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Letters on Japan and Aisaku Hayashi, 1930

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This small collection contains two letters: one from Ruth Stern to her family in which she discusses various experiences as an American new to Japan and introduces Aisaku Hayashi. The letter is written on Imperial Hotel stationary and is dated August 25, 1930. In her correspondence to her family, she encloses the second letter in the collection, a short letter from Aisaku Hayashi to Stern dated August 22, 1930. In the letter, Hayashi discusses his view on Japanese people and details an anecdote about his time as manager of the Imperial Hotel.

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Lafcadio Hearn letters, 1893-1894

1 box
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A group of fifteen letters from Hearn to Basil Hall Chamberlain (1850-1935), professor of Japanese and Philology at the Imperial University in Tokyo and Hearn's closest Western friend in Japan. The letters cover a tremendously varied range of subjects including Hearn's opinion of his own writing, his methods of work and use of language; his discontent as a teacher at the government college at Kumamoto; his views on religion, philosophy, and music; Japanese customs, mythology, art, and language; the Oriental character vs. the Occidental; and critical opinion of Paul Boerget's LE DISCIPLE and of Lewis Carroll.

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Ivan I. Morris papers, 1931-1976

18 linear feet
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Correrspondence, manuscripts, notes, memoranda, documents, photographs and printed materials. In addition to personal correspondence and documents, there are files of Amnesty International, the human rights organization of which Morris was American Section chairman. Also included are notes and manuscripts of Morris' studies in Japanese literature and culture, particularly relating to his many books and translations. His interest in puzzles, and compilations of several volumes of them, are reflected in notes and correspondence. Among the major correspondence are Donald Keene, Anthony Powell, Sacheverell Sitwell and Arthur Waley

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Rafael Steinberg Papers, 1903-2014, bulk 1944-1980

19.25 linear feet
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Personal and professional papers of the foreign correspondent. The collection includes telexes from the Korean War and from assignments across Southeast Asia, letters to and from Steinberg, annotated copy and clips of published work, fiction by Steinberg, various items Steinberg collected in his work and travels, and photographs. Items from the Steinberg family collection include illustrations and book covers by Isador N. Steinberg.
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