Japanese Studies

Dictionary of Literary Biography
PL Ref: PS129 .D5185 1978 
Included in Literature Resource Center [database].  Designed for the research needs of undergraduates, the LRC provides the full text of biographies, bibliographies, and critical analysis for authors of every age, nation, and literary discipline.  Is strongest on medieval Japanese writers and modern authors because guides have been published in print.  Less useful for Heian and Tokugawa authors.  Print volumes include:

• Medieval Japanese Writers, v. 203
• Japanese Fiction Writers 1868-1945, v.180
  
• Japanese Fiction Writers since World War II, v. 182

A Reader's Guide to Japanese Literature
PL Ref:  PL717 .R5 1999 

Jidaibetsu Nihon bungakushi jiten 
時代別日本文学史事典  , 6 vols.
EA Ref:  PL707 .J53 1987

Nihon josei bungaku daijiten 
日本女性文学大事典
EA Ref:  PL725 .I34 2006 

Shinchō Nihon bungaku jiten
新潮日本文学辞典
EA Ref: PL707 .S46 1988  

Zōhō kaitei Nihon bungaku daijiten
増補改訂日本文学大辞典  ,8 vols.
EA Ref: PL707 .F961 1963