Ezra Pound Collection on Japanese Drama, circa 1916-1917

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Collection Overview

Creator:

Pound, Ezra (1885-1972)

Title:

Ezra Pound Collection on Japanese Drama

Repository:

Manuscripts Division

Permanent URL:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/vq27zn46j

Dates:

circa 1916-1917

Size:

1 box, 0.2 linear feet

Storage Note:

ReCAP - Remote Storage (scarcpxm): Box 1

Language:

English

Abstract: Contains five typescript translations by American poet Ezra Pound of Japanese Noh plays by Zeami Motokiyo (1363-1443), H. Monogatei, and others, and several essays and miscellaneous notes by Pound.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

The collection contains five typescript translations by Pound of Japanese Noh plays by Zeami Motokiyo (1363-1443), H. Monogatei, and others, and several essays and miscellaneous notes by Pound relating to Japanese stagecraft. In addition, there are two notebooks, musical notations of Japanese text, and various notes by Ernest Fenollosa, with some annotations by Pound, concerning Japanese drama. Pound was Fenollosa's literary executor and edited several works from his notes on the Noh, a classical form of Japanese dance-drama.

Collection Creator Biography:

Pound, Ezra (1885-1972)

American poet and critic, leader of the Imagists, Ezra Pound was also a scholar and respected translator.

Collection History

Acquisition:: Purchased in 1989 from Howard Woolmer acting as an agent for Omar Pound.
Appraisal: No appraisal information is available.
Processing Information: Folder inventory added by Peter Runfola '2012 in 2011.

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