Tanizaki Junichiro (1886 - 1965) was a Japanese author.
He moved to Kyoto from Tokyo after the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923.
His works include:
- Naomi (1923)
- Some Prefer Nettles (1929)
- Arrowroot (1931)
- Ashikari (1932)
- A Portrait of Shunkin (1932)
- The Secret History of the Lord of Musashi (1935)
- The Makioka Sisters (1943-1948)
- Quicksand (Japanese: Manji) (1947)
- Captain Shigemoto's Mother (1949)
- The Key (1956)
- Diary of an Old Man (1961)