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HITOTSUYANAGI, MERRELL VORIES (EDITED BY FREDERICA MEAD HILTNER WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MAKI HITOTSUYANAGI) - Poems of the East and West

Title: Poems of the East and West
Description: Dayton, OH: Omi Brotherhood, 1960. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ to Near Fine- condition an was issued without a dust jacket, but with a wrap-around band and a slipcase. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked gift notaiton on the front endpaper. The wrap-around band is in Fine condition and the slipcase is in Very Good- condition with some beginning edge wear and rubbing. "Merrell Vories Hitotsuyanagi (Mereru Hitotsuyanagi (? ? ? ? ? , Hitotsuyanagi Mereru) ; born William Merrell Vories; October 28, 1880 – May 7, 1964) was an educator, architect, entrepreneur, Christian lay missionary, and founder of the Omi Mission. Born in the United States, he later became a naturalized Japanese citizen. [1]Merrell lived and worked mainly in Shiga Prefecture in Japan. With only limited formal training as an architect, he founded an architectural office in Shiga which employed over thirty professional staff and was responsible for the design of well over 1000 residential, commercial, and church structures in Japan and occupied Korea, prior to the Second World War. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

Keywords: Poetry merrell Hitotsuyanagi Frederica Mead Religion Mission churches poetry

Price: US$ 25.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 39813

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