Author: Seidensticker, Edward
Title: Kafu the Scribbler : The Life and Writings of Nagai Kafu, 1879 - 1959
Description: Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1965. orig.cloth. 23x15cm, vii,360,(8) pp. 8pp photoplates.. Minor rubbing. Slight spine crease. Light page-edge soil. VG. ¶ Contents: The Life: Beginnings; Exile; Return; Withdrawal; Stragglers; The 1920s; The 1930s; The 1940s and After; The Writings: The River Sumida; The Peony Garden; Coming Down with a Cold; Tidings from Okubo: Excerpts; Rivalry: From Chapter 12; Quiet Rain; A Strange Tale from East of the River; The Decoration; The Dancing Girl: Chapter 10; The Scavengers; Appendix: A Postscript on the Diary.

Keywords: Japanese Literature, Nagai Kafu, Japan, East Asia, Literary History, Biography, Criticism, ,