Yone Noguchi: The Stream of Fate Volume One The Western Sea

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Yone Noguchi: The Stream of Fate is the first full-length biography of the pioneering international Japanese poet Yone Noguchi (1875-1947). Volume One, The Western Sea begins in the last year of Noguchi’s life with his postwar effort to reconnect with his estranged son, the famous artist Isamu Noguchi. The story then reverts to Noguchi’s childhood and years abroad in America and England until his return to Japan at the time of the Russo-Japanese War. The volume includes a lavish selection of over 200 illustrations and an introduction charting the dimensions of Noguchi’s posthumous fame.