The Blue-Eyed Tarokaja
A Donald Keene Anthology
Columbia University Press
The Blue-Eyed Tarokaja
A Donald Keene Anthology
Columbia University Press
Reflections include personal experience, from wartime to the present [of Japanese society and culture]; travel in Japan; and naturally, some brilliant pieces on literature and language.... The dozen or so chapters on travel in Japan are positively exhilarating.... Equally, the most devoted and knowledgeable admirer of Kyoko will find new insights of value here.... The essays... would be hard to match for depth of interpretation and clarity of exposition. Asian Affairs