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Japan and the Pacific, and a Japanese View of the Eastern QuestionI feel that some explanation is due when a Japanese ventures to address himself to English readers; my plea is that the matters on which I write are of vital importance to England...

Japan Will Turn Ablaze!As early as 1903 and for years thereafter, Abdul-Bah urged Bahs to travel to Japan to spread the Message of Bahullh. On occasion He said He Himself would like to go to Japan, and also to some other countries. In 1908...

Japan: A Record in ColourIn this book I endeavour to present, with whatever skill of penmanship I may possess, my fathers impressions of Japan. I trust that they will not lose in force and vigour in that they are closely intermingled with my own...

Japan: An Attempt at InterpretationA thousand books have been written about Japan; but among these,setting aside artistic publications and works of a purely special character,the really precious volumes will be found to number scarcely a score. This fact is due to the immense difficulty...

Japanese Colour-Prints and Their DesignersThe leading masters of the Ukiyo school were a group of very great artists. The names of Kiyonaga, Harunobu, Okumura Masanobu, Utamaro, Hokusai, and Hiroshige belong in the category of those whose fame is world-wide. The finest of the colour-prints...

Japanese Fairy Tales This collection of Japanese fairy tales is the outcome of a suggestion made to me indirectly through a friend by Mr. Andrew Lang. They have been translated from the modern version written by Sadanami Sanjin. These stories are not literal translations,...

Japanese Fairy TalesThese tales and legends have been collected from many sources. Some of them have been selected from the Ko-ji-ki, or Record of Ancient Matters, which contains the mythology of Japan. Many are told from memory, being relics of childish days, originally heard...

Japanese Fairy World - Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan[Pg v] [Pg 1] [Pg 7] But not a drop fell. The seventh month, seventh night, came, and all the heavens were clear. The magpies flew joyfully in myriads, making one way for the tiny...

Japanese Girls and Women - Revised and Enlarged EditionIt seems necessary for a new author to give some excuse for her boldness in offering to the public another volume upon a subject already so well written up as Japan. In a field occupied by...

Japanese Homes and Their SurroundingsWithin twenty years there has gradually appeared in our country a variety of Japanese objects conspicuous for their novelty and beauty,lacquers, pottery and porcelain, forms in wood and metal, curious shaped boxes, quaint ivory carvings, fabrics in cloth and paper,...

Japanese Literature - Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of JapanThe poetry of a nation is always the best revealer of its genuine life: the range of its spiritual as well as of its intellectual outlook. This is the case...

Japanese Plays and PlayfellowsI do not pretend to compete in the crowded field of Japanese sociology with those who have lived more than six months or less than six weeks in the country. My own stay was limited to half a year. I had,...

Japanese PrintsAt the earliest period concerning which we have any accurate information, about the sixth century A. D., Japanese poetry already contained the germ of its later development. The poems of this early date were composed of a first line of five syllables, followed...

Japanese SwordsMONGST the numberless articles of Japanese attire, works of art or mere household objects which the Restoration of 1868 compelled the Japanese to cast upon the market, none has met with such wide fame and yet with such a limited study as the...

Japanilainen satakieliI. Myrskytanssi. II. Nainen kosii ja saa rukkaset. III. Muuan sopimus. IV. Mies kosii ja saa myntvn vastauksen. V. It ja lnsi yhtyvt. VI. Seikkailijatar. VII. Vaimoni. VIII. Yukin koti. IX. Mikadon syntympiv. X. Huono enne. XI. Satakieli. XII. Taro Burton. XIII. Sisaren...

Japanilaisia satujaJonkun aikaa hn samoili kohtaamatta mitn erikoisempaa, mutta vihdoin hn ern iltana, kuljettuaan tihen metsn lpi, joutui aution ja yksinisen vuoren kupeelle. Ei kyl, ei mkki ollut nkyviss, eip edes hiilenpolttajan majaa, vaikka niit niin usein tapaa metsn liepeill. Hn oli seurannut heikkoa...

Japanische MärchenNicht mit Unrecht wird Japan als das wunderbare Sonnenland bezeichnet; denn neben seinen wirklich wunderbaren Naturreizen bieten Kunst und Literatur, ganz besonders die des Altertums, eine schier unerschpfliche Fundgrube nicht nur fr den wissenschaftlichen Forscher sondern auch fr den Schngeist und fr den...

Japanischer Frühling: Nachdichtungen Japanischer LyrikWenn erst die Sonne hinterm Berg verschwand, In rabenschwarzer Nacht komm ich heraus, Und du wirst nahen wie die Morgenrte, Mit Lcheln und mit strahlendem Gesicht. Und deine Arme, die so schimmernd weiss Wie Taku-Rinde glnzen, wirst du zrtlich Auf...

Japhet in Search of a FatherThose who may be pleased to honour these pages with a perusal, will not be detained with a long introductory history of my birth, parentage, and education. The very title implies that, at this period of my memoirs, I...

Japhet, in Search of a Father Prefatory Note I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI XXVII XXVIII XXIX XXX XXXI XXXII XXXIII XXXIV XXXV XXXVI...