Call Number:

C0658

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 0.2 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Ezra Pound Collection on Japanese Drama, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

circa 1916-1917 (inclusive)

Creator:

Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972.

Form:

Translations -- 20th century.

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.

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

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.