Yone Noguchi
The Stream of Fate
Volume Two: The Eastern Sea
By Edward Marx
Yone Noguchi: The Stream of Fate is the first full-length biography of the pioneering international Japanese poet Yone Noguchi (1875-1947). Volume Two, The Eastern Sea covers the central years of his career from his 1904 return to Japan at the time of the Russo-Japanese War to his triumphant American lecture tour of 1919–20: years of personal drama and international influence, marked by his entanglements at home, his pivotal role in cross-cultural modernism, and his growing stature as a spokesman for Japan on the world stage. The volume includes over 100 illustrations and draws on a comprehensive range of Japanese and English sources.
List Price: $54.95 (hardcover)
6.14 x 9.21 in. (15.6 x 23.4 cm)
380 pages
ISBN: 978-1-939913-09-8 (hardcover edition)
Publisher: Botchan Books
Publication date: December 1, 2025
Contents
- Textual Note
- 1 Kichō: Homecoming 1904–1905
- 2 Glow of the Firefly 1905-1907
- 3 Shadowy Roamers on the Holy Highway 1907-1910
- 4 Imperial Japan 1910-1913
- 5 Distinguished Lecturer 1913-1914
- 6 Our Modern Minds 1914-1918
- 7 Let the East Greet the West 1918-1921
- List of Illustrations
About the author
Edward Marx, Associate Professor of English and American literature and culture at Ehime University, Matsuyama, is the author of numerous books and articles on cross-cultural literature. His books on the Noguchis include the award-winning Leonie Gilmour: When East Weds West (Botchan Books, 2013), The Idea of a Colony: Cross-Culturalism in Modern Poetry (University of Toronto Press, 2004), and (with Laura Franey), The American Diary of a Japanese Girl: An Annotated Edition (Temple University Press, 2007).