Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Ezra Pound Collection on Japanese Drama
Pound, Ezra (1885-1972)
C0658
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1 box
0.2 linear feet
circa 1916-1917
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.
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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.
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The collection is open for research.
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Other Finding Aids
An item list (2 pp.) is available in the Dept.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased in 1989 from Howard Woolmer acting as an agent for Omar Pound.
Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Ezra Pound Collection on Japanese Drama, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Processing Information
Folder inventory added by Peter Runfola '2012 in 2011.
Pound, Ezra (1885-1972)
Biographical / Historical
American poet and critic, leader of the Imagists, Ezra Pound was also a scholar and respected translator.
Japanese drama -- 1185-1600.
No plays -- Translations into English. -- 20th century
No plays.
Theater -- Japan. -- 15th century
Translations. -- 20th century
Fenollosa, Ernest (1853-1908)
"Luya", a play by Motokiyo, Typescript with Corrections by Ezra Pound/repositories/5/archival_objects/8503501 folderundated11"Takasago", a Play by Motokiyo, Typescript with Corrections/repositories/5/archival_objects/8503511 folderundated12"Morihisa", a story from Monogatei, Typescript with Corrections/repositories/5/archival_objects/8503521 folderundated13"Yeboshi Ori" ("The Hat Maker") by Miyamasu, Typescript with Corrections/repositories/5/archival_objects/8503531 folderundated14"Hajitomi", Typescript and Carbon Copies with Corrections/repositories/5/archival_objects/8503541 folderundated15"Danse de la Naissance du Dragon", Choreography with Corrections in French/repositories/5/archival_objects/8503551 folderundated16"Affirmations VI: The 'Image' and the Japanese Classical Stage", Typescript and Carbon with Corrections/repositories/5/archival_objects/8503561 folderundated17Japanese Stagecraft, TNs with ANs/repositories/5/archival_objects/8503571 folderundated18ANs and TNs on Noh Theater, with Corrections/repositories/5/archival_objects/8503581 folderundated19Unidentified AMs/repositories/5/archival_objects/8503591 folderundated110Miscellaneous AMs/repositories/5/archival_objects/8503601 folderundated111Notebook, ANs of Fenollosa on Noh Theater, with some notes by Pound/repositories/5/archival_objects/8503611 folderundated112"Nishiki-gi" by Motokiyo, ANs by Fenollosa/repositories/5/archival_objects/8503621 folderundated113Notebook, Pound's ANs/repositories/5/archival_objects/8503631 folderundated114Miscellaneous Notes, ANs by Fenollosa, Pound and Two Others/repositories/5/archival_objects/8503641 folderundated115Musical Notations with Japanese, AN of Fenollosa/repositories/5/archival_objects/8503651 folderundated116TLS from Pound to Tami Kume/repositories/5/archival_objects/8503661 folder1917 March 14115