Donald Keene is Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature and University Professor Emeritus at Columbia University.
Editor's Preface: A Personal Note
Myself
Concerning Myself
p. 3
Tsunoda Sensei
p. 7
The Eroica Symphony
p. 12
Music and Literature
p. 16
Music and Orientalism
p. 24
Japan
The Gentleman Cannibals
p. 39
Exile of an Assassin
p. 51
Japanese Men
p. 61
Japanese Women
p. 65
Japanese Food
p. 69
The Purity of the Japanese Language
p. 73
The New Generation of American Japanologists
p. 77
Travel
Introduction
p. 85
Kyoto
p. 86
Uji
p. 94
Nara
p. 99
Ise
p. 104
Sakurai
p. 109
Nagasaki
p. 114
Hagi
p. 119
Hakodate
p. 124
Shinano
p. 129
Fukushima
p. 145
Sanuki
p. 157
Sado
p. 165
Japanese Literature
Characteristic Themes of Japanese Literature
p. 175
An Interview with Abe Kobo
p. 190
The Death of Kawabata Sensei
p. 197
Mishima Had Everything
p. 200
The First Japanese Translations of European Literature
p. 209
The Tale of Genji in a General Education
p. 221
The Iemoto System (No and Kyogen)
p. 228
Mori Ogai, "Mademoiselle Hanako"
p. 237
"Ashizuri Point" by Tamiya Torahiko
p. 244
Personal Observations
Return to Japan
p. 269
The Treatment of Foreigners
p. 273
Things I Miss About Japan While Away
p. 277
Living in Two Countries
p. 281
Index
p. 285
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