Japanese Perspectives
Resources
These pages identify essential resources among the large and continuously growing number of print publications and digital projects on Ogai’s life and works that appeared in Japanese language.
1923–27
Ōgai zenshū 鷗外全集 (Ōgai: Collected works)
Ōgai Zenshū Kankōkai 鷗外全集刊行会, 18 vols.
1936–1939
Ōgai zenshū 鷗外全集 (Ōgai: Collected works)
Iwanami Shoten 岩波書店, 35 vols.
1951–1956
Ōgai zenshū 鷗外全集 (Ōgai: Collected works)
Iwanami Shoten 岩波書店, 53 vols.
1957
Ōgai shōsetsu zenshū 鷗外小説全集 (Ōgai: Collected fiction).
Edited by Kobori Anne & Mori Otto, Hōbunkan 宝文館, 8 vols., 3 additional vols.
1959–64
Mori Ōgai zenshū 森鷗外全集 (Mori Ōgai: Collected works)
Chikuma Shobō 筑摩書房, 8 vols., 1 additional vol.
1971
Mori Ōgai zenshū 森鷗外全集 (Mori Ōgai: Collected works)
Chikuma Shobō 筑摩書房, 8 vols., 1 additional vol.
1971–1975
Ōgai zenshū 鷗外全集 (Ōgai: Collected works).
Edited by Kinoshita Mokutarō 木下杢太郎 et al., Iwanami Shoten 岩波書店, 38 vols.
1995–1996
Mori Ōgai zenshū 森鷗外全集 (Mori Ōgai: Collected works)
Chikuma Shobō 筑摩書房, 14 vols.
1999–2001
Ōgai rekishi bungaku shū 鷗外歴史文学集 (Ōgai: Collected historical fiction)
Iwanami Shoten 岩波書店, 13 vols.
2012
Ōgai kindai shōsetsu shū 鷗外近代小説集 (Ōgai: Collected modern fiction)
Iwanami Shoten 岩波書店, 6 vols.
Kobori Annu 小堀杏奴
Bannen no chichi 晩年の父 (Father in his late years), Iwanami Shoten 岩波書店 1936. 252p.
Kobori Kei’ichirō 小堀桂一郎
Wakaki hi no Mori Ōgai 若き日の森鷗外 (Mori Ōgai in his youth), Tōkyō Daigaku Shuppankai 東京大学出版会 1969. 722p.
Kobori Kei’ichirō 小堀桂一郎
Mori Ōgai: Nihon wa mada fushinchū da 森鷗外 : 日本はまだ普請中だ (Mori Ōgai: Japan is still under construction), Minerva Shobō ミネルヴァ書房 2013. xviii, 712p.
鷗外の思い出 (Remembering Ōgai), Yagi Shoten 八木書店 1956. 265p. [Republished by Iwanami Shoten]
Mori Junzaburō 森潤三郎
Ōgai Mori Rintarō den 鷗外森林太郎伝 (The Biography of Mori Rintarō alias Ōgai), Shōwa Shobō 昭和書房 1934. 202p.
Mori Mari 森茉莉
Chichi no bōshi 父の帽子 (Father’s hat), Chikuma Shobō 筑摩書房 1957. 206p. [Republished by Kōdansha]
Mori Oto 森於菟
Mori Ōgai 森鷗外 (Mori Ōgai), Tanbaichichō: Yōtoku Sha 養徳社 1946. 375p.
Mori Oto 森於菟
Chichioya to shite no Mori Ōgai 父親としての森鷗外 (Mori Ōgai as a father), Taiga Shoten 大雅書店 1955. 221p. [Republished by Chikuma Shobō]
Mori Oto 森於菟, Mori Junzaburō 森潤三郎
Ōgai: Ishu to omoide 鷗外遺珠と思ひ出 (Ōgai: Undiscoverd treasures and memories), Shōwa Shobō 昭和書房 1933. 441p.
Mori Rui 森類
Ōgai no kodomotachi: Ato ni nokosareta mono no kiroku 鷗外の子供たち: あとに残されたものの記録 (Ōgai’s children: A Record by the ones he left behind), Kōbun Sha 光文社 1956. 235p. [Republished by Chikuma Shobō]
Mori Rui 森類
Mori ke no hitobito: Ōgai no masshi no me kara 森家の人びと: 鷗外の末子の目から (The Members of the Mori family: As seen by Ōgai’s last born child), San’ichi Shobō 三一書房 1998. 413p.
Takemori Ten’yū 竹盛天雄 (ed.)
Shinchō Nihon Bungaku Arubamu 1: Mori Ōgai 新潮日本文学アルバム１ : 森鷗外 (Shinchō’s photo album of Japanese literature 1: Mori Ōgai), Shinchōsha 新潮社 1985. 111p.
Yamasaki Kuninori 山崎國紀
Ōgai no sannanbō: Mori Rui no Shōgai 鷗外の三男坊: 森類の生涯 (Ōgai’s third son: The life of Mori Louis), San’ichi Shobō 三一書房 1997. 313p.
Yamasaki Kuninori 山崎國紀
Mori Ōgai, haha no nikki 森鷗外・母の日記 (The diary of Mori Ōgai’s mother), San’ichi Shobō 三一書房 1998 (revised edition). 414p.
Yamasaki Kuninori 山崎國紀
Hyōden Mori Ōgai 評伝 森鷗外 (A critical biography of Mori Ōgai), Taishūkan Shoten 大修館書店 2007. xi, 849p.
Kobori Annu 小堀杏奴
Bannen no chichi 晩年の父 (Father in his late years), Iwanami Shoten 岩波書店 1936. 252p.
Kobori Kei’ichirō 小堀桂一郎
Wakaki hi no Mori Ōgai 若き日の森鷗外 (Mori Ōgai in his youth), Tōkyō Daigaku Shuppankai 東京大学出版会 1969. 722p.
Kobori Kei’ichirō 小堀桂一郎
Mori Ōgai: Nihon wa mada fushinchū da 森鷗外 : 日本はまだ普請中だ (Mori Ōgai: Japan is still under construction), Minerva Shobō ミネルヴァ書房 2013. xviii, 712p.
鷗外の思い出 (Remembering Ōgai), Yagi Shoten 八木書店 1956. 265p. [Republished by Iwanami Shoten]
Mori Junzaburō 森潤三郎
Ōgai Mori Rintarō den 鷗外森林太郎伝 (The Biography of Mori Rintarō alias Ōgai), Shōwa Shobō 昭和書房 1934. 202p.
Mori Mari 森茉莉
Chichi no bōshi 父の帽子 (Father’s hat), Chikuma Shobō 筑摩書房 1957. 206p. [Republished by Kōdansha]
Mori Oto 森於菟
Mori Ōgai 森鷗外 (Mori Ōgai), Tanbaichichō: Yōtoku Sha 養徳社 1946. 375p.
Mori Oto 森於菟
Chichioya to shite no Mori Ōgai 父親としての森鷗外 (Mori Ōgai as a father), Taiga Shoten 大雅書店 1955. 221p. [Republished by Chikuma Shobō]
Mori Oto 森於菟, Mori Junzaburō 森潤三郎
Ōgai: Ishu to omoide 鷗外遺珠と思ひ出 (Ōgai: Undiscoverd treasures and memories), Shōwa Shobō 昭和書房 1933. 441p.
Mori Rui 森類
Ōgai no kodomotachi: Ato ni nokosareta mono no kiroku 鷗外の子供たち: あとに残されたものの記録 (Ōgai’s children: A Record by the ones he left behind), Kōbun Sha 光文社 1956. 235p. [Republished by Chikuma Shobō]
Mori Rui 森類
Mori ke no hitobito: Ōgai no masshi no me kara 森家の人びと: 鷗外の末子の目から (The Members of the Mori family: As seen by Ōgai’s last born child), San’ichi Shobō 三一書房 1998. 413p.
Takemori Ten’yū 竹盛天雄 (ed.)
Shinchō Nihon Bungaku Arubamu 1: Mori Ōgai 新潮日本文学アルバム１ : 森鷗外 (Shinchō’s photo album of Japanese literature 1: Mori Ōgai), Shinchōsha 新潮社 1985. 111p.
Yamasaki Kuninori 山崎國紀
Ōgai no sannanbō: Mori Rui no Shōgai 鷗外の三男坊: 森類の生涯 (Ōgai’s third son: The life of Mori Louis), San’ichi Shobō 三一書房 1997. 313p.
Yamasaki Kuninori 山崎國紀
Mori Ōgai, haha no nikki 森鷗外・母の日記 (The diary of Mori Ōgai’s mother), San’ichi Shobō 三一書房 1998 (revised edition). 414p.
Yamasaki Kuninori 山崎國紀
Hyōden Mori Ōgai 評伝 森鷗外 (A critical biography of Mori Ōgai), Taishūkan Shoten 大修館書店 2007. xi, 849p.
Periodicals Dedicated to Ōgai Studies
Ōgai 鷗外, issued by Mori Ōgai Kinenkan 森鷗外記念館 (Mori Ōgai Memorial Museum), Tokyo: Mori Ōgai Kinenkan 森鷗外記念館 (Mori Ōgai Memorial Museum) 1965–.
Mori Ōgai kenkyū 森鷗外研究 (Mori Ōgai studies), issued by Mori Ōgai Kenkyūkai 森鷗外研究会 (Mori Ōgai Study Group) [issue 1–5]; Tanizawa Eiʼichi 谷沢永一 and Yamasaki Kuninori 山崎國紀 [issue 6–10], Osaka: Izumi Shoin 和泉書院 1987–2004.
Special Issues of Other Literary Journals
1957
Hikaku bungaku kenkyū 比較文学研究 (Comparative literature studies), issued by Tōdai Hikaku Bungaku Kai 東大比較文学会, 6 (1957): 1–145.
Tokushū 特集: “Mori Ōgai to Seiyō bungaku” 森鷗外と西洋文学 (Mori Ōgai and Western literature).
1959
Kokubungaku: Kaishaku to kyōzai no kenkyū 國文學: 解釈と教材の研究 (National literature: Studies on interpretation and teaching materials), issued by Gakutō Sha 學燈社, 24.9 (1959).
Tokushū 特集: “Mori Ōgai: Sakka ron to sakuhin ron” 森鷗外: 作家論と作品論 (Mori Ōgai: Studies on the author and his works).
1960
Nihon bungaku 日本文学 (Japanese Literature), issued by Nihon Bungaku Kyōkai 日本文学協会, 9.8 (1960): 1–50.
Tokushū 特集: “Mori Ōgai” 森鷗外 (Special Issue: Mori Ōgai).
1967
Hikaku bungaku kenkyū 比較文学研究 (Comparative Literature studies), issued by Asahi Shuppan Sha 朝日出版社, 13 (1967): 1–185.
Tokushū 特集: “Mori Ōgai kenkyū” 森鷗外研究 (Mori Ōgai Studies).
1970
Nihon kindai bungaku 日本近代文学 (Modern Japanese Literature), issued by Nihon Kindai Bungaku Kai Hensan Iʼinkai 日本近代文学会編集委員会, 13 (1970): 1–102.
Tokushū 特集: “Mori Ōgai” 森鷗外 (Mori Ōgai).
1973
Kokubungaku: Kaishaku to kyōzai no kenkyū 國文學: 解釈と教材の研究 (National literature: Studies on interpretation and teaching materials), issued by Gakutō Sha 學燈社, 18.10 / 251 (1973): 10–183.
Tokushū 特集: “Mori Ōgai to Nihon no kindai” 森鷗外と日本の近代 (Mori Ōgai and modern Japan).
1976
Gendai shi techō 現代詩手帖 (Contemporary poetry notebook), issued by Shichō Sha 思潮社, 19.2 (1976): 52–150.
Tokushū 特集: “Sōseki to Ōgai: sanbun no ronri, shi no ronri (tokushū)” 漱石と鷗外: 散文の論理・詩の論理 (Sōseki and Ōgai: The logic of prose; the logic of poetry).
1980
Kokubungaku: Kaishaku to kanshō 國文學: 解釈と鑑賞 (National literature: Interpretation and appreciation), issued by Shibun Dō 至文堂, 45.7 / 581 (1980): 6–137.
Tokushū 特集: “Mori Ōgai: Sono shōsetsu sekai” 森鷗外: その小説世界 (Mori Ōgai: The world of his novels).
1982
Kokubungaku: Kaishaku to kyōzai no kenkyū 國文學: 解釈と教材の研究 (National literature: Studies on interpretation and teaching materials), issued by Gakutō Sha 學燈社, 27.10 / 393 (1982): 6–157.
Tokushū 特集: “Mori Ōgai: Sono hyōgen no shinwagaku” 鷗外: その表現の神話学 (Ōgai: The Mythology of his expressiveness).
1992
Kokubungaku: Kaishaku to kanshō 国文学: 解釈と鑑賞 (National Literature: Interpretation and appreciation), issued by Shibun Dō至文堂, 57.11 / 738 (1992): 5–177.
Tokushū 特集: “Mori Ōgai no sekai” 森鷗外の世界 (The World of Mori Ōgai).
1996
Matsumoto Seichō kenkyū 松本清張研究 (Matsumoto Seichō studies), issued by Suna Shobō 砂書房, 1 (1996): 10–49.
Tokushū 特集: “Matsumoto Seichō to Mori Ōgai” 松本清張と森鷗外 (Matsumoto Seichō and Mori Ōgai).
1997
Bungaku 文学 (Literature), issued by Iwanami Shoten 岩波書店, 8.3 (1997): 4–149.
Tokushū 特集: “Mori Ōgai o yomu” 森鷗外を読む (Reading Mori Ōgai).
1998
Hoken no kagaku 保健の科学 (Health Science), issued by Kyōrin Shoin 杏林書院, 40.6 (1998): 444–79.
Tokushū 特集: “Mori Ōgai to hoken no kagaku” 森鷗外と保健の科学 (Mori Ōgai and Health Science).
Kokubungaku: Kaishaku to kyōzai no kenkyū 國文學: 解釈と教材の研究 (National literature: Studies on interpretation and teaching materials), issued by Gakutō Sha 學燈社, 43.1 (1998): 6–127.
Tokushū 特集: “Mori Ōgai o yomu tame no kenkyū jiten” 森鷗外を読むための研究事典 (A Study guide to reading Mori Ōgai).
2000
Matsumoto Seichō kenkyū 松本清張研究 (Matsumoto Seichō studies), issued by Kitakyūshū Shiritsu Matsumoto Seichō Kinenkan 北九州市立松本清張記念館 (Kitakyūshū City Matsumoto Seichō Memorial Museum), 1 (2000).
Tokushū 特集: “Seichō to Ōgai” 清張と鷗外 (Seichō and Ōgai).
2002
Bungakukai 文學界 (Literary world), issued by Bungei Shunjū Sha 文芸春秋社, 56.5 (2002): 110–198.
Tokushū 特集: “Sōseki, Ōgai no kieta ‘kokugo’ kyōkasho” 漱石・鷗外の消えた「国語」教科書 (The ‘National language’ textbook from which Sōseki and Ōgai vanished).
2004
Nihongo gaku 日本語学 (Japanese language studies), issued by Meiji Shoin 明治書院, 23.9 / 281 (2004): 6–59.
Tokushū 特集: “Sōseki, Ōgai o gakkō de yomu” 漱石・鷗外を学校で読む (Reading Sōseki and Ōgai in school).
2005
Kokubungaku: Kaishaku to kyōzai no kenkyū 國文學: 解釈と教材の研究 (National literature: Studies on interpretation and teaching materials), issued by Gakutō Sha 學燈社, 50.2 / 720 (2005): 6–142.
Tokushū 特集: “Mori Ōgai no mondaikei” 森鷗外の問題系 (Mori Ōgai: The complex of issues).
2007
Bungaku 文学 (Literature), issued by Iwanami Shoten 岩波書店, 8.2 (2007): 2–222.
Tokushū 特集: “Mori Ōgai o yominaosu” 森鷗外を読み直す (Re-reading Mori Ōgai).
Ehime kokubun kenkyū 愛媛國文研究 (Ehime National Literature Studies), issued by Ehime Kokugo Kokubun Gakkai 愛媛國語國文學會, 57 (2007): 49–100.
Tokushū 特集: “Mori Ōgai ‘Maihime’ bunken shōkai” 森鷗外『舞姫』文献紹介 (Mori Ōgaiʼs ‘Dancing Girl’: An introductory bibliography).
2013
Bungaku 文学 (Literature), issued by Iwanami Shoten 岩波書店, 14.1 (2013): 2–171.
Tokushū 特集: “Mori Ōgai no shosō” 森鷗外の諸相 (Mori Ōgai: Various aspects).
2019
Bungaku gogaku 文学・語学 ([Japanese] Language and Literature), issued by Zenkoku Daigaku Kokugo Kokubun Gakkai 全国大学国語国文学会, 225 (2019): 38-52.
“Kindai bungaku shōtokushū: ‘Posuto shinjitsu’ no jidai ni yomu Mori Ōgai” 近代文学小特集 「ポスト真実」の時代に読む森鷗外 (Small special issue on modern literature: Reading Mori Ōgai in the post factual age).
Bungei kenkyū 文芸研究 (Studies in the Literary Arts), issued by Meiji Daigaku Bungei Kenkyū Kai 明治大学文芸研究会) 138 (2019): 49–61.
Tokushū 特集: “Mori Ōgai shin shiryō hakken” 森鴎外新資料発見 (Discovery of new materials by Mori Ōgai).