First published in 1956, No-No Boy was virtually ignored by a public eager to put World War II and the Japanese internment behind them. No-No Boy tells the story of Ichiro Yamada, a fictional version of the real-life "no-no boys"....

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    • By: Yukio Mishima
    • Narrated by: Kotaro Watanabe
    • Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 04-21-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 86 ratings
    • After botching a suicide attempt, salaryman Hanio Yamada decides to put his life up for sale in the classifieds section of a Tokyo newspaper. Soon interested parties come calling with increasingly bizarre requests and what follows is a madcap comedy of errors....

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