Traditional Japanese Prose

[JBI]

Can anyone direct me to major influential documents of prose in the Japanese canon? So far my field has been centered around the famous poets, and The Tale of Genji, and I am looking to expand more into the prose tradition. Is anyone familiar with Japanese prose, more specifically with traditional works, rather than modern ones?

[mortalterror]

Can anyone direct me to major influential documents of prose in the Japanese canon? So far my field has been centered around the famous poets, and The Tale of Genji, and I am looking to expand more into the prose tradition. Is anyone familiar with Japanese prose, more specifically with traditional works, rather than modern ones?

Try The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon http://www.amazon.com/Pillow-Book-Se...9605901&sr=1-3
a contemporary of Lady Murasaki. Or try Yoshida Kenko's Essays in Idleness http://www.amazon.com/Essays-Idlenes...9606033&sr=1-1 .