Kojiki: Records of Ancient Matters

The best starting point for Japanese mythology. F. Hadland Davis retells the creation of Japan by Izanagi and Izanami, the feud of Amaterasu and Susanoo, and legends of foxes, Mount Fuji, Yuki-Onna and the Peony Lantern.

F. Hadland Davis

The first volume of the Nihon Shoki, the second great chronicle of Japanese myth, in the standard translation by W. G. Aston. It covers the Age of the Gods and the legendary first emperors, with alternative versions of each myth.

W. G. Aston

A classic comparative study of the gods, dragons and creation myths of China and Japan. Donald A. Mackenzie shows how the two traditions borrowed from each other, illustrated with color plates of East Asian art.

Donald A. Mackenzie