Keene, Donald (ed.).

Modern Japanese Diaries. The Japanese at Home and Abroad as Revealed through their Diaries.

First edition. New York, Henry Holt, 1995. 24 cm. X, 534 pages. Original softcover. Very good condition with only very minor signs of external wear. From the library of Hans Christian Andersen-Translator Erik Haugaard. With his Exlibris to the pastedown. [An owl book].

This is a collection of journals written by Japanese men and women—from samurai and other government officials to novelists and poets—who journeyed to America, Europe, and China between 1860 and 1920. The diaries faithfully record personal views of the countries and their cultures and sentiments that range from delight to disillusionment. At once an intimate account of the travellers’ lives and a testimony to the greater struggles and advances of their cultures, Donald Keene’s eloquent translation and commentary invites the reader to partake in the world as each person experienced it. (Amazon)

Donald Lawrence Keene (born June 18, 1922) is an American-born Japanese scholar, historian, teacher, writer and translator of Japanese literature. Keene is University Professor Emeritus and Shincho Professor Emeritus of Japanese Literature at Columbia University, where he taught for over fifty years. Soon after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, he retired from Columbia, moved to Japan permanently, and acquired citizenship under the name Kin Donarudo. (Wikipedia)

• Keywords: Catalogue Three – Literature by Women · Eastern Philosophy · Eastern Philosophy and Culture · Erik Haugaard Collection · Japanese Literature – Rare · Orient · Oriental Literature · Oriental studies
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805046658
• Inventory Number: 44597AB

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