Natsume Sōseki Mori Ōgai Ryūnosuke Akutagawa Jun'ichirō Tanizaki Kafū Nagai Haruki Murakami Kenji Nakagami
Natsume Sōseki and Mori Ōgai were significant novelists in the early 20th century, followed by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, Kafū Nagai and, more recently, Haruki Murakami and Kenji Nakagami.