Classical Japanese Language and Literature: This site teaches the classical (that is, old) Japanese language, through poems and extracts from literary/zen/martial arts classics.
Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture: Include review of lectures and details of the prizes awarded by the center to support translation of Japanese literature.
Horagai: Literary magazine featuring recent and new Japanese writers. Content in English and Japanese.
Japanese Literature Webring: Extensive list of Japanese literature-related links as well as its own exclusive ring of Japanese literature pages.
Japanese Text Initiative: Contains numerous searchable online texts in Japanese and translation from the Man'yoshu to the modern era. Also contains links to online dictionaries.
K.Inadomi's Private Library: A biographical sketch of Lafcadio Hearn, a Greek-Irish writer who became a Japanese citizen. Also includes texts of selected works and links.
Nintoku: The Wealth of the Emperor: From the Nihongi, Book XI. A short anecdote from a history of the Emperor Nintoku on the relationship of the wealth of the population in relationship to the wealth of the Emperor. A good example of the importation of Confucian thought in early Japan.