If you find that interesting, there was an anime series about Japanese classics aoi bungaku - probably easier to digest then thick books :D

Talking of this and tanabata...
I generally like a lot of the fairy tale stuff in Japan, yokai and all that. So many!

Last week I finally got a copy of night on the galactic railroad, in Japanese. I know about a dozen animes that were influenced by that (not least my beloved bungaku shoujo) so I wanted to read it.
I now just have to find the courage to read it. There are a few furigana but still... a bit like work ^^