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Excerpt from Ten Kiogen in English Our literature (how little it is known to the world!) would be a grey waste as far as comedy is concerned, if the 'Kiogen, ' (farce, the word meaning crazy language) did not rescue us. It developed fully in the Middle Age simultaneously with the growth of 'No' (operatic performance) which was based invariably on Tragedy. The number of Kiogen on record is said to be over two hundred. Alas! their authors are n...

Excerpt from Lafcadio Hearn in Japan: With Mrs. Lafcadio Hearn's Reminiscences, Frontispiece by Shoshu Saito, With Sketches by Genjiro Kataoka and Mr. Hearn Himself I have been often asked about our real Japanese opinion on Mr. Hearn and this book is the reply to a person who might ask it. And no word of apology is necessary, I think, for its existence. And I feel justified in reprinting my letter, A Japanese Defence of Lafcadio Hearn, which...

Excerpt from The Story of Yone NoguchiMY first sensation, when I got a Wilson's spell ing-book in my tenth year, was something I cannot easily forget I felt the same sensation when, eight years later, I first looked upon the threatening vastness of the ocean upon my embarking on an American liner, where I felt an uneasiness of mind akin to pain for the conquest of which I doubted my little power. I remember how I Slept every night with that sp...

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Excerpt from Seen and Unseen, or Monologues of a Homeless Snail Be but tba unintelligible frogs' rain-songs, thetear-cries of the crickets on the lean, gray-hair ed hill. Dnd witb bis own wbimsical despair, we may say, 0 Homeless Snail, for my sake, put forth thy honorable hornsl. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of...

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Excerpt from Japan and America The Western civilisation whose political object, at least, was gain but not growth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing impe...

Excerpt from Selected Poems of Yone Noguchi: Selected by HimselfIt is plain to see how the words of Japanese poets and common people join hands. This particular point is most worthy of notice in the discussion of the differences and Similarities between the East and West in literature.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of a...

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Excerpt from The PilgrimageOur song is not of a city's fall, No laughter of a kingdom bids our feet wait, Our heart is away, with sun, wind and rain.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original ...

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Describes the turn-of-the-century adventures of Tokyo belle Miss Morning Glory in a first-person narrative. With the addition of critical commentary and comprehensive notes, this annotated edition sheds light on the creative inventiveness of an important modernist writer.

Describes the turn-of-the-century adventures of Tokyo belle Miss Morning Glory in a first-person narrative. With the addition of critical commentary and comprehensive notes, this annotated edition sheds light on the creative inventiveness of an important modernist writer.

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