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Yone Noguchi

のぐち よねじろう

Noguchi Yonejiro

Pen Names: Yone NoguchiPen name used in English-speaking regions

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1875-12-08 (Tsushima Town, Ama District, Aichi Prefecture (now Tsushima City, Japan))
Died
1947-07-13 (Toyooka Village, Yuki District, Ibaraki Prefecture (now Joso City, Japan)) age 71
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Tsushima Town, Aichi Prefecture → Nagoya → Tokyo → San Francisco, California, USA → Palo Alto (Stanford), California, USA → Boston, Massachusetts, USA → London, England → Higashi-Nakano (evacuated after air raids)

Career

Occupations
poet, novelist, critic, haiku scholar, journalist, essayist
Active Years
1897-1947
Affiliations
Keio University, Ayame Society
Influenced By
Joaquin Miller
Influenced
Ezra Pound

Education

Keio University, Faculty of Letters
English Literature / English Literature
Period: 1891-1893
Country: Japan
Did not graduate

Awards

Japan Art Academy Prize
1944
Work: For the series of publications including 'Geijutsuden'
Organization: Japan Art Academy
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The American Diary of a Japanese Girl

1901 Novel

From the Eastern Sea

1903 Essay

Bashō Studies

1925 Criticism

Geijutsuden

1943 Criticism

Style & Themes

Literary Style
ImagismSymbolism
Recurring Motifs
natureEast-West cultural fusion

Health

  • Stomach cancer
    1947年
    cause of death

Legacy

He contributed to the international recognition of Japanese culture through his poetry and criticism, influencing later poets and scholars.

Museums

  • Yone Noguchi Statue at Tennogawa Park Tennogawa Park, Tsushima, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

In Popular Culture

  • Film 'Leonie'