List of Japanese Inventions - Literature

Literature

See also: Japanese literature
Flying saucer
A manuscript illustration of the 10th-century Japanese narrative, The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, depicts a round flying machine similar to a flying saucer.
Novel
The Tale of Genji is regarded as the first novel in general.
Time travel
The 8th-century tale of Urashima Tarō has been identified as the earliest example of a story involving time travel.

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