The Honorable Visitors

by Richie, Donald

• ISBN13: 9780804819411
• ISBN10: 0804819416
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-09-01
• Publisher: Tuttle Pub

Summary

Ulysses S. Grant single-handedly saves the Noh drama, Isabella Bird rides on the shoulders of a beautiful Ainu, Jean Cocteau and friend explore the ur-Soapland, Charlie Chaplin almost gets himself assassinated, and Henry Adams laughs and laughs. These are just some of the adventures of the number of illustrious and honorable visitors who came to Japan and then left behind some record of what they found (and didn't), how they behaved (or misbehaved) and what they finally made of this "mysterious" land. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Donald Richie internationally known as the foremost Western authority on the Japanese film, has written widely on the culture of the country which has been his home since 1947

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 11
Isabella Bird	p. 37
Ulysses S. Grant	p. 49
Pierre Loti	p. 67
Henry Adams	p. 79
Rudyard Kipling	p. 93
Aldous Huxley	p. 105
William Plomer	p. 115
Charlie Chaplin	p. 131
Jean Cocteau	p. 143
William Faulkner	p. 155
Truman Capote	p. 167
Angela Carter	p. 175
Marguerite Yourcenar	p. 183
Bibliography	p. 199
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