1st Edition

Collected English Works of Yone Noguchi II: Books on Ukiyoe and Japanese Arts in English

2700 Pages
by Routledge

This set provides the very first collection of Yone Noguchi’s works in English, including all of his books of poetry, novels, and literary essays. Yonejiro Noguchi (1875–1947), known in the West as Yone Noguchi, was an influential writer of poetry, fiction, essays, and literary criticism in both English and Japanese. He was the only Japanese author who published original literary works in... Read more

VOLUME 1 (A5 / c. 351pp.)

Hiroshige (New York: Orientalia, 1921), c. 55pp., pl. 20

Hiroshige and Japanese Landscapes (Tourist Library No. 2) (Tokyo: The Board of Tourist Industry, Japanese Government Railways, 1934), c. 80pp., pl. 3

Korin (London: Elkin Mathews, 1922), c. 50pp., pl. 16

Utamaro (London: Elkin Mathews, 1925), c. 65pp., pl. 26

Hokusai (London: Elkin Mathews, 1925), c. 65pp., pl. 22

VOLUME 2 (A5 / c. 345pp.)

Harunobu (London & Tokyo: Elkin Mathews & Dai-ici Shobo, 1927), c. 65pp., pl. 20

Kiyonaga (Tokyo: Seibundo, 1932), c. 120pp., pl. 90

Sharaku (Tokyo: Seibundo, 1932), c. 160pp., pl. 105

VOLUME 3 (A4 / 550pp.)

The Ukiyoye Primitives (Tokyo, private publication, 1933), c. 250pp., pl. 93

Emperor Shomu and the Shosoin (The Kyobunkwan Press, 1941), c. 300pp., pl. 86

Biography

R.P. Dore, Ian Nish, Richard Storry