Kimono
KIMONO
by
John Paris
New York
The Macaulay Company
First Printing, March, 1922
Second Printing, March, 1922
Third Printing, April, 1922
Fourth Printing, July, 1922
Fifth Printing, August, 1922
Sixth Printing, September, 1922
Seventh Printing, October, 1922
Eighth Printing, October, 1922
Ninth Printing, November, 1922
Tenth Printing May, 1924
Eleventh Printing - Special Popular Edition - 1924
KIMONO
COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY
Boni & Liveright, Inc.
Printed in the United States of America
TO MY WIFE
WITH LOVE AND GRATITUDE
Utsutsu wo mo
Utsutsu to sara ni
Omowaneba,
Yume wo mo yume to
Nani ka omowamu?
Since I am convinced
That Reality is in no way Real,
How am I to admit
That dreams are dreams?
The verses and translation above are taken from A. Waley's "Japanese Poetry: The Uta" (Clarendon Press), as are many of the classical poems placed at the head of the chapters.
Contents
- An Anglo-Japanese Marriage
- Honeymoon
- Eastwards
- Nagasaki
- Chonkina
- Across Japan
- The Embassy
- The Half-Caste Girl
- Ito San
- The Yoshiwara Women
- A Geisha Dinner
- Fallen Cherry-Blossoms
- The Family Altar
- The Dwarf Trees
- Eurasia
- The Great Buddha
- The Rainy Season
- Among the Nikko Mountains
- Yaï Smith
- The Kimono
- Sayonara (Good-Bye)
- Fujinami Asako
- The Real Shinto
- The Autumn Festival
- Japanese Courtship
- Alone in Tokyo
- Lady Brandan