A Literary Critic Writes About New York

[Impressions of North America] Hokubei inshoki

Kuriyagawa, Hakuson (pseud. of Kuriyagawa Tatsuo)

Notes: A pocket-sized and abridged version of Kuriyagawa's popular Inshoki, a collection of essays written during a two-year visit to the United States, where he mostly explored New York. (According to Mitziko Sawada in Tokyo Life, New York Dreams, page 7, Kuriyaga's book sold through 13 printings).

Kuriyagawa (1880–1923) was a Meiji- and Taisho-era literary and cultural critic.

3-1/2 by 5-7/8 inches. 376 pages.

OCLC: 53536278 (Berkeley, USC), 673839853 (National Diet Library)

Edition + Condition: First edition. Very good in stiff cloth wrappers. All edges gilt.

Publication: Tokyo: Sekizenkan, 1920 [Taisho 9].

Item No: #361860

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