Preface

KIMONO

by

JOHN PARIS

1922

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I an ANGLO-JAPANESE MARRIAGE

II HONEYMOON

III EASTWARDS

IV NAGASAKI

V CHONKINA

VI ACROSS JAPAN

VII THE EMBASSY

VIII THE HALF-CASTE GIRL

IX ITO SAN

X THE YOSHIWARA WOMEN

XI A GEISHA DINNER

XII FALLEN CHERRY-BLOSSOMS

XIII THE FAMILY ALTAR

XIV THE DWARF TREES

XV EURASIA

XVI THE GREAT BUDDHA

XVII THE RAINY SEASON

XVIII AMONG THE NIKKO MOUNTAINS

XIX YAÉ SMITH

XX THE KIMONO

XXI SAYONARA (GOOD-BYE)

XXII FUJINAMI ASAKO

XXIII THE REAL SHINTO

XXIV THE AUTUMN FESTIVAL

XXV JAPANESE COURTSHIP

XXVI ALONE IN TOKYO

XXVII LADY BRANDAN

_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.